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Details: Written by Jailyn Anderson, Howard University News Service; Published: 21 February 2016

Watch our video showing who will the election promises on immigration affect most

Details: Written by DON THOMPSON, Associated Press; Published: 21 February 2016

Gov Kate Brown and Gov Jerry Brown are in; Gov Jay Inslee? Out.

Details: Written by DON BABWIN, Associated Press; Published: 21 February 2016

VIDEO: Seattle and Cincinnati release videos in days or hours not months

Details: Written by JUULIE BYKOWICZ, Associated Press; Published: 21 February 2016

Jeb Bush is gone; Trump is riding high; Clinton is doing well with Black voters

Details: Written by SEANNA ADCOX, KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press; Published: 13 February 2016

Video: Ta-Nehisi Coates says he is voting for Sanders

Details: Written by DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press; Published: 13 February 2016

Video: As Congress starts hearings Sheila Jackson Lee seeks charges

Details: Written by By Rachel Sudduth, Howard University News Service; Published: 13 February 2016

Howard University News Service reporter Rachel Sudduth looks at the plan

Details: Written by KARIN LAUB, SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press; Published: 07 February 2016

Fleeing Assad's armies, Russian bombs, ISIS and starvation Syrian families plead for help

Details: Written by MICHAEL TARM, JASON KEYSER, Associated Press; Published: 07 February 2016

Quintonio LeGrier's father says 19-year-old college student was unarmed and not a threat

Details: Written by LISA LERER, KEN THOMAS, Associated Press; Published: 07 February 2016

Clinton looks to Nevada and South Carolina to counter Sanders

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