S-329, a proposal by Rep. Karen Alzate and Sen. Melissa Murray that would raise $190 million annually by applying a modest 3 ...

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 806 13th Street Altoona, will host Blair County’s Juneteenth Jubilee at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 21 ...

The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...

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The mission is to give books to disadvantaged children ages birth to 8 years old in Pottstown. Since the effort began, in ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The NAACP and an environmental group said Tuesday that they intend to sue Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI over concerns about air pollution generated by a ...

A cyclist was hit and killed by a TriMet MAX Orange Line train in Southeast Portland, according to Portland Fire and Rescue. A church is picking up the pieces after vandals threw rocks at their ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The NAACP has decided to break a more than 100-year-old tradition and announced it will not be inviting President Donald Trump to the group’s national convention in July.

They didn’t think he would come. He was a Ku Klux Klan organizer, after all, and they were local leaders of the NAACP, historic enemies. They spent months negotiating the terms of his visit to ...

BLOOMINGTON -- Parents who attended an education forum organized by the NAACP Monday said it was helpful, but there is more to do to help every child get more out of school. "It shows we still ...