As the president and co-founder of the eta Creative Arts Foundation, Abena Joan Brown says that, as a visionary, she understands the importance of the arts to the African American community.

A search has begun for the next president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Urban League. Cheryle Jackson is returning to corporate America.

A South Side pastor is on a vigorous campaign to support the proposed ban of blunt wraps in the state.

Photo caption: Chicago Hales' Dominique Walls (21) leaps to block a long pass by Breese Central's Brandon Book (50) during the first half of the Class 2A third-place boys basketball game on Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Peoria, Ill. (AP Photo/The Peoria Journal Star, Adam Gerik)

LOS ANGELES - Even in death, Michael Jackson is breaking records.

Haiti earthquake overwhelmed Florida hospitals in January, state officials pleaded with the federal government for basic information about arriving patients but got little assistance, e-mails obtained by The Associated Press show.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international aid is ending even as the city is still mired in misery and vulnerable to unrest.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitian President Rene Preval is heading to the U.S. to discuss what is needed to rebuild his shattered country.