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African-Americans hail UK royal wedding's nod to black history, culture

Hometown and racial pride fired up royal wedding watchers across the United States on Saturday, from pre-dawn partiers wearing pajamas and fancy hats in Los Angeles to Twitter posts from Miami to Indianapolis hailing "the blackest royal wedding the UK has ever seen."

Black shooting: Chicago police release dashcam video

US officials release the dashboard camera video showing a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times in Chicago last year.

US civil rights march sets out from historic Selma

Civil rights campaigners in US start a 40-day march to highlight what they say is a fresh attack on equal rights for African Americans.