DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A 14-year-old Chicago girl accused of killing another girl in a dispute over a boy tried unsuccessfully to fire...
BAILEY ELISE McBRIDE, Associated Press SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A botched execution using a disputed new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate...
TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — A majority of NBA ownership groups reached Tuesday by The Associated Press say they will vote to force...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was sternly denounced for racist comments by a spectrum of...
(Bloomberg) – Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Charif Souki emerged as the highest paid U.S. executive in 2013, receiving $142 million and beating Gamco Investors Inc.’s Mario Gabelli and Och-Ziff Capital Management Group’s James...
DETROIT (AP) — A young Detroit man who confessed to killing four people when he was 14 can’t withdraw his guilty plea, the Michigan Supreme...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When he wasn’t busy being what prosecutors portray as the ruthless leader of a violent drug gang, Ronald...
MONIKA SCISLOWSKA, Associated Press KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Nine years after his death, tens of thousands of Poles lauded their beloved countryman, Pope John Paul II,...
[JCOnline] It really doesn’t matter what kind of smartphone you rely on for work or play — be it an iPhone, Android device, Windows Phone or...
[Standard Media] New York, USA: People who take the common cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may feel a false sense of security and eat a bit more,...
[Jacksonville.com] Yes, there are ways to avoid this year’s possibly-worse-than-ever allergy season and its wrath of sneezing, wheezing, red and watery eyes, fatigue, congestion, headaches and...
CARLEY PETESCH, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s president urged voters to head to the polls next week in the spirit of “democracy and freedom”...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the Malaysian government to improve its human rights record...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist NBA Commissioner Alan Silver, who replaced David Stern just two months ago, did what we’ve all been waiting for –...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist As is typical of blowhards, Cliven Bundy, the conservative movement’s most recently defrocked hero/criminal, opened his mouth once too often....
[USA Today] LOS ANGELES — Hall of Famer Magic Johnson, probably the most popular figure in this city’s proud basketball history, said he won’t attend...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The Roberts Supreme Court decided last week that voters in the state of Michigan had the right to ban affirmative action...
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By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist A perennial favorite science project from preschool on up is the “seed experiment.” That’s when a child plants identical seeds...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist With the continued consolidation going on within the media (radio, TV, newspapers), there is never-ending debate over the issue of ownership...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have had a long tradition of pursuing and encouraging excellence. Howard University in...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist As someone who was a fan of the original Cosmos series, hosted by the late Dr. Carl Sagan, I was excited to...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The new Senate proposal to reform the housing finance system…lacks provisions to ensure that the housing finance system is fair...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Once again, the federal government has been caught making up numbers, this time to support its efforts to put career...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – Much like hybrids, the auto industry seems poised to impose plug-in hybrids on the market. Automakers are slowly creating...