STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers coach Ron Rivera says Cam Newton will “probably” start Sunday against the Cleveland Browns barring any...
MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago rejected a proposed $75 million class-action head injury settlement with the NCAA on Wednesday,...
NEW YORK (AP) — An up-and-coming rapper who performs under the name Bobby Shmurda will face gun and drug trafficking charges when an arraignment is unsealed...
(Politico) – Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky’s secretary of state, is threatening to take Rand Paul to court to block him from running simultaneously for president...
(Politico) – The Obama administration will soon publish its plan to rate more than 6,000 colleges nationwide based on the value they provide to students and...
(The Root) – Like many people, I waited so long for D’Angelo’s new album that I stopped waiting. Its title, Black Messiah, partly mocks the idea...
CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Liberal activists eager to draft Sen. Elizabeth Warren into a run for president are working the ground...
JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alan Gross spent five years wasting away in a Cuban prison, losing hope that he would ever be free...
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — More than 70 years after South Carolina sent a 14-year-old black boy to the electric chair in...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — President Obama on Wednesday ordered the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba and the opening of an embassy in...
By Malcolm Marshall Special to the NNPA from New American Media Editor’s Note: In Richmond, Calif., a city long equated with high rates of crime and...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Researchers are reporting another disappointment for efforts to cure infection with the AIDS virus. Six patients given blood-cell transplants similar...
ANDREA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press ANNE-MARIE GARCIA, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cubans cheered the surprise announcement that their country will restore relations with the United States,...
JANIE McCAULEY, Associated Press PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Citing a pattern of behavior and off-field issues, San Francisco 49ers general manager...
JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Under the threat of terrorist attacks from hackers and with the nation’s largest multiplex chains pulling the...
(Ars Technica) – “A shadowy organization with ties to the Koch Brothers” spearheaded an anti-net neutrality form letter writing campaign that tipped the scales against net...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal jury decided Tuesday that Apple didn’t compete unfairly when it sold music players and songs...
GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit by a Seattle artist who says she was cheated out of...
TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a plan Tuesday to equip 7,000 Los Angeles police officers with on-body cameras by...
(New York Times) – We all know that exercise can make us fitter and reduce our risk for illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease. But...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t want to be confronted with the number of calories in that margarita or craft beer? Then avoid...
(New York Times) – The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first system that could be used by blood banks to destroy viruses and bacteria in...
(New York Times) – The $41 billion valuation for the ride-sharing service Uber may or may not be a bubblicious number, but it certainly shows that...
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a major new challenge after a catastrophic fall in the...
JOAN LOWY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration needed an exemption from new Obama administration rules restricting racial profiling by the government so...
