(Bloomberg) – M&T Bank Corp. (MTB), whose takeover of Hudson City Bancorp Inc. (HCBK) has been stalled by regulators for almost two years because of lax internal controls, was...
On Wednesday, Universal Pictures released the first official photo of the cast for the upcoming biopic “Straight Outta Compton” about the iconic gangsta rap group N.W.A. The...
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About 10 percent of veterans seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics have to wait at least 30...
(Politico) – Glenn Beck is admitting he was wrong and liberals were right for opposing the invasion of Iraq. “[Liberals] said we couldn’t force freedom on...
JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One of the longest-serving members of Congress, U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, is in a fight just to hang...
DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Where the ladies at? At last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, video game developers hyped upcoming titles...
RYAN NAKASHIMA, AP Business Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon set out to do something different with the unveiling of its first smartphone Wednesday. How about a...
JOSEPH WHITE, AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — From an immediate, practical viewpoint, the ruling by a trademark board that the Washington Redskins have a “disparaging”...
JAKE COYLE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dave Chappelle’s hesitant, slow-motion comeback reached a big-tent crescendo when the comic performed a nearly two-hour set at...
(New York Times) – Horace Silver, a pianist, composer and bandleader who was one of the most popular and influential jazz musicians of the 1950s...
(The Washington Post) – He paid to get here. Paid with the skull-rattling pain of a metal trash can clattering down hard onto his head...
(Investors.com) – While Google’s announcement that it wants to encrypt all Gmail messages while they’re in transit was praised for making government spying more difficult,...
FENIT NIRAPPIL, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill that would have made California the first state in the nation to require warning labels on...
by James Washington Special to the NNPA from The Houston Forward-Times I remember reviewing the letters of Paul in bible study. In doing so I was...
by Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Twelve weeks of study will come to an end on the 12 Things That...
(Dallas Morning News) – Federal, state and county health officials are quietly gearing up for the spread of a new mosquito-borne virus now hitting hard in...
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A Liberian judge has sentenced 13 men to life in prison for “mercenary activity” in neighboring Ivory Coast, state radio reported...
(USA Today) – Starbucks’ announcement that it’s offering a free college education to all employees has received criticism from several educational policy experts about the scope...
(VentureBeat) – Yahoo’s employment base might be a tad bit more racially diverse than Google’s and LinkedIn’s, but it’s still got work to do. The search...
(Fashion Times) – O.J. Simpson‘s white 1993 Ford Bronco, the SUV he used during a police chase in Los Angeles on June 17, 1994, is being rented out for...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — SunTrust has agreed to pay nearly $1 billion to resolve allegations that it underwrote and endorsed faulty mortgage loans,...
ANDREW SELIGMAN, AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Jim McMahon would leave home and forget how to get back. Sometimes, he would stay in his room...
(The Washington Post) – With the Supreme Court poised to rule on a case that could shape the future of television, the justices are navigating...
KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — As teams battle for football glory at the World Cup in Brazil, the biggest winners from the...
(Daily Mirror) – We thought married life might have curbed his lengthy rants and obnoxious statements – but we were wrong. Kanye West. Rapper, husband, daddy,...
