(SF Gate) – Patrick Willis has been playing on a bad wheel for several years. It finally has forced the All-Pro linebacker to make an extended pit stop....
GERALD IMRAY, AP Sports Writer Morocco was thrown out of the 2015 African Cup of Nations and dumped as the host Tuesday after refusing to commit...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox and the producers of “American Idol” say Randy Jackson is leaving the show after 13 seasons. In a statement Tuesday,...
ANDREA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The young dancers in simple black leotards watched closely as the master demonstrated his leaps and pirouettes, every move...
JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. panel began grilling American officials Wednesday over the U.S. government’s compliance with a key anti-torture treaty, raising...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — Police will work to protect peaceful protesters after a grand jury’s decision in the Michael Brown shooting...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — John Doar, a top Justice Department civil rights lawyer in the 1960s who was at the center of key...
By Wellington E. Webb NNPA Guest Columnist Now that the dust has settled after our nation’s 2014 elections across the country, here is my two...
JOSEPH PISANI, AP Business News NEW YORK (AP) — Gym classes that promise a plump posterior are in high demand. A surgery that pumps fat into...
MIKE CORDER, Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ highest administrative court refused Wednesday to wade into the increasingly acrimonious national debate around “Black...
JERUSALEM (AP) - It has been a difficult year for Israelis and Palestinians, with the failure of peace talks and a string of violent incidents...
BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI, Associated Press MESFIN FEKADU, Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Big Bank Hank, a member of the pioneering hip-hop group the Sugarhill Gang responsible...
NEW YORK (AP) — After three husbands, Whoopi Goldberg is not about to become a wedding planner. The Oscar-winning actress and moderator for “The View”...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is planning to focus on improving the lives of girls and women of color, after...
(Politico) – Favorability for the Democrats has hit a record low as things go from bad to worse for the party after significant midterm losses, according...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — As most Republicans were taking a victory lap the morning after the elections, a group of conservatives huddled anxiously in a...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — The number of felony suspects fatally shot by police last year — 461— was the most in two decades, according to...
(The Washington Post) – It was 8:30 a.m., and DeRay Mckesson was at a McDonald’s here, the place humming with customers despite riots that left...
by Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer It has been nearly three years since God enabled me to keep my radio talk...
by Pastor E. A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times “I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a...
(The Washington Post) – Washington National Cathedral, known for presidential funerals and other major spiritual services, will host a Muslim prayer service for the first time...
RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — America’s Catholic bishops came together Monday to project an image of unity, after a Vatican meeting on the...
(The Washington Post) – Apple has rolled out a remedy to solve the most annoying thing about iMessage: the fact that you can’t get away...
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft has unveiled a cheaper smartphone, costing about 110 euros ($135), as it eyes emerging and other low-cost markets for growth....
by Roberto Alejandro Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Childhood obesity has quadrupled in teenagers, and more than doubled in children over the course of...
