Special to the NNPA from the Chicago Crusader CHICAGO – Chicago Crusader columnist Elaine Hegwood Bowen has written her first book, Old School Adventures from Englewood—South Side of...
(The Independent) – With its look being pretty similar to iOS 7, you might be wondering exactly what is different about iOS 8 post-installation. You...
MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Using artificial sweeteners may set the stage for diabetes in some people by hampering the way their...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is under pressure from sponsors, fans and lawmakers for its handling of domestic violence allegations against several players. At...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading black women’s group is calling the NFL’s decision not to include any African-American women as consultants...
LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Women and minorities are largely shut out of the ranks of TV series directors in a stubbornly...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic TORONTO (NNPA) – Black films and artists were an integral part of the lineup at this year’s Toronto International...
(Mashable) – Well, this is an anomaly. A Christian rap album, fittingly titled Anomaly, has soared to the top of this week’s album chart. Lecrae’s seventh studio...
(Houston Chronicle) – Seated on a couch at her home overlooking a golf course in Spring, Bonita Jackson dabbed her eyes with a tissue as she...
MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman convicted of the starvation and torture death of her girlfriend’s 9-year-old son a decade ago...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In honor of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act, the Library of Congress has...
Lauran Neergaard and Jim Kuhnhenn, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could threaten security around the...
Lindsey Tanner, ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO (AP) — The number of American men and women with big-bellied, apple-shaped figures — the most dangerous kind of obesity...
Tony Capaccio, BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK WASHINGTON (Businessweek.com)—Reaction was swift after a top Pentagon official’s testimony to Congress yesterday that he would support sending U.S. advisers to...
Mae Anderson, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)—Major sponsors including Anheuser-Busch are adding to the chorus of disapproval over the National Football League’s recent scandals, but the companies...
Adario Strange, MASHABLE MENLO PARK, Ca. (Mashable.com)—Facebook is reportedly working on a new app designed to encourage private content sharing — by making the process...
Roberto A. Ferdman, THE WASHINGTON POST (The WashingtonPost)—Coca-Cola has a little surprise for ’90s nostalgics: Surge soda, the company’s equivalent to Mountain Dew, is back....
Bernie Becker and Peter Schroeder, THE HILL WASHINGTON (TheHill.com)—Democrats are offering a mixed message to the business community as they try to peel away support from...
John Boyle, HERALDNET.COM SAN DIEGO (Herald Net)—Not that the Seattle Seahawks wanted to make people learn the hard way, but Seattle’s loss in San Diego...
Doug Ferguson, ASSOCIATED PRESS WINDEMERE, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods is too busy in the gym to find a new swing coach, or even swing a golf...
Oliver Duggan, THE TELEGRAPH (The Telegraph)—The doctor who allegedly caused Joan Rivers’s death by performing a biopsy on her vocal cords took a selfie with...
Jim Kuhnhenn, ASSOCIATED PRESS TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Underscoring the multiple challenges facing his administration, President Barack Obama is consulting with military officials about the...
Mikael Wood, LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES (L.A. Times)—Five years after Chris Brown’s 2009 assault on his then-girlfriend, Rihanna, the R&B star continues to exercise...
David Nather, POLITICO WASHINGTON (Politico)—A year ago, it looked like Obamacare was going to have a huge role in this year’s elections. And not in a...
