by Pastor E.A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times “For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet…...
(United Nations) – The United Nations is marking World Humanitarian Day today by paying tribute to aid workers who carry out life-saving activities around the...
Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Charles Onyango-Obbo of The East African, a Kenyan daily, joined a growing number of writers...
JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Poachers killed an estimated 100,000 elephants across Africa between 2010 and 2012, a huge spike in the continent’s...
(CNet) – Locked inside a small apartment in central London, Julian Assange has avoided arrest only because his dimly lit ground-floor bedroom also happens to...
MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writers ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top dollar store chains are betting big that their once-thriving...
(Daily Tech) – With Dan Hesse out and Marcelo Claure in as CEO, Sprint Corp. (S) unveiled its first major revision to its plans —...
(International Times) – As the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer was famous for delivering wildly enthusiastic corporate speeches that might have been better suited to...
(CBS Sports) – What an ugly first half. Billed as the battle of two Texas talents and a pair of former Heisman winners in Robert Griffin III and Johnny...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge has closed a criminal case against Flavor Flav, after she was told the 55-year-old rapper and reality TV...
Rapper Nelly joined the protestors in Ferguson, MO this week. Nelly, who is a native of University City, a suburb of St. Louis, returned home to...
(CBS News) – Kevin Hart and model Eniko Parrish are gearing up to walk down the aisle. Hart revealed via Instagram this week that he popped...
Protester holds a picture of Michael Brown at a rally and vigil August 10. Photos: Cartan X. Mosley by Jihad Hassan Muhammad Special to the NNPA from...
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — An attorneys’ group is suing to try to get police records about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in the...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency may require oil refineries to regularly measure the...
(BBC) – A group of soldiers in north-eastern Nigeria is refusing to fight Islamist Boko Haram militants until they receive better equipment, one of the mutineers...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the United States pivots to strengthen economic ties with Africa, there’s a good chance that Black-owned...
by Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry generated an instant headline...
by Shantella Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper “Any time you are considered a subculture, it’s important to have your own reward system. If...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder to Ferguson, Missouri, to meet with federal law enforcement authorities investigating the police...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police and protesters collided in the streets of Ferguson again late Monday, a day after the Missouri...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist It doesn’t matter if you are state legislator or an alderman, a journalist or a local leader. If you are...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Occasionally, police officers behave in such as dastardly manner that it captures international attention. There was the 1997 famous video...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The disjointed, gap-laden manner in which Ferguson, Mo. Police Chief Thomas Jackson revealed the name of the police officer...
