The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Around the world, countries have long struggled with questions about flags similar to those faced by South Carolina, which is...
(BBC) – The US and other countries have agreed to help Nigeria recover money stolen from the government, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The new president...
LUCAS L. JOHNSON II, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has granted a mistrial in the case of two former Vanderbilt football players convicted...
MARK LONG, AP Sports Writer Confederate flags are as easy to find at NASCAR races as cutoff jeans, cowboy hats and beer. They fly over motorhomes....
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — To prepare rookies for life as professionals, the NFL is again providing a crash course filled with...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (CBS News) – Rapper Rick Ross and his bodyguard were arrested Wednesday morning on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated battery. CBS affiliate...
(Fox News) – The college-football-playing son of Sean “Diddy” Combs thanked his pop Tuesday for having his back and getting busted in the process. Justin Combs,...
(Daily Mail) – Mariah Carey’s rumoured romance with James Packer has surprised many. But the ones most in shock appear to be the 45-year-old’s Instagram followers,...
By Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA NEW YORK (NNPA) – At 103, Amelia Boynton Robinson may be bound and physically limited by a wheelchair,...
MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A rookie police officer was arguing with his partner over who should call their supervisor in the chaotic...
(Politico) – Hillary Clinton is riding high in a new WSJ/NBC News poll, with a whopping 60-point margin over her nearest Democratic rival and commanding leads nationally...
(Real Clear Politics) – Reacting to President Obama’s use of the n-word on Marc Maron’s podcast, Cornel West called him the first “niggerized” president in an appearance on...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Rev. Norvel Goff will walk into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church for Bible study keenly aware...
(CNN) – It happened in a matter of days. In South Carolina, the governor called for the Confederate flag to stop flying over the capitol....
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the decision says Cavaliers forward Kevin Love has opted out of the final year...
GARY B. GRAVES, AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — John Calipari and his Kentucky pipeline to the NBA will have yet another major impact on...
(The Washington Post) – Once again, Twitter is howling about Don Lemon. And that’s a bad thing? The CNN anchor whipped social media into a frenzy — another frenzy...
The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Tributes to the Confederacy and the Jim Crow era that have existed still abound in the Deep South and beyond...
(The Atlantic) – This afternoon, in announcing her support for removing the Confederate flag from the capitol grounds, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley asserted that...
(USA Today) – New York City will pay $6.25 million to a man wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years for a murder he didn’t commit. The settlement...
(USA Today) – A black man who died in police custody in Baltimore in April died of a “high-energy injury” that likely happened when the...
(NewsOne) – In what is clearly yet another ironic twist in the Charleston church massacre, one of shooter Dylann Roof’s best friends was Black, and said he still loves...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If Rachel Dolezal had looked around, she would have discovered that a White person does not have...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sacha Simmons used to dread taking a taxi to her high school or someplace else to hang...
NEW YORK (USA Today) — Amazon’s answer to Siri, Cortana and Google is about to have her coming-home party. I’m speaking of Alexa, the voice...