GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — DeAndre Jordan thought the Dallas Mavericks offered everything he wanted, including a fresh start and a starring...
PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After a nearly decade-long steroids prosecution, Barry Bonds emerged victorious Tuesday when federal prosecutors...
(USA Today) – The Curry brothers may have grown up in Charlotte, N.C., but they are taking over Northern California. Seth Curry, the 24-year-old Duke product...
MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers argued on Tuesday that his admission to using quaaludes in the 1970s doesn’t mean he drugged...
JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper 50 Cent, ranked by Forbes as one of hip-hop’s five richest artists, downplayed his wealth on Tuesday...
MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj traded words on Twitter after the rapper said she was upset she...
(Time) – There’s been a bit of drama on Twitter about the recent VMA nominations, mostly in the form of Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift tweeting back and...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chiding Congress in no uncertain terms, President Barack Obama warned Wednesday that American businesses are...
MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich may still end up serving all of his 14-year prison term despite an appeals...
For more than a century, descendants of enslaved Africans could be punished or put to death for learning to read or arming themselves. The strategy: Keep...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake climbed onto the deck of an abandoned row house in Tuesday’s sweltering summer heat and...
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — In a town where Confederate soldier statues stand sentinel on the courthouse square and a university campus,...
(The Washington Post) – According to newly released police video, a Texas trooper threatened Sandra Bland with a Taser when he ordered her out of...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – These days, all Narene Stokes wants to do is clear her son’s name and gain some closure....
MELBOURNE, Fla. (USA Today) — Barring any last-minute setbacks, the country’s youngest murderer will walk out of prison Tuesday — free for the first time since he was 12...
(Vanity Fair) – It’s safe to say that Rachel Dolezal never thought much about the endgame. You can see it on her face in the local-TV...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist Autumn Veatch, the 16-year-old young lady who survived extreme odds when her grandparents’ small plane crashed last week en route...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT (NNPA) – From the moment we got in the 2015 Hyundai Genesis, our thought was Hyundai has found...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Jerry Alan Bailey was sentenced to more than 30 years in federal prison for conspiring to violate federal narcotics laws....
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist There is no question that the criminal justice system is broken. President Obama made that clear recently in his...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The recent spotlight on systematic racial profiling and police brutality against Black boys and men has exposed a painful...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Now that the confederate flag has been taken down, complete with honor guard and pomp and circumstance, what are Black...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Watching Donald Trump being interviewed this past week was – for the few moments that I could take it...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Up from a past that’s rooted in pain / I rise / I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Car lending is on the rise, and rising with it is a hidden, unfair, abusive and discriminatory practice: car dealer...