(NBC News) – A growing movement against the jailing of poor offenders who cannot pay fines has hit New Hampshire, where the local American Civil Liberties...
CLAUDIA LAUER, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Though only a short stretch of Little Rock’s Confederate Boulevard remains, to some it is a glaring...
(Miami Herald) – As Haiti’s presidential campaigning slowly gains momentum amid continuing uncertainty about the fate of the country’s scheduled Oct. 25 elections, a new World Bank report...
(The Washington Post) – Friday afternoon announcements in Washington are usually aimed at attracting as little attention as possible, but last Friday was different. President Obama’s...
TALLAHASSEE (Politico) — In a private gathering during last month’s Republican Party of Florida quarterly meeting, state Rep. Janet Adkins told a group of North Florida...
(Baltimore Sun) – Saying that his church is his first priority, the Rev. Jamal H. Bryant said Tuesday that he is bowing out of a campaign...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – At the end of July, a man named Middle Passage boarded a bus from his home in...
by Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call LOS ANGELES (The Final Call) – Many different groups and organizations are rallying and making preparations...
MARIA CHENG, Associated Press RAPHAEL SATTER, Associated Press KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press KENEMA, Sierra Leone (AP) — Something didn’t smell right. As a worker at Kenema...
(CNN) – When you’re first diagnosed with diabetes, you may feel like your life has been turned upside down. I know I did. But I’ve learned...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s plan to rein in prescription drug prices by reshaping how drugmakers do business is being...
DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press GEIR MOULSON, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen AG’s smog-test scandal escalated Tuesday as the company acknowledged putting stealth software in millions...
(Bloomberg) – While U.S. unemployment has continued its downward trend, wage growth has remained elusive. In fact, Labor Department figures show U.S. wages increased in the...
(Chicago Tribune) – Groupon, once believed by many to be a catalyst for Chicago’s technology scene, evokes more concern than awe from some observers these days....
ABUJA, Nigeria (New York Times) — More than 100 people were killed Sunday evening in northern Nigeria in a quick succession of what appeared to be carefully coordinated...
(Reuters) – The elite soldiers behind a coup in Burkina Faso defied an ultimatum on Tuesday to surrender to regular troops loyal to the government, leading...
(Reuters) – For the millions of Muslims set to start the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca on Tuesday, the challenge of reaching the city where Islam...
(SB Nation) – So here we are, an eighth of the 2015 NFL season in the books, and as of now the Jacksonville Jaguars are in...
MICHAEL MAROT, AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Todd Bowles is keeping the Jets grounded. Sure, they’re off to their first 2-0 start since 2011, the...
SCHUYLER DIXON, AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) — Tony Romo won’t be back for at least two months because of a broken left collarbone, and...
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN, The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Yannick Noah, the last Frenchman to win a Grand Slam tournament, was appointed as the country’s Davis...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic TORONTO (NNPA) – The Toronto International Film Festival has aged gracefully into its 40th year anniversary. Black directors, actors and writers...
by Mary L. Datcher Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender Motown Records was considered the number one most influential company to lead in setting...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning soul gospel singer Cissy Houston, mother of the late Whitney Houston, will be honored at the Gospel Image Awards in Charlotte,...
