(Reuters) – Libya’s coast guard detained on Wednesday almost 600 illegal African migrants, among them pregnant women and 18 children, who had tried to sail...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — A year ago, a dozen Nigerian troops fighting about 200 Boko Haram militants in the town of Chibok...
CARA ANNA, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There is so much freedom in Uganda that it’s nearly anarchy, the country’s president joked, stepping carefully around...
(CNN) – The mother of three of Floyd Mayweather’s children filed a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against the boxing great, claiming he lied in a recent...
DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer Isiah Thomas is back in New York, this time running the WNBA’s Liberty. Seven years after Thomas’ unsuccessful stint as Knicks...
DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods felt rusty and tired Tuesday at The Players Championship — rust because he...
(Time) – He’s expected to play “Baltimore,” the as-yet-unreleased song he wrote about the unrest in the city The Purple One is coming to Baltimore to keep...
(E! Online) – Attention Khloé Kardashian, here you go, girl. Beyoncé became a number of women’s fitspiration after she (really) flaunted her nearly naked and absolutely amazing bod...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities are dropping the Las Vegas battery case against singer Chris Brown. Las Vegas police said Tuesday that the man who claimed...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Call this the year of the test. Or, at least the year of standardized test mania. Standardized test...
DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. House seat in deeply Democratic New York City will remain under Republican...
JIM SUHR, Associated Press ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — To some, a makeshift shrine in the middle of the Ferguson street where...
New AG Meets with Baltimore Leaders, Police and Activists By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent [Compiled from Pool Reports] WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Keeping her...
(BBC) – Victims of Ivory Coast’s post-election conflict will start receiving payouts in July, authorities say. Some 74,000 registered victims are eligible for compensation from...
(Business Insider) – Floyd Mayweather Jr. stands to make well over $100 million in his fight with Manny Pacquiao. To put that in perspective, Mayweather was the highest-paid...
(BBC) – Jamie Foxx has admitted his US national anthem performance at Mayweather v Pacquiao was “a little off” and blamed his earpiece falling out....
BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Attorney General Loretta Lynch pledged Tuesday to improve the city’s police department after meeting with the family of a...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Early this year, Megan E. Green, a St. Louis alderwoman, met with officials of a local police union to discuss a...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Baltimore’s curfew has been lifted, the officers have been charged, and Freddie Gray has been laid to...
(The Washington Post) – Shaun King was furious. The author and life coach turned activist has been one of the most prominent online voices in...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago is the most segregated city in the United States, while also being one of the most diverse, according to a new analysis...
by Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer The economy in America is much better today than it was 7 or 8 years...
by James Washington Special to the NNPA from Dallas Weekly Is it really possible to put your life in the hands of the Lord? To some...
By Pastor E.A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times “When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either...
by Rev. Manson B. Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Bible Fact: The Book of Revelation is given by Jesus and written by...
