(Grantland) It irks me that the Villanova and Virginia haters were validated. Virginia has won the ACC two years running, and Villanova just went 33-3...
(ESPN) – Michael Sam may be the first openly gay player to be selected in the NFL draft, but he said Thursday that there are...
(The Wrap) – Two-time Oscar nominee Viola Davis is attached to star in the courtroom drama “Custody,” multiple individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap. “Into the...
NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Embracing proposed new rules aimed at payday lenders, President Barack Obama on Thursday said working families need protections...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans muscled a balanced-budget plan through the Senate early Friday, positioning Congress for months of battling President Barack Obama...
ED WHITE, Associated Press COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A teenager told authorities that her mother killed two siblings and forced her to put...
FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press MONTABAUR, Germany (AP) — Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appears to have hidden evidence of an illness from his...
(Mashable) – “This app was created to increase cyberbullying. There’s no other reason.” So begins the current top review on iTunes for the controversial Burnbook app. The...
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans bought less soda for the 10th straight year in 2014, with diet sodas shrinking more than their sugary counterparts, according...
(Politico) – Barack Obama faces a slew of Middle East crises that some call the worst in a generation, as new chaos from Yemen to...
(USA Today) – Former North Carolina Tar Heels coach Dean Smith, who passed away in February at the age of 83, set up a trust to send...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Pairing Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell is like mixing gasoline and fire. You know there’s going to be an...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Sean Penn takes a page out of the Liam Neeson book of machismo in this sterile international thriller about a...
By Dwight Brown Syndication Film Critic (NNPA) – Up until now, The Divergent Series couldn’t hold a candle to The Hunger Games franchise, though they are both cut from the...
(Politico) – In 1988, a group of black students at Harvard Law School compiled a report designed to recognize the growing achievements of black students...
Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer (NNPA) – Months into his only term as mayor, Vincent C. Gray surfaced as a central figure...
FERGUSON, Mo. (New York Times) — Addressing one of the Justice Department’s primary recommendations for the Police Department here, the new acting police chief said on...
Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Congressman Fauntroy is the only living individual in that famous photo of President Johnson signing the Civil Rights...
by James Washington Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times There is a perspective prevalent in our faith that our suffering is an integral...
by Pastor E.A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times “Don’t put too much trust on your education level, girlfriend, boyfriend, wife, husband,...
by Rev. Manson B. Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times A CHRISTIAN LIFE CONNECTION SERIES “DEVELOPING MY NEW LIFE RELATIONSHIPS:...
by Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer This is a critical time when we all must take a look back at how...
WASHINGTON (AP) — PayPal Inc. has agreed to pay $7.7 million to settle with U.S. regulators who said the payments company allowed violations of U.S....
