(BBC) – When Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls from a school in Chibok in April 2014, the world woke up...
(BBC) – The producers of a popular television soap in Angola have apologised after an episode which showed a gay couple kissing caused outrage among viewers....
BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s lead negotiator with Cuba is vowing to maintain U.S. support for democracy...
GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — As shocking as it was, the Seattle Seahawks’ last-minute loss to the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl...
MICHELLE R. SMITH, Associated Press FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — The judge overseeing the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez removed a...
RACHEL COHEN, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Raftery called the regional final when Grant Hill led Duke to the 1994 Final Four. The...
ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight is under evaluation after being hospitalized moments after he pleaded not...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Beth Hoppe loves television dramas. Yet even with a digital video recorder and on-demand services that enable...
DAVID ESPO, Associated Press ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly empowered congressional Republicans challenged President Barack Obama at both ends of the Capitol on...
DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The new leader of the New York state Assembly promised to focus on ethics and integrity after colleagues...
At 71, the Freedom Fighter Battles On by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Say the name Angela Davis and, depending...
(The Atlantic) – Like many mothers raising children in Chicago’s housing projects in the 1990s and 2000s, Seitia Harris was afraid of the drugs and...
(Salon) – After losing the Great Race Debate of 2014 to Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jonathan Chait has decided to begin this year coming for “the feminists,”...
In this, Jan. 12 file photo, demonstrators bear flags of several European countries during a rally of the group Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the...
MARY ESCH, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Bottles of Walmart-brand echinacea, an herb said to ward off colds, were found to contain no echinacea at...
SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today) — When Apple sold $6.5 billion in bonds on Monday, the technology giant did something else behind the scenes: It tapped two minority...
(BBC) – Chad’s army says it has killed more than 200 militant Islamists and lost nine men during a battle to recapture a key town in...
DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer Charlie Sifford, who only wanted a chance to play and broke the color barrier in golf as the first PGA Tour...
Atlanta (CNN) – As Bobbi Kristina Brown remains hospitalized, her father’s attorney said “we are currently investigating the events that led to the hospitalization of Bobbi...
NEWBERRY, S.C. (New York Times) — Sue Summer may seem at first glance an unlikely candidate to be involved in one of South Carolina’s most contentious...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act by earmarking $50 million to...
George E. Curry NNPA Columnist WASHINGTON (NNPA) –Black girls are disproportionately suffering from punitive school disciplinary policies and actions yet society fails to take note of...
by James Washington Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times I am trying again to internalize that today is the day the Lord has...
by Pastor E. A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times “Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition – such...
by Manson B. Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times A CHRISTIAN LIFE CONNECTION SERIES “DEVELOPING MY NEW LIFE RELATIONSHIPS: The Book of Revelation”...
