CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — About 9.9 million people have signed up and paid for health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health...
MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer borrowing climbed to a fresh record in July, the latest evidence that the U.S. economy is...
(USA Today) – Macy’s will close 35 to 40 underperforming stores, around 5% of its total locations, the department store chain announced Tuesday. The stores, slated...
(Bloomberg) – PCCW Ltd., controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, is planning a video-on-demand service for South Africa that would compete with Netflix Inc. and Naspers Ltd.’s ShowMax,...
J.P. LAWRENCE, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A flock of speedskaters flashed across a parking lot past children learning to roller skate and hundreds of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has opened a mission for Somalia as part of its effort to normalize relations with the Eastern Africa nation, which continues...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The head of Sierra Leone’s National Ebola Response Center says that three new cases of Ebola have emerged in an area...
BABACAR DIONE, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The former dictator of Chad, Hissene Habre, said Tuesday he will win in his war crimes trial. The...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (USA Today) — Once again, the buzz was intense in the New England Patriots locker room Tuesday as reporters outnumbered a sparse collection of players by...
EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer Without the games to distract from the issues, fans had more time to ponder the NFL’s discipline policies, its commissioner and...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Straight Outta Compton” ceded its three-week reign at the top of the box office to the faith-based “War Room,” which climbed to...
(Entertainment Weekly) – For the Super Bowl’s golden anniversary, the NFL has asked a big name to return to the stage. Bruno Mars has been offered...
By ULA ILNYTZKY, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The art collection of celebrated writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou is heading to auction this month....
NEW YORK (AP) — The producers of the Aretha Franklin documentary “Amazing Grace” have withdrawn the film from the Toronto Film Festival amid a legal dispute...
JANIE HAR, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson jabbed Tuesday at front-runner Donald Trump’s proposal to deport everyone who is in...
(The Washington Post) – In America, you can’t legally bet on political outcomes (at least not yet). But if you could, we’d advise you to put some...
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With his plan for two years of free community college stalled in Congress, President Barack Obama is trying to...
MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An African-American man on Georgia’s death row is asking the Supreme Court for a new sentencing hearing because a...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A city board approved on Wednesday a $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Flanked by images of the nine men and women at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C., and...
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — BMW has agreed to pay $1.6 million and provide job opportunities for dozens of former black employees who said they were victims...
HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For stretches of the 27th edition of Williams vs. Williams, Venus gave Serena all she could handle....
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (USA Today) — Sharp differences exist between the way blacks and whites view the treatment of blacks by police, according to a poll being released Wednesday by...
(CNN) – Alex Stone knew he had no other choice. The police officer in Clatskanie, Oregon, filed a formal complaint when he allegedly heard the city’s...
