Sarah Wheaton, POLITICO EDGARTOWN, Mass. (Politico) – For America’s black elite, this year’s seasonal sojourn to Martha’s Vineyard turned into a soul-searching retreat. The shooting...
Meredith D. Clark, Ph.D., THE POYNTER INSTITUTE (The Poynter Institute) — When I opened the door to my office after a summer doing research and...
Brad Heath, USA TODAY BALTIMORE (USA Today) — The crime itself was ordinary: Someone smashed the back window of a parked car one evening and...
Tom Foreman, Jr., ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A juror who heard evidence in the trial of a white North Carolina police officer said...
Victoria Cavaliere, REUTERS LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the government to swiftly release immigrant children held at detention centers,...
Ty Schalter, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com) — NFL football is played by two sets of rules. There are the official playing rules and casebook, available for...
Joe Coscarelli, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — For Dr. Dre, this summer was meant to be a victory lap in a...
Chevel Johnson, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A native son, a film director, a gospel giant and an award-winning journalist are among the 2015...
Jon Swaine, Lauren Gambino, and Oliver Laughland, THE GUARDIAN (The Guardian) — Leaders in the new civil rights movement campaigning against the killings of African...
Kira Lerner, THINK PROGRESS (ThinkProgress.com) — The number of Americans excluded from the political process may be even larger than previously thought. A new study...
Theodore R. Johnson, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — If you want to shut down a conversation about race, just say the word “reparations.”...
Nigel Duara, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ST. LOUIS (The L.A. Times) — An 18-year-old black man died from a single gunshot wound to the back...
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has ordered flags to fly half-staff to honor late civil rights leader Julian Bond on same day his...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The latest on the trial of a white North Carolina police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death...
(Reuters) – U.S. oil prices traded below $40 a barrel for the first time since the 2009 financial crisis, ending 2 percent lower on Friday on...
MARCY GORDON, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal and New York regulators have sued two companies that make loans against retirees’ pensions, saying they deceived...
(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc.’s global bookings are projected to rise nearly threefold to $10.84 billion this year and reach $26.12 billion the next, according to...
LONDON (MarketWatch) – GlaxoSmithKline PLC is selling its remaining rights to a drug for use in treating autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis, to Novartis AG for...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The son of Senegal’s former President Abdoulaye Wade lost a bid to be freed from his six-year prison sentence when the Supreme...
LYNSEY CHUTEL, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A grandson of Nelson Mandela accused of raping a 15-year-old girl will remain in police custody, while his defense...
SYLVIE CORBET, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France has been grappling with how to reconcile religious beliefs with secular values when it comes to pork in...
JASON PATINKIN, Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Media organizations in Sudan imposed a 24-hour news blackout on Friday to demand a full investigation into...
STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera offered this edict to his players before the start of this week’s...
(CNN) – Is there light at the end of the tunnel for Tiger Woods? “Finally, I got something out of my round,” said a relieved Woods,...
