VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (Politico) – Memo to 2016 candidates from Black Lives Matter: We will continue to disrupt your events no matter what you do or...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Burlington, Wash., was a small city fighting what seemed like a local lawsuit. Three poor people said that their public lawyers...
by Terry Shropshire Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Daily World UNION CITY, Ga. (Atlanta Daily World) — The acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District...
(Salon) – No living historian has done more to shape our understanding of the American Civil War era than Eric Foner. A rare scholar who is...
Washington, DC (August 2015) — The National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation (NNPAF), the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that manages charitable, educational and literary activities that promote high...
(Wired) – Hackers who stole sensitive customer information from the cheating site AshleyMadison.com appear to have made good on their threat to post the data online. A...
(Business Insider) – The latest Apple Store revamp doesn’t bode well for the iPod. According to 9to5Mac, Apple will be relocating its iPod stock in US...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google is introducing a low-priced smartphone in six African countries where most people still can’t afford an Internet-connected device. The “Hot...
(Irish Examiner) – Just because you’re one of the biggest technology companies in the world doesn’t mean you don’t get annoyed by the blinking lights, tangled...
(Reuters) – Americans broadly support providing federal funding for free women’s health exams, screenings and contraception services, a Reuters/Ipsos poll has found, suggesting risks for Republicans...
(HealthDay News) — Just one or two drinks a day can increase the risk of certain cancers, researchers report. A new study of 136,000 adults found...
(Reuters) – U.S. teens who try electronic cigarettes may be more than twice as likely to move on to smoking conventional cigarettes as those who have never...
(Forbes) – Amazon.com can be a tough place to work. In this 2012 Forbes cover story, I alluded to the online retailer’s stressful, low-perks culture, driven by founder...
(Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices rose only slightly in July as airline fares recorded their biggest drop since 1995, but tame inflation pressures will probably not...
(Forbes) – In the months leading up to its split with eBay, PayPal made two significant acquisitions. The first was the $280 million it laid out for payments technology...
(BBC) – As President Obama finished his speech to the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa last month and stepped off the stage, a tempest whipped up outside....
KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press MASSESSEHBEH, Sierra Leone (AP) — It had been five months since the last Ebola case in Musa Kamara’s village when he returned...
FARAI MUTSAKA, Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has charged a man on whose land the well-known Cecil the lion was shot by American dentist...
LYNSEY CHUTEL, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man identified as one of Nelson Mandela’s grandsons has been arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl, South...
OXNARD, Calif. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Cowboys and St. Louis Rams cut short the second of two joint practices at training camp Tuesday after several fights broke...
LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Brady might have reason to practice more intensely after a federal judge made...
(USA Today) – This is not a repeat: Ohio State tops the USA TODAY Sports 1-128 preseason re-rank. If you can recall, the Buckeyes also led the way in the...
(Reuters) – FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon said on Wednesday that payments he made to Haiti and Pakistan in 2010 were “charitable donations” and any attempt to use...
(NME) – New NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton will not be aired in the group’s birthplace of Compton in Los Angeles due to the fact that the area currently has...
NEW YORK (UPI) — The Tony Award-winning musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch is to play its final performance on Broadway Sept. 13, producers announced Tuesday....
