JIM SALTER, Associated Press JIM SUHR, Associated Press FERGUSON, Missouri (AP) — A year ago, Ferguson, Missouri, was a mostly quiet working-class suburban town. The uneasy...
(CBS News) – One year ago, the nation watched as the city of Ferguson, Mo., erupted. St. Louis police, dressed in riot gear, stood in a...
(BBC) – There is still no headstone in the place where 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr is buried. Those who wish to pay their respects have to...
Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American It has been one year since the world was introduced to the small city of Ferguson, Missouri...
(The Huffington Post) – A landmark album is dropping Friday — but you’ll need Apple Music or iTunes to listen to it. USA Today reported earlier...
(Reuters) – Despite an explosion of fitness advice from TV shows, blogs, books and online experts, a basic knowledge of health and exercise still eludes most...
By Felecia Piggott-Long, Ph. D. Special to the NNPA from The Winston-Salem Chronicle Today, it is not surprising to see women sporting kinky twists, locks, Nubian...
RYAN NAKASHIMA, AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Signs that pay TV’s pricy bundles of channels are starting to unravel are starting to take a...
KAORI HITOMI, Associated Press MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Thursday, with...
CARLEY PETESCH, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — New Ebola cases were in the single digits another week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, showing that...
FRANCES D’EMILIO, Associated Press COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press ROME (AP) — A fishing boat crowded with migrants overturned Wednesday in the Mediterranean off Libya as rescuers...
RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s top court on Thursday banned the practice of refunding bride price — normally livestock given by the...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL and CFL are partnering on concussion testing during Canadian league games and practices this season. The leagues announced the agreement...
(Black Flag) – In celebration of that dude finally getting the “smoke weed every day” line right from The Next Episode, or perhaps an NWA biopic coming to theaters...
(ESPN) – Tom Brady makes no bones about how he rates himself against Peyton Manning. Brady, in an email to an old friend made public as...
NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Busta Rhymes has been charged with assault after allegedly throwing a protein drink at a Manhattan gym employee. Authorities say 43-year-old...
(The Root) – We didn’t know early on that David Simon was making honest television. Even the idea of it sounds like a lark. But David...
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When he leaves Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” on Aug. 6 after hosting nearly 2,600 episodes, Jon Stewart will...
SERGIO BUSTOS, Associated Press MARISOL MEDINA, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A resolution to condemn Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s remarks about Mexican immigrants failed Wednesday...
(Politico) – One of the companies identified as a fetal tissue supplier in sting videos of Planned Parenthood counts two federal health agencies among its customers,...
(Bloomberg) – Laura Strong, a 29-year-old in suburban Chicago, owes $245,000 on student loans for the psychology Ph.D. she finished in 2013. This year, she says...
(Yahoo!) – Cliché sayings about how to get and stay married abound: Opposites attract, don’t go to bed angry, the grass is always greener on the...
by Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Thirty college students from across the country came to St. Louis from July 23-25...
