CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In 1909-10, Theodore Roosevelt headed a Smithsonian hunting and trapping expedition in Africa that included colleagues who prepared the...
AOMAR OUALI, Associated Press PAUL SCHEMM, Associated Press ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria is in the grips of political intrigue, as the president nears death and...
GERARD NZOHABONA, Associated Press BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — A leading rights activist in Burundi was shot and wounded late Monday by unknown assailants in the capital,...
SCHUYLER DIXON, AP Sports Writer OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dez Bryant kept going after Dallas cornerback Tyler Patmon in a heated training camp skirmish that didn’t...
AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff By Stephen D. Riley and Perry Green Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper After three consecutive postseason appearances and back-to-back...
DETROIT (AP) — Mel Farr, a former NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year who rushed for more than 3,000 yards in seven pro seasons with the...
OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI) — It has been a long time since Trent Richardson sat comfortably atop an NFL depth chart. Now the competition for carries comes in...
WESTFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Family and friends gathered at a cemetery Monday to pay their final respects to Bobbi Kristina Brown as she was buried next...
HARTFORD, CONN. (AP) — Rapper 50 Cent says in a Connecticut bankruptcy court filing he spends $108,000 a month on his expenses, including $5,000 for gardening....
(Business Standard) – Record producer Andre Romelle Young, best known by his stage name Dr. Dre, will release his “Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre” album...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After the Senate’s derailing of Republican legislation halting federal dollars for Planned Parenthood, one thing seems clear: Many on...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police and civic leaders launched a partnership Monday with five federal agencies that will embed their special agents...
JULIE BYKOWICZ, Associated Press DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — One by one, the wealthy conservative donors stood up Monday and pledged millions of dollars to the...
By Brian E. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call COLUMBIA, S.C. (FinalCall.com) – A federal grand jury in South Carolina returned a 33-count...
(Reuters Health) – Heart attacks seem to have a bigger effect on life expectancy for women and African Americans than for white men, a new study...
Fewer African-Americans since Civil Rights Era By Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Last week, The Huffington Post offered this bold...
(CNN) – Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are not calling it quits this summer. That’s the first thing you need to know. The actors, who...
By Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, and...
(Politico) – Forty years ago, a contentious battle over racial justice gripped Capitol Hill, pitting the nation’s lone African-American senator against the man who would one...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A broad coalition of civil rights groups delivered more than 500,000 signed petitions to the Justice...
HOUSTON (USA Today) — The family of Sandra Bland, the Illinois woman found dead in a Texas jail cell last month, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Houston...
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Both sides in the voluntary manslaughter trial of a white Charlotte police officer in the on duty shooting...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The United Nations Human Rights Committee has given the U.S. a series of failing grades on human...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist On August 6, the Voting Rights Act, keystone of the civil rights movement, will mark its 50th anniversary. This...
