Harriet McCleod, REUTERS CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) — A South Carolina judge on Thursday extended for another week a temporary order sealing court documents and silencing...
(Bleacher Report) – The NBA and its Players Association confirmed the details for the first NBA Africa Game on Thursday. The contest, which will take place from Ellis...
Scott Hensley, NPR (NPR.com) — Consumer Reports, the granddaddy of advice-givers on what to buy, won’t recommend laundry pods containing liquid detergent anymore. The risks...
BASTAD, Sweden (Fox Sports) – Wimbledon champion Serena Williams said a right elbow injury forced her to pull out of the Swedish Open on Thursday. Williams said...
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected the idea of revoking Bill Cosby’s Presidential Medal of Freedom because of sexual...
Mae Anderson, ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Amazon aimed for Christmas in July with its much-hyped “Prime Day” sale. But some shoppers found a lump...
Tom Hays, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — A Muslim man who objected to rules requiring him to get rid of his beard if he...
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors officials have met with the leader of a Detroit activist group that wants the automaker to cut financial ties with Kid...
(New York Times) – We remember Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s 1960 classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” as that novel’s moral conscience: kind, wise, honorable, an avatar...
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week as employers remain confident enough in the economy...
Sudhin Thanawala, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — DirecTV’s exclusive right to broadcast certain NFL games is an illegal monopoly that raises costs for bars...
(The Washington Post) – A small cadre of super-wealthy Americans is dominating the fundraising for the 2016 Republican presidential nominating contest, doling out huge sums to...
Tali Arbel, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix, a vocal opponent of Comcast’s failed bid for Time Warner Cable, supports Charter’s quest to do...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic “When our child is killed we feel guilt. We feel like failures,” says the leader of a women’s group...
(The Washington Post) – There’s this thing people sometimes say down South. So-and-so is “acting brand new.” Sometimes that’s a reference to people behaving like they...
By Bobbi Booker Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – Immediately following President Barack Obama’s speech in Philadelphia this week, NAACP President Cornell W....
(Reuters) – A South Carolina judge on Thursday extended for another week a temporary order sealing court documents and silencing lawyers and others involved in...
By Samaria Bailey Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch pushed the NAACP to keep fighting for equality in...
(Washington Post) – Sharanda Jones — prisoner 33177-077 — struggled to describe the moment in 1999 when a federal judge sentenced her to life in prison...
(New York Times) – Two men were sitting in a parked car, waiting to pick someone up. Carlos Cervantes was in the driver’s seat. He was...
(CBS News) – The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art says it will post a sign telling visitors that an exhibition featuring Bill Cosby’s art collection...
NEW YORK (Fox News) – Kylie Jenner is being accused on Instagram of cultural appropriation for wearing cornrows in her hair. “Hunger Games” actress Amandla Stenberg...
By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released a new rule to assist...
KATHLEEN FOODY, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The president of the Atlanta NAACP says the civil rights group wants Confederate symbols — including a giant carving...
SEANNA ADCOX, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — GOP Gov. Nikki Haley’s successful push to remove the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s Statehouse grounds following last...
