DAVID KOENIG, AP Airlines Writers SCOTT MAYEROWITZ, AP Airlines Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of United Airlines flights were delayed Wednesday after the airline experienced...
(Bloomberg) – In nearly two decades of payday lending, Charlie Hallinan stayed one step ahead of state laws while amassing a fortune — one high-interest...
(Reuters) – New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits rose last week to their highest level since February, suggesting some slowdown in the labor market recovery....
(Reuters) – Coty Inc. has sealed a deal to buy Procter & Gamble Co’s beauty business, which includes brands such as Clairol and Wella, in a...
KARIM KABIR, Associated Press ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika issued an emergency plan on Wednesday to crack down on mounting ethnic unrest around...
JASON PATINKIN, Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan marked four years of independence from Sudan on Thursday, but the celebrations were tempered by...
RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police on Thursday detained two of the president’s top challengers, an opposition leader and a former prime...
London (CNN) – Millions of Londoners were forced to find alternative ways to travel on Thursday as the UK capital’s Underground network was in the grip...
(ESPN) – New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul had his right index finger amputated Wednesday, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Medical records show the procedure took place Wednesday...
(Clarion-Ledger) – A multipurpose sports complex is coming to Jackson. Tougaloo College and P360 Mississippi CrossFit recently entered into a partnership that will turn 180 acres...
(Reuters) – Rapper Meek Mill scored his first No. 1 album on the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, far outpacing R&B artist Miguel...
DAVID ESPO, Associated Press ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Retreating under pressure, House Republicans scrapped plans for a vote Thursday on allowing the display...
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) – Calling American Indian education a national travesty, the Obama administration is moving to get more tribes to run federally controlled schools that for decades...
(Chicago Tribune) – Residents and activists fanned out at a busy intersection on Detroit’s east side, blocks from where a suburban high school girl was gunned...
(USA Today) – After seeing years of decline in violent crime, several major American cities experienced a dramatic surge in homicides during the first half...
(The Washington Post) – The hallmark of public libraries — the printed book, bound by covers and centuries of page-turning — is being shoved aside by...
(The Washington Post) – The Washington Redskins lost the biggest legal and public relations battle yet in the war over the NFL team’s name after...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic At one point in this sweet gem of a documentary, two tap dancers from different parts of the world define...
(The Washington Post) – As an actress, Whoopi Goldberg’s track record is mixed. Yes, she starred in “The Color Purple” and won an Oscar for “Ghost”...
(The Washington Post) – In the District, Ben’s Chili Bowl and Bill Cosby have long been linked. A mural featuring him adorns the side of the...
COLUMBIA (Post and Courier) — The South Carolina House of Representatives made two historic votes early Thursday morning, ordering the permanent removal of the Statehouse’s Confederate battle...
(The Atlantic) – A few years ago, Pablo Alba was called to the principal’s office to meet with me, an aging white guy he’d never met before. A...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Less than three years ago, Anthony Batts was hand-picked by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to combat crime and reform...
(Miami Herald) – On Feb. 13, the Miami-Dade Aviation Department honored “not only members of the Greatest Generation” but “the Greatest Generation Plus.” Three South Florida...
(TechCrunch) – U.S. consumer rights organization, Consumer Watchdog, has lodged a complaint with the FTC that Google is being “unfair and deceptive” by not extending the sorts of individual...
