By Rhodesia Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call NEW ORLEANS – It’s been a decade since millions across the world witnessed the aftermath...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Truancy among Black students has far-ranging consequences, not just as a predictor for low academic achievement,...
BALTIMORE (ABC2News.com) – Two days have been set aside for each side in the Freddie Gray case to argue pretrial motions in front of Judge Barry...
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The family of an unarmed black man shot to death by a white former police chief of a...
by Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Have you looked back on memorable days in your life? You’ll cherish those thoughts for a...
by James Washington Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Weekly Right now I’m between bible study classes. In the United Methodist Church, of which I’m not...
by Pastor E.A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times “Don’t underestimate the power of a vision. McDonald’s founder, Ray Kroc, pictured his empire...
by Rev. Manson B. Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Matthew 16:19-21 Lesson #10 Bible Fact: Jesus expects all of His disciples to demonstrate...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is introducing an application that will connect Android smartwatches with Apple’s iPhone, escalating the rivals’ battle...
SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today) — New iPhones are on the way, and the sun shall rise again for Apple. Mark Sept. 9 on your calendars as another...
(NPR) – Think of an educational tool and you might picture beloved standbys from our Tools of the Trade series, like the abacus and the wooden block. But educators...
(Reuters) – LinkedIn Corp on Tuesday rolled out a revamped messaging service along the lines of modern chat apps, departing from its unpopular design that resembled...
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A racial gap in kidney transplants appears to have closed, a 13-year study found. Rates of such transplants...
by Valecia Weeks Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times It’s a common saying, “Losing weight is easy…keeping it off is the hard part”....
(Road Warrior Voices) – It doesn’t take a lot of work to be loyal to Marriott, Hilton or IHG. If you stumble into a town –...
(TechCrunch) – PayPal today is launching a new take on peer-to-peer payments with the debut of a platform it’s calling PayPal.Me. For the first time, PayPal customers will...
JOYCE M. ROSENBERG, AP Business Writer A National Labor Relations Board ruling that modified the definition of an employer could hurt small businesses including franchises and...
ABDI GULED, Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Al-Shabab overran an African Union base in southern Somalia early Tuesday, a Somali military official said, in the...
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — A judge in Mozambique has found two journalists and an academic guilty of defamation over a Facebook post. On Monday, a judge...
(BBC) – In a small, heavily guarded compound on the bullet-riddled outskirts of Baidoa, a secretive team is working to undermine Somalia’s Islamist militant group, al-Shabab,...
(Reuters) – An Afghan man and woman found guilty of adultery received 100 lashes on Monday in front of a crowd who filmed their punishment, TV...
(OregonLive.com) – Serena Williams is the talk of New York. She’s earned it: she’s going for the calendar-year Grand Slam at the U.S. Open this month....
(Bleacher Report) – Near the beginning of training camp, Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III shared some deep thoughts. That alone wasn’t really surprising, as Griffin...
(The Washington Post) – Judge Richard M. Berman soon will rule on whether Tom Brady will be suspended or play, and long forgotten will be the...
JOE REEDY, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — After playing coy for the past couple weeks, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher ended the suspense on Monday...
