DETROIT (CBS Detroit) – While hospitals are thought to be sterile, safe environments where sick people get better, not sicker a new investigation by Consumer Reports into...
NEW YORK (USA Today) — The already heated competition between T-Mobile CEO John Legere and Sprint’s chief Marcelo Claure could soon reach stratospheric heights. Research firm GSMA Intelligence, which tracks the mobile industry, is...
(Computer World) – Desperate times call for desperate measures. For Twitter, that could mean a new approach to the way it displays tweets. Tweets typically appear...
ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press LORI HINNANT, Associated Press CALAIS, France (AP) — France deployed more than 100 riot police to Calais on Wednesday to bolster security...
(BBC) – South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu has returned to hospital just a week after being discharged. He has what has only been described as a...
JACOBO GARCIA, Associated Pres BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — For weeks, billboards on buses and television spots have been announcing what promises to be Colombia’s next big...
(Bleacher Report) – Just when you thought the Shaquille O’Neal-Scottie Pippen feud was over, it has started up again. Last week, the basketball world had a hard...
DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Pro Bowl safety Eric Berry returned to the Kansas City Chiefs’ practice field Wednesday, just eight...
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The son and ex-daughter-in-law of late black golf pioneer Charlie Sifford were indicted Tuesday on charges they stole more...
(BBC) – Australian Football League (AFL) star Adam Goodes says he is taking time off, as a row over racism in the game shows no sign...
BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The commissioner pointed to concealed evidence. The team described it as a folly. And the agent...
(NME) – Drake has dropped another diss track aimed at fellow rapper Meek Mill. The pair engaged in a public dispute recently when Mill accused Drake of...
(USA Today) – Bill Cosby will soon speak on at least one old allegation of sexual misconduct, according to attorney Gloria Allred. The celebrity lawyer represents plaintiff Judy...
(The Washington Post) – Days after it was revealed comedian Bill Cosby spoke of himself as a master interpreter of women’s desires in a 10-year-old court deposition, one of...
LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — In an hour-long comedy set, Trevor Noah hit the kind of social satire notes to be...
(Politico) – The Koch brothers are freezing out Donald Trump from their influential political operation — denying him access to their state-of-the-art data and refusing to...
by Ashahed M. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call FERGUSON, Mo. – It has been nearly one year since Michael Brown Jr., was shot...
NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses are again able to get loans backed by the federal government. President Barack Obama signed into law a bill Tuesday...
LISA CORNWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A University of Cincinnati officer who shot a motorist during a traffic stop over a missing front license plate...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A longtime Philadelphia congressman who was indicted Wednesday paid off a campaign loan with charitable donations and federal grants, funneled campaign money to...
(Salon) – During the first Intifada in Israel-Palestine, one of the most controversial aspects of the Israeli reaction to the uprising in 1987 was Yitzhak Rabin’s...
(Today.com) – Musical fans still have a few months before they have the chance to watch “The Wiz Live!” — the song-and-dance adaptation of “The Wizard...
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (The Washington Post) — In the end, President Obama may have gotten closer to the bones of ancient mankind than to ordinary Africans on...
by Jessica R. Key Special to the NNPA from the Indianapolis Recorder The Indianapolis Recorder recently spoke with Donna Brazile, American author, academic, and political analyst...
(Politico) – The leaders of America’s cities have serious concerns about race relations, minority communities and policing issues as the nation approaches the one-year anniversary of...
