Martha Waggoner, ASSOCIATED PRESS GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. William Barber walks gingerly with a cane, in a hunched-over posture, yet here he is...
Nicole Hensley, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS CLEVELAND (The New York Daily News) — About a dozen people leaving the first-ever Black Lives Matter conference...
DULUTH, Ga. (ETOnline.com) — Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of late music legend Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown, died on July 26, surrounded by her family,...
Ashley Southall, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — As I stood barefoot at the entrance to the Chottanikkara Bhagavathy Temple, a labyrinthine Hindu...
Julie Pace, ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — President Barack Obama mixed blunt messages to Kenya’s leaders on gay rights, corruption and counterterrorism Saturday with...
Karen Attiah, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — “All of these police brutality videos on my feed are making me sick,” a black male...
Julie Greenberg, WIRED (Wired.com) — If you don’t like to broadcast where you’ve been by “checking in” on social media but still want to remember the places you’ve...
Nellie Andreeva, DEADLINE (Deadline.com) — Emmett Till was only 14 when the black teen was brutally murdered after allegedly flirting with a white woman in Mississippi...
Jen Yamato, THE DEAILY BEAST (The Daily Beast) — The WWE acted swiftly as soon as they heard that an ugly racism scandal was about to...
Eric D. Williams, ESPN (ESPN) — A Pro Football Hall of Fame policy will prevent members of Junior Seau’s family from speaking at the deceased...
Bill Barrow, ASSOCIATED PRESS GREENVILLE, South Carolina (AP) — In her second bid for the presidency, Hillary Rodham Clinton is discussing “systemic racism” and making...
David Montgomery, THE NEW YORK TIMES HEMPSTEAD, Tex. (The New York Times) — The Texas sheriff whose policies have come under intense criticism in the aftermath...
Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY HEMPSTEAD, Texas (USA Today) — Mourners gathered on Saturday to lay Sandra Bland to rest, as questions about the circumstances of...
Kindra Chapman found dead in a jail cell. Right after Sandra Bland’s death. pic.twitter.com/h1rPr1cCOF — Yaphet Kotto (@Darius34092338) July 25, 2015 By Christina Coleman Special to...
HONG KONG/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In a 2013 script for the movie “Pixels,” intergalactic aliens blast a hole in one of China’s national treasures – the...
(BBC) – Nigeria has made a vital step towards being declared polio free, after marking a year without a recorded case. It can now be taken...
JACK BEZANTS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Even though Usain Bolt is still waiting to see if he has fully recovered from a left leg injury,...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Braxton Miller is shifting from quarterback to receiver, whittling Ohio State’s QB competition to two star passers. Miller told SI.com on Thursday...
Mangum, Edward Waters research director among honorees at Hampton Special to the NNPA from the Florida Courier Two of Florida’s Black universities were honored last week...
(Reviewed) – If you’re a die-hard NBA fan, the league just made it a lot easier to catch your favorite teams’ out-of-market games. NBA League Pass, the...
(Deadspin) – Within mixed martial arts circles, it has long been taken as a given that the UFC pays USA Today for coverage. As the rumor...
(Bleacher Report) – With his entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August, Jerome Bettis is ramping things up with a media circuit discussing his life and professional...
NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift has apologized to Nicki Minaj for calling her out on Twitter regarding her MTV Video Music Awards nominations. Swift tweeted...
WASHINGTON (TheStar.com) —Dozens of emails and comments left at the Smithsonian Institution show the public appears to be sharply divided over an exhibition featuring Bill Cosby’s...
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has severed ties with Hulk Hogan amid a report that one of the biggest stars in professional wrestling...
