DAKAR, Senegal (New York Times) — Roughly 100 people have died after an explosion sent flames coursing through a gas station in the center of Accra,...
HONG KONG (New York Times) — For years, Hui King-to has taken part in the solemn candlelight vigil in Victoria Park here commemorating those who...
(BBC) – Police in Italy have arrested 44 people over the rigging of public contracts to run migrant reception centers. Local politicians were among those detained...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry was early in his career, a long way from even thinking about the NBA Finals....
(Bleacher Report) – Every NBA lottery team has more than one need. It’s a straightforward concept, really. You don’t end up in the lottery, outside the playoff...
(Daily Mail) – While Caitlyn Jenner will be honored with an ESPY courage award next month for coming out as transgender, some critics believe other, more...
(BBC) – Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has said in a TV address that he will reveal all he knows about corruption at world football’s governing...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The widow of a man who died when he was run over by a pickup truck driven by Marion “Suge” Knight...
(CNN) – It’s probably a publicity stunt, but we kind of love that Mariah Carey is on Match.com. The singer’s new video for her single...
NEW YORK (AP) — Musically blessed comedy “Sister Act” is getting a revival, courtesy of Disney. Producer Ally Sherman and writers Kristen “Kiwi” Smith and...
(Politico) – The Democratic National Convention isn’t for 13 months, and Hillary Clinton isn’t the party’s nominee, but some Hispanic Democratic leaders are already pushing...
(Ebony) – “I sent two children to play that day and only one came back.” On November 22, 2014, Samaria Rice’s youngest daughter Tajai Rice, 15,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Four former CVS theft investigators say their supervisors ordered them to target minority shoppers in some New York City stores, according...
(ProPublica) – The neighborhood of Campeche sprawls up a steep hillside in Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. Goats rustle in trash that goes forever uncollected. Children kick a...
(ILoveOldSchoolMusic.com) – If reality TV would have existed back in the day, Marvin Gaye and his then-wife, Janis Gaye would have garnered ratings that were through the roof. Their...
(CNN) – Chester Hanks, son of actor Tom Hanks and actress Rita Wilson, is under fire for a series of Instagram posts in which he...
(The Atlantic) – The recent spate of highly publicized killings of black men by police officers has driven many people to wonder how common such...
(The Washington Post) – Starting next school year, any parent in Nevada can pull a child from the state’s public schools and take tax dollars...
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The investigation into the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old black boy holding a pellet gun by a white Cleveland...
(Los Angeles Times) – Nearly 10 months after Ezell Ford was shot and killed by two Los Angeles police officers, his mother said the same questions...
(CNN) – Four people who cheered — allegedly excessively — for their loved ones at a high school graduation ceremony in Senatobia, Mississippi, say they’ve...
(The Washington Post) – The Gulfstream G650 isn’t just any private jet. The billionaires lining up these luxury jets, which sell for upwards of $65 million...
(Salon) – In 2012, long-ago Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum got attention as the only Catholic in the GOP presidential primary race. It’s sadly noteworthy: our...
(Fortune) – Toyota and Ford are ready to buddy up to defend their vehicle dashboards as tech-industry bigwigs Google and Apple introduce in-car entertainment and navigation...
(CNN) – For those who have grown accustomed to their AOL homepage, get ready to change. AOL has launched a brand new homepage today. This is the...
