GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer ZURICH (AP) — Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings into FIFA on Wednesday, only hours after seven soccer officials were arrested and...
DAVID McFADDEN, Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Joseph-Marc Carel knows the danger of ferrying passengers on his small motorbike, sometimes two at a time, as...
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The centerpiece of an agreement between the city of Cleveland and the U.S. Department of Justice on how to...
SAM HANANEL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider whether prosecutors improperly singled out potential black jurors in notes and then excluded them...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Parents, students and advocates for strong neighborhood schools continue to pressure civic leaders to end the expansion...
(Salon) – The continuing decline of public sector jobs at local, state, and federal levels is having an abysmal economic impact on African Americans, for...
by Askia Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) – More than 30 years have now passed since the worse abuse of...
(RVA News) – After Christopher Columbus “discovered” America, Europeans drove the Indians from their land and even enslaved them, but it was Africans who would endure...
by Rev. Manson B. Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times A CHRISTIAN LIFE CONNECTION SERIES “DEVELOPING MY NEW LIFE RELATIONSHIPS: The...
by Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer This article is about our health mentally, physically and spiritually. The Bible says it...
(International Business Times) – New cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and HIV are on the rise in Rhode Island, a trend that the state health department...
(Mashable) – Audi has unveiled a new version of its R8 e-tron electric supercar concept at CES Asia Monday — it’s still an extremely powerful, high-tech...
(Ars Technica) – While it’s not entirely unusual to hear about gadgets starting fires in the home—particularly when it comes to gadgets sporting lithium-ion batteries—it’s...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sticky plaque gets the most attention, but now healthy seniors at risk of Alzheimer’s are letting scientists peek...
STEVE ROTHWELL, AP Business Writers RYAN NAKASHIMA, AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — They’re not Hollywood stars, they’re not TV personalities and they don’t play...
JAY REEVES, Associated Press ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — With the Memorial Day holiday here, fallout from the oil spill that left Gulf Coast beaches smeared...
(Black Enterprise) – Toni Coleman Brown is the CEO of the Network for Women in Business, based in Queens, New York. The network provides training and coaching...
(BBC) – Nigeria’s fuel wholesalers say they have reached a deal with the government that should soon see the end of the crippling fuel crisis. The...
BETH J. HARPAZ, AP Travel Editor HAVANA (AP) — “Is travel to Cuba for tourist activities permitted? No.” That’s what the U.S. Treasury Department website says....
(Reuters) – Iraq’s Shi’ite paramilitaries said on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic State from the western province of Anbar,...
(International Business Times) – Twitter is blocked in China. But that isn’t stopping the microblogging service from continuing to pitch the country’s advertising networks and business...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James hurts everywhere, the King of Pain. One win from taking the Cavaliers back to the...
By Perry Green and Stephen Riley Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper It is hard to argue with the 2015 MVP Award selection of...
HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — A loss by Venus Williams in the first round at a Grand Slam is no longer the rarity...
JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Some Native Hawaiians disapprove of the name of a movie filmed and set in Hawaii, saying that titling...
