By Victoria T. Davis Special to the NNPA from The Indianapolis Recorder (NNPA) — During summers in Creston, S.C., Malcolm Franklin sharpened his jockey skills. While...
Yesha Callahan, THE ROOT (The Root) — R&B singer Johnny Kemp, best known for his hit song “Just Got Paid,” died Thursday at the age...
Hansi Lo Wang, NPR NEW YORK (NPR.com) — An obscure but riveting genre of theater is being revived in New York City. They’re called “anti-lynching...
B.G. Henne, A.V. CLUB (A.V. Club) — Variety is reporting that How To Get Away With Murder’s Aja Naomi King has been cast opposite Armie Hammer...
Steven J. Horowitz, BILLBOARD LONDON (Billboard) — For her thirteenth studio album The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige made a hard left. Bored with the...
Jim Kuhnhenn, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — With a tone of outrage and eye-rolling dismissiveness, President Barack Obama and his White House team are working...
Steve Peoples, ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — The Republican Party’s most ambitious have stormed into New Hampshire for an early state showdown that highlighted...
Benjamin Mueller, THE NEW YORK TIMES NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (The New York Times) — Civil rights groups in North Charleston, S.C., asked the United States Department...
Deborah Barfield Berry and Ledyard King, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today) – Five years after the massive BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Gulf Coast communities...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY (USA Today) — Police who kill suspects in the line of duty rarely face charges, experts say, but recent incidents...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — When Abdelaziz Bouteflika ran for a fourth term as Algeria’s president a year ago, the opposition cautioned that he would be...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — The death of a man sharing a prison cell with former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips was ruled a homicide by strangulation,...
GARY FINEOUT, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The attorney for NFL prospect Jameis Winston said the lawsuit filed against the former Florida State University quarterback...
BOSTON (CBS) – The Boston Celtics have clinched the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference and a first-round matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers. While both...
(Bleacher Report) – At last, the boxing match the world has been waiting for has come along. Floyd Mayweather will finally put his dukes up against Manny...
ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — On paper, the evidence in the murder case against Marion “Suge” Knight looks strong: Prosecutors have a...
MARK KENNEDY, A Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How sweet it is: A new musical about the composer of the hymn “Amazing Grace” is coming...
LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The hardest sell for President Barack Obama will be persuading members of his own party to back a bipartisan...
SALLY HO, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal funding could be at stake as Common Core testing problems continued in Nevada, Montana and North Dakota,...
JILL COLVIN, Associated Press EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Likely presidential contender Jeb Bush said Thursday the Senate should confirm attorney general...
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — A Pentagon official sat before a committee of the Washington State Legislature in January and declared that the U.S. military supported a bill...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is about to change the way its influential search engine recommends websites on smartphones and tablets...
(BBC) – Foreign-owned shops in South Africa have been attacked and looted in east Johannesburg, the latest in a series of xenophobic attacks. A standoff is...
(USA Today) – There are only a handful of musical performers who have achieved authentic icon status. One of these is Jamaican musician Bob Marley,...
(Politico) – Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is warning he will use hardball floor tactics to force a vote on stalled attorney general nominee Loretta...
