(Black Enterprise) – Brookings Institution recently revealed a new report comparing cities’ top earning households to their least earning. The report serves as an update to 2014 research exploring...
(Bloomberg) – University of Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery didn’t have to ask for a raise after the Hawkeyes played in last year’s NCAA tournament. It was...
(Variety) – The Mo’ne Davis story is coming to Disney Channel. The 13-year-old who made history last summer as the first girl to pitch a shutout...
(AllHipHop) – Lil’ Wayne is reportedly writing a tell-all book and revealing that Drake once betrayed him. TMZ reports that Weezy is shopping around a...
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that Washington would “reassess” its options on U.S.-Israel relations and Middle East diplomacy after the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With no federal unemployment insurance and rapidly disappearing state coverage, the percentage of people benefiting from...
by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As Eric Holder ended his tenure as U.S. Attorney General, he said, “The troubling reality is...
(New Pittsburgh Courier) – Family and friends of former D.C. Delegate and Civil Rights icon Walter Fauntroy have grown increasingly concerned following reports that a...
Special to the NNPA from Target Market News CHICAGO — Three national African-American organizations have issued a joint statement in response to the $20 billion lawsuit...
(Reuters) – The tobacco industry makes $7,000 for each of the more than 6 million people who die each year from smoking-related illness, the health...
(The Huffington Post) – Your TV may be wreaking havoc on your diet. Watching any old show on the tube while simultaneously snacking can contribute to...
(The Huffington Post) – I’ve never been one of those people. You know the kind, the ones who wake up in the morning or lace up in...
(Bloomberg) – In a crowded lab on the edge of Copenhagen, food scientists at Swiss biotech company Evolva Holding are scrambling to help reinvent one...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits basically held steady last week, as the job market continues...
STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press A Minnesota judge has endorsed a settlement in which Target Corp. will pay $10 million to settle a...
CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge dismissed a lawsuit by Herbalife shareholders who claimed that the business structure and marketing practices of...
(Reuters) – The United Nations said on Thursday Islamic State forces may have committed genocide in trying to wipe out the Yazidi minority in Iraq as well as war crimes...
(Bloomberg) – Kaspersky Lab sells security software, including antivirus programs recommended by big-box stores and other U.S. PC retailers. The Moscow-based company ranks sixth in...
JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press PAUL SCHEMM, Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for the attack that killed 21 people...
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (New York Times) — The noise inside the arena is deafening. Thousands of Russians in off-brand tracksuits and snow pants are shouting and beating...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marvin Gaye’s family wants to put a stop to “Blurred Lines.” Gaye’s children filed an injunction in court Tuesday to prevent the...
BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The whispered words of Robert Durst recorded in an unguarded moment in a bathroom could come back to...
(Politico) – The House Budget Committee on Thursday morning passed the GOP’s 2016 spending proposal on a straight party line vote, but only after Republican...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With a decision due by summer in a Supreme Court case that could unravel President Barack Obama’s health care...
(Politico) – Glenn Beck, the conservative/libertarian radio host and media entrepreneur, said Wednesday he is officially done with the Republican Party. “I’ve made my decision...
