MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the battle of the watchdogs. The inspector general’s office at the Department of Veterans Affairs is defending...
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Four more American aid workers arrived back in the United States on Tuesday from West Africa to...
MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Penn State University fraternity was suspended for a year Tuesday after police began investigating allegations that members...
JOHN KEKIS, AP Sports Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim will retire in three years and the university’s athletic director has resigned,...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist Why is Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a neck and neck run-off for re-election? He enjoys national press attention,...
(AL.com) – As legislators consider prison reform in Alabama, a national expert on African-American health said the criminal justice system is a major source of...
by Bert Wilkinson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Caribbean governments restated their intention to pursue Britain and other European nations that...
RUSTY MILLER, AP Sports Writer DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Let this be a lesson to the 64 NCAA Tournament teams yet to take the floor: A...
(ESPN) – Leah Still received some encouraging news in her battle with a rare pediatric cancer Tuesday. Cincinnati Bengals unrestricted free agent Devon Still, 4-year-old Leah’s father,...
(NNPA) – President Barack Obama predicted that Kentucky will remain undefeated and win the title in the NCAA Tournament during an interview broadcast Wednesday on ESPN. He picked a Wildcats...
TED BRIDIS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration set a new record again for more often than ever censoring government files or outright denying...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A third round of testing will help to determine whether an envelope addressed to the White House does indeed...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Researchers studying the affects of public policy on the racial wealth gap estimated that the...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A growing body of research indicates that Black people pay more attention to local news and...
(Bloomberg) – Snapchat, the photo-messaging app raising cash at a $15 billion valuation, probably isn’t actually worth more than Clorox or Campbell Soup. So where did investors come up with...
DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Competitive gaming is ready for its close-up. The Electronic Sports League and live event broadcaster BY...
(The Huffington Post) – The newest entry in the annals of viral marketing features a sexy robot, a sci-fi movie and app dating. AdWeek reports...
by Sandra Jordan Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “It’s the stress of what we are going through as a community that is...
(The Huffington Post) – I woke up in the middle of the night one night last year, and my boyfriend was missing from his side...
(The Huffington Post) – Kraft Singles, a type of processed cheese that comes individually wrapped in a thin, plastic film, is the first food to...
DAVID PORTER, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The fight over legalized sports gambling in New Jersey returned to a federal appeals court Tuesday, where attorneys for...
ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press LINCOLN, Calif. (AP) — One measure of how heated the environmental battle has become over coffee giant Keurig Green Mountain’s $5 billion-a-year...
SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday referred a police officer to trial for the killing of a female protester...
KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, Associated Press BIELEFELD, Germany (AP) — Yassin Musharbash, a leading German journalist with Jordanian roots, pulls out some recent “fan mail” and starts reading...
ROB MAADDI, AP Pro Football Writer Tebow Time in Philly? Tim Tebow worked out Monday for the Philadelphia Eagles, two people familiar with the session told...
