Adam Wells, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com)—When Jameis Winston announced he would participate in drills at the NFL Scouting Combine, he had a lot more to prove than...
Robert Lloyd, THE L.A. TIMES (The Los Angeles Times)—As a handsome period miniseries, “The Book of Negroes,” which premieres Monday on BET and continues through...
Robert Burns, ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States is considering slowing its military exit from Afghanistan by keeping a larger-than-planned troop presence...
WASHINGTON (Huffington Post)—Dozens of African-American police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, are facing demotions to the positions they held over a decade ago in response to...
Jada F. Smith, NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times)—Wikipedia is a vast ocean of erudition, with entries on virtually every subject, obscure to earth-shattering,...
Sadie Gurman and Nicholas Riccardi, ASSOCIATED PRESS COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The man accused of setting off a small explosion last month that rattled...
(Huffington Post) – Google continually makes changes to the way its search engine analyzes and ranks websites and individual pages. But, unfortunately, there is no cookie-cutter...
(NJ.com) – Microsoft Word got its start as a word-processing program, but many people now use it to create flowcharts, invitations and posters. Excel is...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you’ve recently purchased a laptop computer made by Lenovo, you may want to hear this: Experts...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is giving away a toolkit for managing mobile apps in a move aimed at reaping more...
(Reuters) – A large Los Angeles teaching hospital has told scores of patients they may have been exposed to a drug-resistant bacterial “superbug” during endoscopy...
(CNN) – You’re due to go in for a medical procedure. But after what happened at a UCLA hospital, you’re a little apprehensive. Two patients...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are easing access to DNA tests used to screen parents for devastating genetic disorders that...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Some schools are getting tougher on e-cigarettes, even punishing possession of the devices more harshly than regular cigarettes. The devices, which...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home rental prices rose at a steady rate in January, but prices barely budged or even dipped...
(Bloomberg) — After years of avoiding confrontation, the U.S. labor movement is reasserting itself. From the ports of Los Angeles to the car plants of...
ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is hoping its decision to boost workers’ paychecks will help it boost its bottom...
ESAM MOHAMED, Associated Press MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Islamic State militants unleashed suicide bombings Friday in eastern Libya, killing at least 40...
ABDI GULED, Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — At least two people were killed and Somalia’s deputy prime minister is among some officials who were wounded...
IAN DEITCH, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian officials are nervously watching a landmark terrorism trial in the United States, brought by victims of Palestinian suicide...
MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A year after he took office, President Ronald Reagan placed Cuba on a list of state sponsors of terror...
JON KRAWCZYNSKI, AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For 12 years in Minnesota, Kevin Garnett gave the Timberwolves something they didn’t have before he arrived and...
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Officials in Carson, California, have staged a pep rally in support of a proposed NFL stadium that could bring the Oakland...
(CNN) – After a Mother Jones report on Thursday asserted that Bill O’Reilly had made false claims about his coverage of the Falklands War in 1982, the...
KEN THOMAS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on Thursday assailed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for questioning President Barack Obama’s love of country,...
