(BBC) – AU commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the threat posed by the Islamist group required a “collective, effective and decisive response”. Boko Haram has...
ROB MAADDI, AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Marshawn Lynch changed the script and fired back at his critics. After two days of giving only...
RAQUEL MARIA DILLON, Associated Press WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Marion “Suge” Knight, the former rap music mogul with a long history of violent crimes, was...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Race relations can be a touchy subject. Only a very perceptive filmmaker could tackle the topic and be remotely...
WASHINGTON (Fayetteville Observer) – Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch won two key Republican endorsements Thursday en route to likely confirmation as the first black woman...
(Vox) – Cooperation with law enforcement helped increase the number of Americans absolved of previous criminal convictions to 125 in 2014 — a record high since...
JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest prepaid mobile provider, TracFone Wireless, will pay $40 million to settle government claims that it...
EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Not only does a feature of a popular Google Inc. mobile app put police officers’ lives in danger, it...
(TechCrunch) – Microsoft today launched Outlook for Android and iOS phones and tablets, based on the application it acquired when it bought Acompli last December. These new applications will go live in their respective...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen million children were on food stamps as of last year, the highest number since the nation’s economy...
JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — NFL veterans who started playing tackle football before the age of 12 are more likely to have cognitive...
(New York Times) – Has the student loan crisis already been solved? This might seem an absurd question. Student loan debt is at a record high of $1.1...
(CBS News) – For years, lower-income consumers often found it impossible to get basic banking services such as a checking account because banks use a...
MARCY GORDON, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Standard & Poor’s is close to a $1.37 billion settlement with the Obama administration and U.S. states over...
IBRAHIM ABDULAZIZ, Associated Press JALINGO, Nigeria (AP) — Youths angry at the Nigerian government’s failure to fight Islamic extremists threw stones Thursday at President Goodluck Jonathan’s...
ELIAS MESERET, Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The threat posed by Boko Haram, Nigeria’s Islamic extremist rebels, will be a focus of U.N. Secretary-General...
ARON HELLER, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved his unwieldy coalition and called new elections last month, he appeared almost certain...
JAVIER CORDOBA, Associated Press MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Cuban President Raul Castro demanded on Wednesday that the United States return...
HOWARD ULMAN, AP Sports Writer CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — The road to perfection reached a dead end in the Arizona desert. Now the New England Patriots...
(Bleacher Report) – For a moment, it appeared Madison Keys would make history by toppling two Williams sisters in as many days. Serena Williams‘ jaw-dropping serve and...
DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tiger Woods returned to the Phoenix Open and received cheers, boos and gasps. All on one hole....
PHOENIX (Star-Tribune) — He’s been called the Evil Genius, and he’s been fined for spying on an opponent. And now there are questions about deflated...
RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer The head of NCAA enforcement says academic misconduct is on the rise in college athletics and his department is...
NICKI FINLAY, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — “Selma” star David Oyelowo has voiced his support for fellow British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who came under criticism for...
MAE ANDERSON, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl advertisers are being careful not to offend. GoDaddy decided not to run an ad that...
