NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — For the first time, all varieties of apples from the United States will go on sale in...
PHOENIX (AP) — Malcolm Smith stood out for always being in the right spot. He was waiting to corral Richard Sherman‘s fourth-quarter deflection for the clinching interception in the...
(Bleacher Report) – Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman says he’s matured over the past year since his first Super Bowl appearance. Yet as he prepares to help lead...
PARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 27 (UPI) — Analysts and critics again poured over film highlighting famed Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston Friday, but this time the setting was...
(CBS News) – Patriots owner Bob Kraft is lashing out over leaks in the investigation as the NFL tries to get “deflate-gate” behind it, so...
(New York Times) – The American movie mainstream needs a revolution — and if some women have their way, it just might get one. It’s...
LONDON (AP) — Benedict Cumberbatch says he was an “idiot” to refer to non-white actors as “colored.” The Academy Award-nominated actor used the word on...
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Civil rights leaders and groups are hailing legislation introduced by U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) and Keith Ellison...
MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — For years, ex-CIA case officer Jeffrey Sterling was the one under indictment but prosecutors’ primary focus of pursuit...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Solid economic growth will help the federal budget deficit shrink this year to its lowest level since President Barack...
by Starla Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) – When Howard Morgan turns 64 on February 1, for the first time...
by Mason Harrison Special to the NNPA from the Louisiana Weekly Three years after kicking off the much-ballyhooed NOLA for Life murder reduction strategy, Mayor...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Predatory lenders continue to target poor, Black and Latino communities, siphoning off $103 billion in...
(The Washington Post) – Before cop killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley ambushed two New York police officers last month, police said, he wrote on his Instagram: “I’m putting wings on pigs...
HOLBROOK MOHR and GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press The federal government’s failure to enforce the nation’s child protection laws is a “national disgrace” that leaves abused children...
CHARLTON DOKI, Associated Press RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — About 3,000 child soldiers will be gradually released from an armed group in...
(USA Today) – This has been a big year for Shonda Rhimes, on screen and off. The TV mega-producer, creator of popular dramas Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, became the...
(Politico) – A federal jury’s decision Monday to convict a former CIA officer for leaking top-secret information to a New York Times reporter was a...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – John King, Jr., a highly-respected educator from New York City, says that teachers saved his life...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist NORTHVILLE, Mich. – Honda called it a major minor model change. The automaker increased the fuel economy and added...
By Marquessa LaDawn NNPA Columnist In Atlanta (RHOA) We know the biggest villain is Nene Leakes, who is known for saying just what she feels,...
By Walter L Fields NNPA Columnist The fierce and aligned, if not coordinated, campaign to smear the motion picture “Selma” by suggesting it inaccurately portrays...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Although Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis captured the headlines, it was the death of 26-year-old Jimmie...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Selma’s now for every man, woman and child. Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd. They...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist If you haven’t seen the movie “Selma” yet please hurry up and do I and take your family and...
