By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I will be 67 years old next month. For nearly half of those years my wife, Kay, and I...
Paul Davidson, USA TODAY (USA Today)—A strengthening labor market will not let up this year, economists say, with job growth approaching or exceeding the estimated...
Rebecca Boone, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)—When Congress passed a law in 2003 aimed at ending sexual assault in U.S. prisons, jails and juvenile detention centers, survivors...
Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Celebrity Apprentice returned with a new season on NBC on Sunday night, and the episode wound up being all...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters)—Islamist militants have overrun an army base in the remote northeast Nigerian town of Baga, two security sources said on Sunday. Baga is...
ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters)—Turkey and the United States aim to finalize an agreement on equipping and training moderate Syrian rebels this month, a senior foreign ministry...
Noah Rayman, TIME MAGAZINE NEW YORK (TIME.com)—Citations for traffic violations fell from 10,069 to 587 in the week starting Dec. 22. The NYPD confirmed a report...
Justin Moyer and Nick Kirkpatrick, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Since an unarmed black teenager was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., on...
Ruth Eglas, THE WASHINGTON POST JERUSALEM (The Washington Post)—It started 15 years ago with plans to expand the Tower of David Museum. But the story...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist There they go again! Just as the Republican Party is poised to take control of Congress, a key official’s...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Patrick Lynch, do you remember Oscar Grant? And if you do, Mr. “leader” of the New York Police Department Union,...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist To Marry to not to Marry Dear Alma, A friend of mine is engaged to her fiancé of 4 years,...
CAIRO, Egypt (Al Jazeera)—Czech archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of a previously unknown queen believed to have been the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre who ruled...
Anick Jesdanun, ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS (AP) — Imagine a world in which your garage door opens automatically as you pull into the driveway. The...
Howard Fendrich, ASSOCIATED PRESS ARLINGTON, Tx. (AP)—Officiating prompted conversation and consternation all season in the NFL, so why should the playoffs — particularly the pass...
Sandy Cohen, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — ‘Taraji P. Henson is driving down an LA street, chatting on her cellphone, when a billboard catches...
Erica Werner, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers are closing ranks behind the No. 3 House GOP leader, Steve Scalise, as the party aims...
Sylvia Wingfield and Mark Pratt, ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in...
Jonathan Allen, REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters)—A New York judge is due to hear arguments on Monday whether to make public records of a grand jury...
FERGUSON, Mo. (The Washington Post)—For most people, Ferguson, Mo., will be remembered for one awful August afternoon, when a white police officer there shot and killed...
Steve Wulf, ESPN.COM (ESPN)—Stuart Scott, a longtime anchor at ESPN, died Sunday morning at the age of 49. Among the features of the new ESPN...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters)—Gunmen abducted 40 boys and young men from a remote village in northeast Nigeria in a raid that residents and a security source...
(BBC.com)—A US lawyer alleged to have had sex with a minor has denied the claims – and said allegations against Prince Andrew must also be “presumed”...
Ryan Vlastelica, REUTERS DETROIT, Mich. (Reuters)—General Motors Co (GM.N) began the new year by announcing three new vehicle recalls on Thursday, as the ignition switch...
Barry Wilner, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — J.J. Watt found a unique way to make the 2014 Associated Press NFL All-Pro team announced Friday....
