(Reuters)—The U.S. military was isolating personnel returning from their mission to help West African countries curb Ebola even though they showed no sign of infection...
Alex Rozier, special to USA TODAY from KING-TV, Seattle MARYSVILLE, Wash. (USA Today)— Gia Soriano, 14, died Sunday night, becoming the second victim of a shooting at...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month let stand the state of Texas’ latest attempt to use the old...
(BBC.com)—For six months the world has waited for news of the fate of more than 200 girls abducted by Nigerian militant group Boko Haram. As the...
Ravi Somaiya, THE NEW YORK TIMES MENLO PARK, Calif. (The New York Times)— Many of the people who read this article will do so because Greg...
Bruce Horowitz, USA TODAY (USA Today)—The minority consumer may be the unlikely hero of holiday 2014. With the economy mostly back on its feet thank...
Derrick Goold, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)—Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras, a rising meteor of talent who was considered one of the top hitting...
Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Picture Scooby-Doo and the gang, but replace Shaggy with Mike Tyson, and Scooby with an alcoholic pigeon. That’s basically the premise of Adult...
LaMont Hamilton, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TALK STORY (Talk Story)—Five on the Black Hand Side is a project exploring gestural languages that were born in African American communities during the...
Kyle Hightower, ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The trials of three of four members of Florida A&M University’s marching band on charges of felony...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Single Dad Needs Help Dear Alma, I’m a single dad who recently relocated with my job. I’m raising my 11-year-old daughter...
Karen Brigsby Bates, NPR (NPR.com)—Cosmetics giant L’Oréal purchased Carol’s Daughter, a beauty company that sells natural hair and skin products for black women, earlier this week....
Wesley Lowery, THE WASHINGTON POST CLEVELAND (The Washington Post)—It was an at-times tense but by all accounts probing conversation when a few hundred gathered here...
Josh Constine, TECH CRUNCH (TechCrunch.com)—Last month I reported that Apple would shut down Beats Music and likely add streaming music to iTunes. Apple denied, specifically, that Beats...
Gary Strauss, USA TODAY HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (USA Today)—Cash-strapped Sears Holdings rose 4.5% to $35.95 Thursday following a report that it plans to close 116 Sears...
TSD Editor, Dr. Ajanaku interviews the first African American admitted to UT Memphis, and his then roomate. Be sure to
(Wired) – Amazon has a lot of space in its warehouses, and that’s a good thing. It needs some serious room, you see, to store...
(Reuters) – Drugmakers are looking for some kind of indemnity from governments or multilateral agencies against possible losses or claims arising from the widespread emergency...
(Bloomberg) – The European Union increased its aid pledge to fight Ebola in West Africa to 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) as Mali became the sixth...
(BBC) – Voters are going to the polls in Botswana in what is expected to be the closest general elections in the world’s largest diamond...
(BBC) – Women’s football may be the fastest growing sport in the world but it faces huge challenges in Africa. More than 20 years after coming...
GOSIA WOZNIACKA, Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon expanded its investigation into discrimination at the Portland truck-making plant of German automotive giant Daimler AG after...
(National Monitor) – Middle-class individuals throughout the United States have a median of just $20,000 total saved for retirement, compared to the $250,000 necessary to sustain...
(Vavel) – It was the marquee matchup of Week 8 between two of the AFC’s best teams battling for the top spot in the AFC West....
GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Nash hoped for one more chance to show off his playmaking skills after fighting injuries and...
