(Politico) – A House committee is asking a federal judge to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of court for failing to comply with...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Representative Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland was at the grocery store the other day when he ran into an elderly black...
GOLDEN, Colo. (New York Times) — A battle over teaching American history that stirred student protests and kindled a debate about censorship in schools reached an emotional climax...
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A group of Nobel peace laureates on Thursday suspended plans to hold an annual meeting in South Africa because...
by James Washington Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times I once took a bible study class called, “Taking the Word into the World.” The...
HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese government might be using smartphone apps to spy on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, a U.S. security firm said....
ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PayPal, Apple and others are betting on billions in mobile payments. But so far, trying to use...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have warned for months that someone infected with Ebola could unknowingly carry the virus to this country. Now it has...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Giving teens free birth control encourages them to use long-acting methods and greatly cuts the chances they will become pregnant...
(Al-Arabiya News) – A Palestinian-Arab U.N. draft resolution demands Israel end its occupation of Palestinian lands captured since 1967, including east East Jerusalem, by November 2016....
CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola is curtailing its pay plan for executives after shareholders including Warren Buffett called it excessive....
(USA Today) – Lakers head coach Byron Scott has a Herculean task in front of him, as he tries to bring the Los Angeles Lakers...
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys special teams player C.J. Spillman is under investigation but hasn’t been arrested or charged after a report of an...
(New York Daily News) – Photos of funnyman Tracy Morgan sitting in a wheelchair gave a rare glimpse into his courageous battle to recover from the...
MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aretha Franklin says her new album brings out an excitement she hasn’t felt since 1982 and the...
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio woman and her partner have sued a Chicago-area sperm bank after she became pregnant with sperm donated...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In a striking public rebuke, the Obama administration warned Israel on Wednesday that plans for a controversial...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s labor commissioner has filed a complaint against heavy-duty truck and school bus manufacturer Daimler Trucks North America, alleging five employees...
SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor said Wednesday he will seek the execution of a man accused of beheading a co-worker...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The crowd’s deafening roar was so loud LeBron James couldn’t hear his name announced. Unsure of whether to...
(Media Matters) – Politico Magazine published a piece by Ron Kessler, a discredited conservative journalist with a history of pushing conspiracy theories, which suggested that President Obama...
(Florida Times-Union) – No one but Michael Dunn will ever truly know what he was thinking on Black Friday in 2012 when he pulled a...
(The Washington Post) – The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office is investigating an accusation of misconduct on the grand jury that is hearing the case...
(USA Today) – More than 3,000 people have registered to vote in Ferguson, Mo., since the death of Michael Brown — a surge in interest...
by Ashahed Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Parents say death of a young 14 year old could have been prevented TAMPA, Fla....
