JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — From the capital of Edinburgh to the far-flung Shetland Islands, Scots embraced a historic moment — and the...
(Time) – Sierra Leone has begun a three-day nationwide lockdown as it struggles to contend with the Ebola virus’s unprecedented, lethal thrust across West Africa. Citizens of Sierra...
MIRAMAR, Fla. (The Washington Post) — When you purchase a ticket to fly America’s fastest-growing and most-criticized airline, here is what you get: a seat, a...
BANGALORE, India (New York Times) — When General Electric engineers here wanted to develop a more affordable baby warmer for India’s small, private hospitals, they initially...
YOUKYUNG LEE, AP Business Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A consortium led by Hyundai Motor Co. offered more than $10 billion for land in Seoul’s...
(USA Today) – Retirement has become a foreign concept for a growing number of Americans. According to a recent survey commissioned by the Federal Reserve,...
KAREEM COPELAND, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jameis Winston will be a spectator in the first half of Florida State’s showdown against Clemson Saturday after...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL finally will have HGH testing, perhaps as early as the end of this month. And of more immediate impact...
RESTON, Va. (New York Times) — After a generation of campaigns in which Republicans exploited wedge issues to win close elections, Democrats are now on the...
(The Washington Post) – The latest meeting of the People Who Influence Everything from Auto Loans to 401(k) Plans — a.k.a. the Federal Reserve Board’s...
Special to the NNPA from the Chicago Crusader CHICAGO – Chicago Crusader columnist Elaine Hegwood Bowen has written her first book, Old School Adventures from Englewood—South Side of...
(The Independent) – With its look being pretty similar to iOS 7, you might be wondering exactly what is different about iOS 8 post-installation. You...
MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Using artificial sweeteners may set the stage for diabetes in some people by hampering the way their...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is under pressure from sponsors, fans and lawmakers for its handling of domestic violence allegations against several players. At...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading black women’s group is calling the NFL’s decision not to include any African-American women as consultants...
LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Women and minorities are largely shut out of the ranks of TV series directors in a stubbornly...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic TORONTO (NNPA) – Black films and artists were an integral part of the lineup at this year’s Toronto International...
(Mashable) – Well, this is an anomaly. A Christian rap album, fittingly titled Anomaly, has soared to the top of this week’s album chart. Lecrae’s seventh studio...
(Houston Chronicle) – Seated on a couch at her home overlooking a golf course in Spring, Bonita Jackson dabbed her eyes with a tissue as she...
MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman convicted of the starvation and torture death of her girlfriend’s 9-year-old son a decade ago...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In honor of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act, the Library of Congress has...
Lauran Neergaard and Jim Kuhnhenn, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could threaten security around the...
Lindsey Tanner, ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO (AP) — The number of American men and women with big-bellied, apple-shaped figures — the most dangerous kind of obesity...
Tony Capaccio, BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK WASHINGTON (Businessweek.com)—Reaction was swift after a top Pentagon official’s testimony to Congress yesterday that he would support sending U.S. advisers to...
Mae Anderson, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)—Major sponsors including Anheuser-Busch are adding to the chorus of disapproval over the National Football League’s recent scandals, but the companies...
