DAVID GINSBURG, AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Welcome to Baltimore — no longer the football home of Ray Rice. Restaurants are offering free...
(USA Today) – Two different NBA owners have been toppled in the past four weeks because of racially radioactive comments they’ve made in recent years....
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Elected leaders in the St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black 18-year-old was fatally shot by a...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Last year, in an effort to improve accountability and return-on-investment in higher education, President Obama unveiled...
(Time) – After a video was released showing Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancée, now-wife Janay Palmer so hard that he knocked her...
BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of items from civil rights icon Rosa Parks that were long kept hidden away in a New York...
by Rev. Manson B. Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times 7 SECRETS TO PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE (…THAT PEOPLE NEED AND WISH OTHERS KNEW THEY...
by Pastor E.A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from The Houston Forward-Times “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writers ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writers CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple unveiled its long-anticipated smartwatch Tuesday, introducing a device that transplants the...
(BBC) – Cyber-thieves are exploiting the furore around iCloud by launching a phishing campaign that seeks to steal Apple IDs. ICloud was at the centre...
(USA Today) – We are now just hours away from the unveiling of Apple’s latest iPhone. The iPhone 6 is expected to be a complete redesign of the...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Exposure to racial discrimination may explain why members of some minority groups disproportionately suffer from...
In the latest installment of the Florida Courier’s series on Blacks and mental health, we review the Miami Herald’s spotlight on the state’s inability to handle...
(The Body) – A new study suggests that many African Americans may not be getting effective doses of the HIV drug Selzentry (also known as Celsentri or maraviroc)....
SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Arab foreign ministers have backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s appeal to the United Nations to set a deadline...
(The Motley Fool) – It took Buffett 50 years to hit $700 million. Yet, in his next 33 years, he’d bank an astounding $62.3 billion more...
MARLEY JAY, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Home Depot sank before the opening bell Tuesday after confirming that its payment systems had been...
(USA Today) – Atlanta Hawks co-owner Michael Gearon wanted Hawks controlling owner Bruce Levenson to either ask for general manager Danny Ferry’s resignation or fire...
ARLINGTON, Texas (ESPN) — Seattle Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon said Sunday he’s concerned about the lack of African-American players and managers in baseball. In the last few...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The death of girl group singer Simone Battle was ruled a suicide by hanging, authorities said Sunday. The cause of death...
ABC released the promo for the fourth season of the hit show “Scandal” this week. The question many are asking is “Where is Olivia Pope?” The...
(Politico) – Congressional approval is at one its lowest points in 40 years heading into midterm elections – and that could hurt Democrats, according to a...
EMILY SCHMALL, Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis said revealing in a memoir that she terminated a pregnancy in...
(Politico) – Several Senate Republicans joined Democrats on Monday to advance a constitutional amendment that would give Congress and the states greater power to regulate campaign...
by Sandra Jordan Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Whether you saw it first-hand on the streets, on smartphones or on your...
