(WCBE) – The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to hear public comment on a controversial proposal to create what some call a web superhighway. One...
NEW YORK (AP) — Cisco said Wednesday that it will lay off up to 6,000 workers, or 8 percent of its workforce, as part of...
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may “vastly underestimate the magnitude of the...
(Chinatopix) – Fast food chain operator Burger King is shelving its healthier French fry option Satisfries, after it flopped among American consumer despite an aggressive pushing marketing push, the...
CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian officials voiced cautious optimism Thursday, hinting at progress in Egyptian-mediated negotiations with Israel to bring an end to the fighting in Gaza...
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Associated Press A large international study questions the conventional wisdom that most people should cut back on salt, suggesting that the amount most...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal panel that sets sentencing policy eased penalties this year for potentially tens of thousands of nonviolent drug...
KAY JOHNSON, AP Business Writer MUMBAI, India (AP) — Finding a way into India’s vast but vexing market has long frustrated foreign retailers. Now, overseas investors...
BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Sterling’s latest effort to block the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft...
DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods removed himself from consideration for the Ryder Cup team Wednesday evening with a clear message that he is not...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge says Chris Brown has been doing well and following his probation rules since his release from jail in June....
(KPopStarz) – Kanye West and Kardashian are trying for a second baby. Kim Kardashian misses her baby bump. Kim Kardashian confirmed that she and Kanye...
MEMPHIS (Politico) — On one side of South Lauderdale Ave. sits the Foote Homes, among the last of the old federal housing projects that once proliferated...
(Politico Magazine) – When it comes to Obamacare and the 2014 midterms, the GOP appears to have a fairly simple strategy: Keep the target on the...
(Politico) – Commentators reacted swiftly to condemn remarks conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh made Tuesday during a segment in which Limbaugh suggested actor Robin Williams’...
FERGUSON, Mo. (New York Times) — In the five days since an unarmed young black man was fatally shot by a police officer here, the selective...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday appealed for “peace and calm” on the streets of a St....
(Daily Tech) – For Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) subscribers dreading the pending takeover by Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), the news isn’t pretty. Hopes to avoid getting the “Comcast...
(NPR) – “The future of humanity is increasingly African.” That’s the prediction in a new UNICEF report, which estimates that by the end of this century,...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Travel Writer Summer vacations in Miami are fun and a smart travel strategy. Restaurants are more accommodating (the Miami Spice program...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James will play his first game since rejoining the Cleveland Cavaliers at home Oct. 30 against...
by Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “I want to dedicate this next song to a big dreamer,” rapper Young...
FERGUSON, Mo. (USA Today) — Hopes for peace here after three nights of rioting were dashed when another demonstration in the wake of teenager Michael Brown’s...
Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American (NNPA) – With deep humility, we admit we did not see this coming, and not where...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For the past 40 years, Jawanza Kunjufu has dedicated his life to uplifting African Americans through education...
