MARK HOLMBERG, CBS 6 WTRV-TV RICHMOND, Va. (CBS 6)— Ray Boone was a crusader for sure. You always knew where he stood on issues. It was...
JENNIFER HABERKORN, Politico WASHINGTON (Politico)—Democrats have found a big piece of Obamacare that nearly all factions of their party can back — and they say it’ll...
By Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer My life changed 30 years ago after reading “Think and Grow Rich,” the book researched...
HAYLEY TSUKAYAMA, The Washington Post (The Washington Post)—Apple has taken the wraps off its latest mobile operating system, iOS 8, introducing a suite of new features...
POLLY MOSENDZ, The Wire (The Wire)—One of the many new software developments announced today at WWDC was iCloud Drive. iCloud Drive is a bit like Dropbox, as...
RAPHAEL TENTHANI, Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The new president of Malawi was inaugurated Monday after an election that was disputed by his predecessor. President Peter Mutharika said...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It will soon get a lot harder to use overseas accounts to hide income and assets from the...
JOHN BACON, USA Today SEATTLE (USA Today)—Martina Phelps says the Seattle City Council’s historic vote Monday to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour could...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite the disproportionate impact of poverty found in African American communities, only one of President Barack...
(AP)—Chicago’s Joakim Noah and Indiana’s Paul George received the most votes on this year’s NBA all-defensive team, released Monday. Less than two months after a landslide victory in...
NEW YORK (AP) — Knicks President Phil Jackson has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for a tampering violation involving veteran guard Derek Fisher. Jackson told reporters...
NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Bieber is apologizing after a years-old video surfaced showing the then-teenager telling a racist joke with the N-word. In a statement Sunday...
NARDINE SAAD, Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles Times)—Chris Brown is out of the slammer yet again — the singer was released from jail early Monday due...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON – Every day of Dontay Gray’s senior year began at 5 a.m. The early start gave him enough...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A proposed rule change for generic drug labels, crafted by the Food and Drug Administration, could...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – The only nuisance about the 2014 Audi A6 TDI is that the engine could stand a little...
NEW YORK (AP) — Three months after winning an Oscar, Lupita Nyong’o is going to a galaxy far, far away. The Walt Disney Co. announced Monday that Nyong’o is joining the...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Victims who were sterilized in North Carolina between 1929 and 1974 – approximately 7,600 people – have...
ALAN FARNHAM, ABC News (ABC News)—Professional pallbearers will march, or even dance, caskets to the grave at some funeral homes. Some charge as much as...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The day before she died, Maya Angelou telephoned Ebony magazine headquarters in Chicago to tell new editor-in-chief Mitzi...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Many people will remember Maya Angelou for her phenomenal career. She was a true renaissance woman – an author, teacher, dancer, performer, radio...
By Cassiette West-Williams Special to the NNPA The news of Maya Angelou’s death brought a very poignant memory back to my college days, when I...
By Benjamin F. Chavis NNPA Columnist Millions of people throughout the world continue to pause, to remember, to celebrate and to recommit to the living...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist A new posting by MediaMatters.org, the media watchdog group, sums up the conservative strategy under the headline, “Don’t Litigate It,...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist At first glance, one might be hard-pressed to think that a recent opinion piece on the 1970s origins of...
