by STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 9-year-old who eluded airport security and stowed away on a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas should...
by TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — When two girls, aged 12 and 14, were arrested in a bullying-suicide investigation in Florida, many...
by DON THOMPSON, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will not interfere with a previous order requiring California to cut...
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will delve into a decades-old debate over university admissions policies that favor racial minorities, hearing a Michigan case...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from The Afro-American Newspaper BALTIMORE – In a historic, 60-page decision, a federal court judge ruled that Maryland violated its...
by Cierra Duncan Special to the NNPA from The Houston Defender HOUSTON – Should “sagging” be banned? Some establishments think so. Two Houston McDonald’s locations recently joined...
(UPI) –A new report about the Los Angeles Sheriff Department’s Canine Special Detail found that every single one of the unit’s dog bite victims in the...
[Los Angeles Times] Alex Wong, a junior at Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra, is working hard for admission to an elite college. His resume boasts...
by James Harper Special to the NNPA from the Florida Courier DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The ex-wife of a DeLand, Fla., man who was run over and...
by Kenya King Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Daily World A one-way ticket to anywhere in the U.S. after Hurricane Katrina brought a vast...
[Los Angeles Times] The New York Police Department is investigating whether some of its police officers were present when a pack of motorcyclists confronted an SUV...
[Los Angeles Times] When someone tries to ram through barriers at two of the nation’s most highly protected facilities, do officers shoot? What if the driver’s...
[BBC] A Louisiana man released from prison on Tuesday after 41 years in solitary confinement has died of liver cancer. Herman Wallace, 71, died on Friday...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black women are murdered by men, often their present or past husbands or lovers, at a rate...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As historically Black colleges and universities adapt to the rapidly changing educational landscape, advocates say that collaborative...
by Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Cheryl Spear lost her son over a year ago, but the pain and the questions...
Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Lee Thornton (Courtesy of the University of Maryland) Lee Thornton, a former CNN and CBS correspondent and the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief [FIRST OF TWO PARTS] HAVANA, Cuba (NNPA) – Jesse Jackson says now that Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos has rejected...
By David Stokes Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Inquirer ATLANTA – Evelyn Gibson Lowery, a civil rights activist and wife of Southern Christian Leadership...
[MSNBC] Marissa Alexander, the African-American woman who was sentenced to 20 years for discharging a firearm in Florida despite pleading Stand Your Ground against her husband, will...
[Los Angeles Times] Michael Moses Ward, one of two survivors of the 1985 bombing of the militant group MOVE in a Philadelphia neighborhood and the only...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday spelled out the grim toll of an attack on a Nairobi shopping mall...
By Cash Michaels Special from to the NNPA from The Carolinian CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP says the tragic death of...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although annual Black spending is projected to rise from its current $1 trillion to $1.3 trillion...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGNTON (NNPA) – In less than a week, health insurance market exchanges will open across the nation and more...
