COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The largest U.S. city to endure bankruptcy has exited insolvency $7 billion lighter in debt, but the effects of...
(Bloomberg) – Senate Democratic leaders are showing little appetite for pushing through confirmation of Loretta Lynch as U.S. attorney general before they surrender control to Republicans in January....
CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than nine years after the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and flooded New Orleans, residents and businesses...
by Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – U.S. Attorneys across the nation are professional prosecutors, making sure criminals are locked up for their crimes. Beginning...
by Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Lt. Col. Oliver North delivers a pro-Contra briefing to the members of the Iran-Contra committee...
Dave Sheinin and Krissah Thompson, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—This season, the National Football League is attempting the impossible, a reasoned but dubious mission...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA)—Between the rise of digital media, changing social landscapes, and decreased funding, the nation’s 8,956 public library systems are at...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – While Black and White people have similar rates of Internet use, Black people are slightly more plugged...
Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Matt Apuzzo, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times)—President Obama will nominate Loretta E. Lynch, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn,...
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TERRY TANG, Associated Press JACQUES BILLEAUD, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — For a time, Shanesha Taylor was an Internet sensation. She was the mother who —...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is authorizing the U.S. military to deploy up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq as part of the mission...
ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Friday approved Detroit’s plan to get out of bankruptcy, ending the largest public filing in U.S....
(The Washington Post) – I knew the day would come, but I didn’t know how it would happen, where I would be, or how I...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Activists asked Wednesday for advance notice before prosecutors announce whether a Ferguson police officer will face charges...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — She’s an under-the-radar contender to become the first black woman to head the Justice Department. Loretta Lynch rarely...
MITCH WEISS, Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the former mayor of North Carolina’s largest city under house arrest until he...
(The Independent) – A recently-updated US Army handbook has been found to include “Negro” as an approved term to use when describing black people. The...
(Salon) – In 1964, there were five black members of the House of Representatives — barely over 1 percent — compared to the 11 percent of...
VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The silvery, 1,776-foot skyscraper that rose from the ashes of 9/11 to become a symbol of American resilience...
E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s most-wanted couple, accused of running their town as a drug fiefdom and ordering an attack that...
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press Writer There is hope mixed with cynicism and anger vying with optimism as Americans cast ballots across the country. Seventy-one-year-old Jim Brinley...
