ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit man who said he fatally shot an unarmed woman on his porch out of fear prompted...
RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Thirty-five years ago, funeral directors in Delaware struggled to quickly bury and cremate the remains of more than...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A quarter of U.S. households say they’re “just getting by” financially, a survey by the Federal Reserve shows. The Fed issued the...
KINGSTON, New Hampshire (Reuters) – As President Barack Obama considers sidestepping Congress to loosen U.S. immigration policy, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Americans are deeply worried that...
ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A jury convicted a suburban Detroit homeowner of second-degree murder and manslaughter Thursday in the killing of an...
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans are expected to have an easier time getting government-paid health care from local doctors under a bill that...
(Los Angeles Times) – Two American aid workers were gravely ill, fighting to survive infection with the deadly Ebola virus. A San Diego drug company...
(Detroit Free-Press) – Closing arguments are expected to begin this morning in the trial of Theodore Wafer, who is charged with fatally shooting Renisha McBride on...
Assemblymembers Sebastian Ridley-Thomas and Reginald Jones-Sawyer Responds to Marlene Pinnock CHP Freeway Beating By Kenneth D. Miller Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from The Afro-American Newspaper The historic presidency of Alabama State University’s first female chief continues to be shrouded in...
COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit man said Monday that he was afraid when someone showed up on his porch before dawn...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate climbed from 10.7 percent in June to 11.4 percent in July, an...
Julie Pace, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Barack Obama immerses himself in talks on Africa’s regional security, democracy building and business investment this week,...
(Politico) – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg signaled in an interview broadcast Wednesday that she has no plans to resign in the near future and...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday sided with challengers of voting laws in Wisconsin and Ohio, saying in court filings...
MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Six city narcotics officers used gangland tactics to shake down drug dealers, relying on guns, badges, beatings and threats...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In a major move last week, the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously to moderate federal sentencing guidelines...
(The Washington Post) – Nearly every criminal case reviewed by the FBI and the Justice Department as part of a massive investigation started in 2012 of problems...
Blacks, Latino Educators Find Other Professions by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Minorities are significantly underrepresented in public schools, despite...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black men are no better off than they were more than 40 years ago, due to mass...
by A.B. Nickerson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News When a white police officer kills an unarmed Black man, as it happened...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – This fall, the Department of Education plans to announce changes to PLUS loans that officials say will...
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Jazelle Hunt, a Washington correspondent for the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service, recently completed week-long training at the University of Southern...
Darlene Superville, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — A program designed to foster a new generation of young African leaders will be renamed after former South...
FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake was attending a ceremony for a judicial colleague when he received an urgent — and...
