(The Washington Post) – I received a call from my sons’ school in March telling me that my oldest needed to be picked up early. He had...
DETROIT (USA Today) — His own words, told to police moments after he shot a 19-year-old woman on his Dearborn Heights porch, suggest Theodore Wafer...
(Los Angeles Times) – A convicted murderer in Arizona gasped and snorted for more than 90 minutes after a lethal injection Wednesday, his attorneys and witnesses...
Community leaders Terry Boykin and LAPD officer Stinson Brown underscore the need to support young black men and fathers by Corey Arvin Special to the NNPA...
NEW YORK (AP) — An overflow crowd packed a church and sang songs on Wednesday at the funeral of a man who died in police...
DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit man who killed an unarmed woman on his porch was rocked out of sleep by a series of “boom,...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark police engaged in the excessive use of force, routinely stopped people on the street for no legitimate reason and regularly...
(CNN) – More than half of Americans believe that they or others are better off with Obamacare, a new poll shows. The CNN poll released Wednesday found that...
by Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) – There is no sound but you almost hear the thud of...
DENVER (AP) — Denver officials have reached a deal to pay $3.3 million to settle a federal jail-abuse lawsuit filed by a former inmate who...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (USA Today) — Duval County Circuit Court Judge James Daniel has made a major ruling in the high-profile retrial of a Jacksonville woman....
ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Roused from sleep by the sound of pounding in the wee hours, a suburban Detroit man grabbed his shotgun,...
By Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA NEW YORK – Rev. Al Sharpton was in the middle of his speech recounting how Eric Garner, 43, had...
A luxury condo building in the Upper West Side neighborhood in Manhattan has received approval to have a separate entrance, or a “poor door,” for low-income tenants, according to the...
William Harwood, CBS NEWS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. (CBS News)—Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, command module pilot Mike Collins and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell joined...
ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A young man who participated in a mob attack on a Detroit-area motorist needed a father to “beat the...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week, a steady decline that suggests a strengthening...
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Since the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009, the U.S. economy has generated 7.8 million jobs. But the gains...
(USA Today) – It’s Nelson Mandela International Day, a day of service celebrated on July 18, Mandela’s birthday. Mandela, the former president of South Africa...
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The city of Cleveland has settled a federal lawsuit filed by the estates of two unarmed people killed in...
By Jeffery L. Boney Special to the NNPA from Houston Forward Times (Houston Forward Times) — According to researchers, the most common form of Drug Facilitated...
JOSH CORNFIELD, Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A white TV reporter who voiced his opinions about black families and relations with police during a segment...
FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) — Two police officers are no longer with the city department here after a law enforcement report tied them to the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has discontinued supplying...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans took the initial step on Thursday to sue President Barack Obama over the administration’s decision to delay...
