CHRIS TOMLINSON, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court asked lawyers for the University of Texas on Wednesday to explain how they would...
WILL LESTER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal probe of a Transportation Security Administration program to screen suspicious behavior of passengers at airports suggests the...
RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The sheriff of Houston’s Harris County has adopted a sweeping policy designed to protect and guarantee equal treatment of...
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — An autopsy on a 19-year-old woman killed on a suburban Detroit porch where she’d reportedly gone to seek help after a...
DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The new World Trade Center tower in New York will replace Chicago’s Willis Tower as the nation’s tallest building...
(Reuters) – The Dutch see themselves as tolerant pragmatists, especially adaptable if social harmony or commercial interests demand it. But that self-image has taken a battering...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Closing the income gap between Whites and minorities, would boost earnings by 12 percent, an economic windfall...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although most today’s headlines focus on Black educational failures, there are many positive achievements by Black students that...
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan (AP) — Protesters and civil rights groups are calling for justice after a suburban Detroit homeowner fatally shot a 19-year-old African-American woman in...
[Detroit Free-Press] A family burying its 19-year-old daughter today is asking for patience as investigators determine whether to file charges against the Dearborn Heights man who...
[The Washington Post] The holiday season is beginning, which means two things: Many Americans will eat too much, and many others won’t have nearly enough. November...
[Los Angeles Times] In 1979, Brenda Anderson testified that a young man with whom she had gone to high school shot her elderly neighbor to death....
by KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans who passed part, but not all, of the GED test are rushing to finish the high...
[Washington Post] Wasel Ali was born first and buried first, six years ago in a cemetery outside Baltimore. His identical twin Wael was born second and...
by BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A plan by Arizona lawmakers to build a mile of fencing along the border with Mexico using private...
by Jeffery L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times It has been nearly one year since Joshua Woods was brutally gunned down, after...
by Todd Luck Special to the NNPA from the Winston-Salem Chronicle African American Vietnam Vets share their stories to the Wake Forest English class A group...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As job prospects for Whites and Black men have slowed or stalled completely, Black women continue to...
by JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert M. Bell was 16 years old when he recruited classmates to join a sit-in at a downtown...
by LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Is donning blackface to dress up as a favorite TV character ever OK for Halloween? How about...
by JAY REEVES, Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama agreed Tuesday to settle the remaining challenges over its toughest-in-the-nation crackdown against illegal...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson was released from jail Monday after serving nearly two years of a four-year sentence. Conrad...
by Michael McGee Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Examiner Sharon Locklin and Roy Williams discuss the case against Brian Cloninger. Photo by MIKE MCGEE...
by Patrick Delices Special to NNPA Award winning journalist Herb Boyd and the daughter of Malcolm X, human rights activist Ilyasah Al-Shabazz will launch to the...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California woman who received a life sentence as a teenager for killing her former pimp will be allowed to go...
