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...
(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,...
