JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is giving 20 jails of all sizes $150,000 each to...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer Stephen Curry and LeBron James, this season’s brightest stars taking basketball’s biggest stage. The NBA Finals start June 4 with the...
DAVID PORTER, Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan has settled his lawsuit against Wal-Mart over a highway crash that killed one man and...
(Politico) – For almost six months, Loretta Lynch was known mostly as the woman who couldn’t get an up-or-down vote on her nomination as attorney...
How the Justices Could Help GOP Rig the Game (Salon) – This week, the Supreme Court opted to hear arguments in Evenwel v. Abbott, a case out of...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A 31-year-old woman and a young boy were shot in the head Thursday, becoming Baltimore’s 37th and 38th homicide...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Black America is in a state of emergency, and what’s happened in Baltimore, Ferguson,...
CHICAGO (USA Today) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday sought to distance the Chicago Police Departmentfrom two ex-Chicago police officers who posed more than a decade ago for...
by Richard B. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call BALTIMORE (NNPA) – Unrest in a city known yesterday for crab cakes, row houses,...
CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taco Bell and Pizza Hut say they’re getting rid of artificial colors and flavors, making them...
