By Amen Oyiboke Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Sentinel Rising conversations about the origin and history of the Confederate flag continues to be...
CHICAGO (The Washington Post) – When the Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968, it barred the outright racial discrimination that was then routine. It also required the...
By Denise Hooks-Anderson, M.D. Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Nothing says summer like flip-flops, bathing suits, ice-cream cones and concerts in the...
(CTV News) – Challenge accepted. In video posted to YouTube, Japanese robot-maker Suidobashi Heavy Industry accepted U.S. rival MegaBots’ duel, paving the way for a future...
(Financial Express) – If it is your birthday, Twitter will not only make sure that you get happy birthday messages but also animated balloons in your...
(International Business Times) – A new study has overturned fundamentally held assumptions about atherosclerotic plaques that can cause deadly heart attacks and strokes, changing medical science’s...
(The Washington Post) – When English poet John Milton wrote of “Time, the subtle thief of youth” in the 17th century, he probably wasn’t thinking of a...
TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Taxing cigarettes up to 75 percent of their retail price is among the most effective ways to reduce...
(CBS News) – As travelers hit the road this summer, some might be in for a rude surprise when they check into their hotels: no free...
(CTV News) – American Apparel, the chain that boasts of “Made in the USA” fashions, said Monday it would close some stores and cut jobs as it...
