by Pastor E.A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times “For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet…...
(United Nations) – The United Nations is marking World Humanitarian Day today by paying tribute to aid workers who carry out life-saving activities around the...
Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Charles Onyango-Obbo of The East African, a Kenyan daily, joined a growing number of writers...
JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Poachers killed an estimated 100,000 elephants across Africa between 2010 and 2012, a huge spike in the continent’s...
(CNet) – Locked inside a small apartment in central London, Julian Assange has avoided arrest only because his dimly lit ground-floor bedroom also happens to...
MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writers ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top dollar store chains are betting big that their once-thriving...
(Daily Tech) – With Dan Hesse out and Marcelo Claure in as CEO, Sprint Corp. (S) unveiled its first major revision to its plans —...
(International Times) – As the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer was famous for delivering wildly enthusiastic corporate speeches that might have been better suited to...
(CBS Sports) – What an ugly first half. Billed as the battle of two Texas talents and a pair of former Heisman winners in Robert Griffin III and Johnny...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge has closed a criminal case against Flavor Flav, after she was told the 55-year-old rapper and reality TV...
