Mike Tyson Takes a Swing at TV in ‘Mysteries’

Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Picture Scooby-Doo and the gang, but replace Shaggy with Mike Tyson, and Scooby with an alcoholic pigeon. That’s basically the premise of Adult...

Five on the Black Hand Side: Origins and Evolutions of the Dap

LaMont Hamilton, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TALK STORY (Talk Story)—Five on the Black Hand Side is a project exploring gestural languages that were born in African American communities during the...

Hazing Trial Starts for 1 FAMU Band Member

Kyle Hightower, ASSOCIATED PRESS   ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The trials of three of four members of Florida A&M University’s marching band on charges of felony...

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By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Single Dad Needs Help Dear Alma, I’m a single dad who recently relocated with my job. I’m raising my 11-year-old daughter...

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A Black Cosmetic Company Sells, or Sells Out?

Karen Brigsby Bates, NPR (NPR.com)—Cosmetics giant L’Oréal purchased Carol’s Daughter, a beauty company that sells natural hair and skin products for black women, earlier this week....

Republicans Ramp Up Minority Outreach Nationwide Ahead of 2016

Wesley Lowery, THE WASHINGTON POST   CLEVELAND (The Washington Post)—It was an at-times tense but by all accounts probing conversation when a few hundred gathered here...

Yep, Apple Will Shut Down Beats Music App and Roll it into iTunes

Josh Constine, TECH CRUNCH   (TechCrunch.com)—Last month I reported that Apple would shut down Beats Music and likely add streaming music to iTunes. Apple denied, specifically, that Beats...

Sears Disputes Report of 116 Store Closures, 6,100 Layoffs

Gary Strauss, USA TODAY HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (USA Today)—Cash-strapped Sears Holdings rose 4.5% to $35.95 Thursday following a report that it plans to close 116 Sears...