(New York Times) – Ornette Coleman, a self-taught alto saxophone player who was feted as an avant garde genius of jazz, has died in New...
DAVID WARREN, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A white Texas police officer was not targeting minorities when he wrestled a black teenage girl to the ground...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Golden State Warriors haven’t lost three straight games all season, and doing so now would force them...
Washington (CNN) – Ben Carson said Wednesday night that he was “irritated” by the comparison between the fight for same-sex marriage rights and the Civil Rights...
(Politico) – Before the rise of the religious right in the 1980s, most politicians kept their faith to themselves. In 1945, for example, President Harry...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black community should take a larger role in curbing mass incarceration and be less reliant on...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Organized labor’s fierce opposition to President Barack Obama’s trade agenda threatens to split the political left and deal a...
SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama drew on her hometown connections and personal struggles from college and the White House Tuesday...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James is doing more than ever. With the Cavaliers missing two All-Stars, he has no choice. “I’m...
NEW YORK (UPI) – A shocking, unauthorized biography written by investigative journalist Ian Halperin dives into the details of both Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown’s “downward spirals.” The book, called Whitney...
DAVID WARREN, Associated Press TERRY WALLACE, Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A white police officer in suburban Dallas has resigned after he was recorded on...
(Los Angeles Times) – When Ezell Ford’s mother learned Tuesday afternoon that L.A. police commissioners had faulted one of the officers who fatally shot her son,...
KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Just days after blues legend B.B. King was laid to rest near his birthplace in the Mississippi Delta,...
(Politico) – When former House Speaker Dennis Hastert appears in a Chicago courtroom on Tuesday to answer charges that he broke federal banking law and...
ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government plan to wipe out loans for many of the students who attended the now-disgraced for-profit Corinthian Colleges...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — For the sixth consecutive year, the NBA Finals are tied after two games. Sometimes that means a long...
(The Washington Post) – The host of a Texas pool party that led to the suspension of a police officer says things took a turn for the violent...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — It didn’t take long for a grand jury in South Carolina to indict a white former city policeman...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The New England Patriots got $675,000 from the Army National Guard for honoring American troops, including a “True Patriot” program during a...
KEN DILANIAN, Associated Press RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China-based hackers are suspected once again of breaking into U.S. government computer networks, and the...
OAKLAND (USA Today) – Kyrie Irving sat at his locker with a towel over his head for about five minutes after reporters finished asking questions. He was...
(Hollywood Reporter) – After tackling the life of baseball great Jackie Robinson with 42, Legendary is returning to the ballpark with a biopic of Roberto Clemente, the Pittsburgh Pirates legend...
(Baltimore Sun) – Pastors and other community organizers plan to walk some of Baltimore’s most violent blocks on weekend nights from 8 p.m. until 1...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry was early in his career, a long way from even thinking about the NBA Finals....
(Ebony) – “I sent two children to play that day and only one came back.” On November 22, 2014, Samaria Rice’s youngest daughter Tajai Rice, 15,...
