STEVEN WINE, AP Sports Writer KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Serena Williams abused her racket, scolded herself and even made angry faces at the sun. In...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A very public spat between the No. 2 and No. 3 Senate Democrats is dashing the party’s hopes for...
(Salon) – When liberals and Democrats suffer an especially bitter political defeat, the loss is usually followed by a round or two of finger-pointing, self-flagellation and near-existential...
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A group of former Atlanta educators convicted in a test cheating scandal were locked up in Fulton County jails...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Walking into a theater to see the latest Fast & Furious episode is like saying hello to an old, well-oiled friend. Great...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If the Black residents of Ferguson, Mo., want to radically reform the political climate that...
CLIFF BRUNT, AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thunder star Kevin Durant had bone graft surgery Tuesday for a fracture in his right foot, and...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday shortened the prison sentences of nearly two dozen drug convicts, including eight serving life...
(Reuters) – Several Republican governors likely to run for president have secured hundreds millions of dollars under Obamacare while working to dismantle the healthcare law,...
(The Washington Post) – News that Trevor Noah would replace Jon Stewart as the new host of “The Daily Show” brought a collective round of...
by Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Jordan Shanks, a sophomore English major at Howard University admitted that before Black Press Week, he didn’t...
Michael Brown, Sr., right, and activist Anthony Shahid lead a protest in Clayton, Mo., the seat of government for St. Louis County. (J.A. Salaam/The Final Call)...
by Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. will begin a stay in a halfway house...
FRED GOODALL, AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jameis Winston has spent much of the past two months crisscrossing the nation, sharpening his quarterback skills...
By Elaina Johnson Howard University News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Grammy Award-winning artist Bishop Hezekiah Walker can add the 2015 Torch Award for religion to his...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Hundreds of Black women and girls representing the Black Women’s Roundtable descended on the nation’s capital...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the economy recovers and violent crime hits 30-year lows, lawmakers continue to trade in their...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Benjamin Crump, the lawyer who skyrocketed to national prominence by representing the family of Trayvon...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Pairing Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell is like mixing gasoline and fire. You know there’s going to be an...
(Politico) – In 1988, a group of black students at Harvard Law School compiled a report designed to recognize the growing achievements of black students...
Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer (NNPA) – Months into his only term as mayor, Vincent C. Gray surfaced as a central figure...
FERGUSON, Mo. (New York Times) — Addressing one of the Justice Department’s primary recommendations for the Police Department here, the new acting police chief said on...
Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Congressman Fauntroy is the only living individual in that famous photo of President Johnson signing the Civil Rights...
WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The whistle sounds. The horn blows. And the madness grinds to a halt. Another stoppage in play. Another...
(Grantland) – It’s not quite true that I’ve never seen anything like Empire. The centuries are plump with art and popular culture driven by tales of...
