ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and...
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A video released by the city of Cleveland shows a police officer pushing a 14-year-old girl to the ground...
(The Washington Post) – What do Americans see when they look at Dzhokhar Tsarnaev? And do Russians see the same thing? This week, the court is...
PAT GRAHAM, AP Sports Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The longer Peyton Manning talked about his former team, the hotter he became. He wasn’t mad. Just...
(New York Times) – The note is just a single sheet gone yellow with age, typewritten and tightly spaced. It’s rife with typos and misspellings and...
WAYNE, Mich. (Politico) — President Barack Obama’s State of the Union sales pitch started early, and so did the intraparty fight over what’s expected to...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans want Congress to address the troubled finances of Social Security’s disability program, setting the stage for a...
KAREEM COPELAND, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston is going to the NFL. The 2013 Heisman Trophy winner announced his decision...
MIKE CIDONI LENNOX, AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Colleagues and friends of Whitney Houston gathered Tuesday night to screen “Whitney,” a new telefilm...
(Politico) – President Barack Obama’s Keystone veto threat Tuesday was the opening gambit in his fight with the new Republican majorities in Congress looking to derail...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - The NAACP’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund, citing “grave legal concerns,” is asking a Missouri judge to convene...
NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday waded into a controversy over revelations that the House’s No. 3 Republican spoke to...
(USA Today) – After her firing from Celebrity Apprentice on Sunday night for not calling Bill Cosby and asking him for money as part of the reality...
Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Target has stirred outrage with an “Annie”-themed ad campaign featuring a white model in place of the...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A member of the grand jury that declined to indict a Ferguson police officer in the shooting death...
RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz, a trio of star pitchers who dominated in an era...
By NICOLE EVATT, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Hart says the Sony cyberattack will not have lasting consequences on him or the entertainment industry....
Sylvia Wingfield and Mark Pratt, ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in...
DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Mario Cuomo had a loud and liberal voice that inspired a generation of politicians...
KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Don’t worry about a federal lawsuit. But do worry about tax rates. Those are among the many lessons Colorado...
RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer Ohio State is looking for its first national title since 2002. Oregon is seeking its first, period. Pac-12 champion...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The city is hoping to hand over the investigation of a 12-year-old boy’s fatal shooting by police to an outside agency, as...
(USA Today) – Nicki Minaj is always ready to flaunt her bod. But now she’s getting a little more personal about her emotions, both in her new...
(Politico) – Working-class white voters continued their decades long defection from the Democratic Party. The president was a major drag on his party, particularly given...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders have been supportive of Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise since the revelation that he appeared before a...