ERIKA NIEDOWSKI, Associated Press FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors in a murder case against Aaron Hernandez won’t be allowed to tell a jury about two...
(People) – Beverly Johnson, Vogue’s first African-American cover girl, is the latest woman to come forward with allegations of attempted sexual assault against Bill Cosby. In a detailed essay...
CONNIE CASS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A gathering of black congressional staffers and other Capitol employees stood silently on the House steps Thursday and raised...
(Reuters) – The death of a 12-year-old Cleveland boy fatally shot by police in November has been formally ruled a homicide, according to a county...
CLEVELAND (AP) — A 12-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun died from a single shot fired by a rookie police officer, according to an autopsy released...
STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton is thankful to be alive after escaping a horrific-looking automobile accident without any life-threatening injuries....
JENNIFER AGIESTA, Associated Press EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans may not agree on much lately, but one opinion is nearly universal: There’s almost...
(The Hollywood Reporter) – Shonda Rhimes doesn’t believe she’s broken the glass ceiling. Instead, she feels that she followed in the footsteps of the countless and...
JOSEPH WHITE, AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The first major “I Can’t Breathe” protest from college sports would naturally come from Georgetown, where societal statements...
(Forbes) – Fifteen years ago Dr. Dre wondered aloud whether people had forgotten about him. If there was a question then, it has certainly dissipated throughout the next...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press KRISTIN J. BENDER, Associated Press Jorge “Jinho” Ferreira feels the tension between being black and carrying a badge every day as...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, the long-delayed release of a scathing Senate report on harsh CIA interrogations underscores...
(Entertainment Weekly) – Producer Ryan Murphy has cast two major roles in his 10-episode FX miniseries take on the O.J. Simpson trial. Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry...
JACK BEZANTS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When King James touched the future queen of England on the shoulder after a basketball game, royal watchers cried...
JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is following up on his promise to expand early education opportunities for tens of thousands...
BERKELEY, Calif. (New York Times) — This is the college town where the Free Speech Movement was born 50 years ago, spreading across the nation with...
(The Root) – Collectively known as the Divine Nine, black fraternities and sororities have long been central to the African-American college experience—standing as vanguards of social...
(The Washington Post) – Investigators combed through wreckage Tuesday in a Gaithersburg neighborhood where a small plane crashed into a home, killing six people, including a mother...
MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The year’s brightest newcomer, Sam Smith; the most nominated female in Grammy history, Beyonce; and mega-producer Pharrell...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and multiple Brooklyn players wore “I Can’t Breathe” shirts while they warmed up...
(BET) – Barack Obama – not the president, but the man – has a dream: his children will be viewed as individuals and judged not by the...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — As crowds of people staged “die-ins” across the country last week to protest the deaths of unarmed black men at the...
(Tele Sur) – An African-American man is in a critical condition after being shot a by a white police officer in Florida early Monday morning. Witnesses have stated Cedric Bartee had his hands...
DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) — Starting with the click of a camera before he could even hit his opening tee shot, Tiger...
(Politico) – I was taken to the woodshed by Loretta Lynch. The occasion was a 2011 panel about criminal justice at a reunion of Harvard...
