By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Civil rights advocates praised the updated guidelines for addressing racial disparities in American public schools recently issued...
(SB Nation) – When the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers play a preseason game in Brazil on Saturday, it will be the first time LeBron James’...
MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Alicia Keys held a protest in New York City on Tuesday to raise awareness about the 200-plus...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 100 black candidates will be on the ballot in statewide and congressional races next month, a...
(Politico) – Deep down, Republicans who know health care know the truth: Obamacare isn’t about to be repealed. But you won’t hear that in this election...
(Belfast Telegraph) – Iggy Azalea and Snoop Dogg reportedly became engaged in a social media tiff with each other. The 42-year-old rapper published an image...
by Tony Best Special to the NNPA from the New York Carib News At least 70,000 immigrants have been deported to the Caribbean from the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In an effort to spark innovation at the local level to improve life outcomes for...
by Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American At 4 a.m. on Saturday, a group of about 20 local residents gathered...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after a prostitution scandal rocked the Secret Service, a Republican congressman renewed allegations Thursday about possible involvement...
RENTON, Wash. (USA Today) — Dozens of passengers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport impatiently waited Wednesday morning at gate D1 to board their Alaska Airlines flight...
(Hollywood Reporter) – ABC has become the first network to make full-season commitments to its new fall shows. The network has picked up Pete Nowalk‘s How to Get Away...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police have made a third arrest in last year’s beating death of Malcolm X’s grandson following a dispute over a bar...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paula Patton has filed for divorce from Robin Thicke and is asking for joint custody of their son. The “Precious” and...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — States that toughened their voter identification laws saw steeper drops in election turnout than those that did not, with...
NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, according to a...
(Bloomberg) – On Sept. 8, a shocking video of Baltimore Ravens football player Ray Rice knocking out his then-fiancee in a hotel elevator appeared on TMZ.com. By the...
(Los Angeles Times) – Former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates was first to land a punch. Then former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton weighed...
NILES, Ohio (New York Times) — Just weeks before elections that will decide control of the Senate and crucial governors’ races, a cascade of court rulings...
KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a man who died after being placed in a police chokehold has filed a notice...
RACHEL COHEN, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA and its television partners couldn’t wait to extend their contracts. The league renewed its deals...
(AL.com) – How do you sense when a dynasty may be in decline? How do you distinguish between one or two or three bad days and...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt in a document dispute tied to a...
(USA Today) – A federal judge ruled Monday that a tactic police used to control protesters in Ferguson, Mo., is unconstitutional and issued a preliminary...
