MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — In a stunning ruling that could revolutionize college sports, a federal agency said Wednesday that football players at Northwestern...
BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The NFL officiating department will help referees rule on instant replay reviews starting next season. League...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — People who’ve started applying for health insurance but aren’t able to finish before the March 31 enrollment deadline will...
Gov. Rick Scott’s restrictive rules regarding restoration of ex-offenders’ civil rights prevent 23 percent of voting-age Black Floridians from voting Special to the NNPA from The...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Two legendary publishers – Charles Tisdale of the Jackson Advocate in Mississippi and M. Paul Redd, Sr. of...
by Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Marissa Alexander Marissa Alexander will stand trial again July 28 for what should never have...
DALLAS (AP) — Former SMU and NBA basketball player Quinton Ross had to ease the fears of friends and family members after he was erroneously reported...
by Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Few movies can be billed as “important” or “historic” before they are even released. But this bio-film about the life...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the final, frenzied push to boost health insurance enrollment numbers under the Affordable Care Act, President...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The gaping underrepresentation of women of color on the political stage deeply undermines the American ideal of...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Filled with doubt about his future, Jordan Davis, a 17 year-old student at Samuel W. Wolfson High...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA National Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After a long day of travelling, then networking on Capitol Hill, Nathaniel and Cleopatra Pendleton returned to...
DIDI TANG, Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama plans to avoid politics and focus on education and people-to-people contacts on her first visit...
[CBS News] “This is a lead, it’s probably the best lead we have right now,” Young said. He cautioned that the objects could be seaborne debris...
JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators are probing how a mentally ill, homeless New York City veteran died last month in a jail...
[Kansas City Star] CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton will undergo ankle surgery Wednesday that has an expected recovery time of four months, the team...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The broadcast television networks showed some 20 original dramas among the 50 most-popular programs last week, yet...
KYLE HIGHTOWER, Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An annual study of the schools in the men’s NCAA tournament shows a slight increase in teams that...
Deadline is March 31 By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With less than two weeks left to sign up for insurance coverage under...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says more than 5 million people have signed up for private health insurance under the new health care law. That...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A new collection of research shows that despite the myths surrounding Black student behavior, poverty and severity...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – (NNPA) Cleopatra and Nathaniel A. Pendleton, Sr., parents of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendelton, who was fatally shot in the back while standing in a...
DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a disastrous start and relentless Republican opposition, President Barack Obama said Friday that enrollment in his signature...
[The Washington Post] As the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues, attention is turning to the onboard technology that allowed the plane itself, rather than...
[Time] Loan payments for some 8,000 programs, designed to propel students straight into careers but often landing them in worse debt than high school dropouts, will...
