By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic If you live in California, a major earthquake is your worst nightmare. The thought of a 9.5 quake is almost...
GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer ZURICH (AP) — Sepp Blatter was re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth term on Friday, chosen to lead world soccer...
EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Trustees at the country’s oldest public university decided Thursday to rename a University of North Carolina...
U.S. Senate Candidate Shines at Convention by Kenneth D. Miller Special to the NNPA from the LA Watts Times There have been moments in American politics...
(Deadspin) – The African American Mayors Association, led by Kevin Johnson, opens its annual meeting today in Washington, D.C. The former NBA star and current mayor of...
(The Washington Post) – From the outside, the legal profession seems to be growing ever more diverse. Three women are now on the Supreme Court. Loretta Lynch...
(Politico) – The Republican field for 2016 is growing increasingly top-heavy, with no clear front-runner emerging in the latest nationwide Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday....
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer Stephen Curry and LeBron James, this season’s brightest stars taking basketball’s biggest stage. The NBA Finals start June 4 with the...
DAVID PORTER, Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan has settled his lawsuit against Wal-Mart over a highway crash that killed one man and...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A 31-year-old woman and a young boy were shot in the head Thursday, becoming Baltimore’s 37th and 38th homicide...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Black America is in a state of emergency, and what’s happened in Baltimore, Ferguson,...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Escorted by family members and friends, LeBron James walked out of Quicken Loans Arena cradling his sleepy youngest...
(Hollywood Reporter) – Amma Asante has come aboard to direct A United Kingdom, a racial drama that has David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike in negotiations to star. Pathe International is financing...
GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer ZURICH (AP) — Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings into FIFA on Wednesday, only hours after seven soccer officials were arrested and...
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The centerpiece of an agreement between the city of Cleveland and the U.S. Department of Justice on how to...
SAM HANANEL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider whether prosecutors improperly singled out potential black jurors in notes and then excluded them...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Parents, students and advocates for strong neighborhood schools continue to pressure civic leaders to end the expansion...
(Salon) – The continuing decline of public sector jobs at local, state, and federal levels is having an abysmal economic impact on African Americans, for...
DAVE GRAM, Associated Press KEN THOMAS, Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders kicked off his longshot presidential campaign Tuesday with a pitch...
KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two B.B. King heirs who’ve been most outspoken about the blues legend’s care in his final days have...
(Salon) – Voting matters. Though many Americans believe that voting is either useless or merely a civic duty, in reality it carries huge consequences for...
300 Men March Group and Others Speak & Step-Out Against Continuing Baltimore Violence by Kamau High Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper One day...
(Slate) – Baltimore’s streets are quiet again. Baltimore’s state’s attorney Marilyn J. Mosby moved quickly in securing indictments against six police officers in the death of...
CHARLES ODUM, AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — While the Atlanta Hawks try to figure out who will guard LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers are just...
JOAN LOWY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Thursday demanded that Republicans provide more money for Amtrak so the railroad can tackle a $21...
