HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams’ opponent in the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday is 18-year-old Belinda Bencic...
(Philly.com) – U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah can’t keep federal investigators out of his Gmail inbox by claiming a congressional privilege typically used to protect lawmakers from...
(Politico) – The thousands of now-public emails from Hillary Clinton’s years as secretary of state reveal dozens of staffers and supporters eager to please and praise...
(The Washington Post) – A grand jury has charged a white Portsmouth, Va., police officer with first degree murder in connection with the killing of...
MEG KINNARD, Associated Press JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The state prosecutor in charge of trying Dylann Roof in what authorities have said...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Five members of the women’s soccer team at a private Christian university in Washington state were suspended for one match Wednesday after...
Leeriness About Oath Keeper Promises to Help By Askia Muhammad and J.A. Salaam Special to the NNPA from The Final Call WASHINGTON – Into the toxic...
LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on a federal judge’s decision to overturn the NFL’s four-game suspension of...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic It was a sign of the times for Black life in the ‘60s. Police brutality. Poor housing. Few job opportunities....
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss charges against six police officers in connection...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer offers lessons in how not to handle mass demonstrations,...
By Umar Lee Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American The funeral of Mansur Ball-Bey was a colorful, ecumenical and passionate affair. Mourners packed Christ...
RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer No sport season starts better than college football. With little competition right before the baseball pennant races heat up...
DON THOMPSON, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California agreed Tuesday to end its unlimited isolation of imprisoned gang leaders, restricting a practice that once kept...
(New York Times) – When Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to make a movie focusing on the death and dementia professional football players have endured from repeated...
By Jerry Ford II Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Community leader Quanell X, former Councilwoman Jolanda Jones, Bishop James Dixon, and the...
By Rhodesia Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call NEW ORLEANS – It’s been a decade since millions across the world witnessed the aftermath...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Truancy among Black students has far-ranging consequences, not just as a predictor for low academic achievement,...
(OregonLive.com) – Serena Williams is the talk of New York. She’s earned it: she’s going for the calendar-year Grand Slam at the U.S. Open this month....
(Counter Punch) – Before you think this article is “just one liberal’s opinion,” let me briefly say I have dedicated my life to studying racism. I...
(International Business Times) – The filmed story of N.W.A. is straight outta competition at the box office. And thanks to a third consecutive week atop Hollywood’s...
(CNN) – Watch out Donald Trump. Here comes Ben Carson. While the bombastic real estate tycoon dominates much of the GOP field, the retired pediatric neurosurgeon...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As Gulf Coast residents and policymakers celebrated the recovery of the Crescent City on the 10th...
MILWAUKEE (New York Times) — Cities across the nation are seeing a startling rise in murders after years of declines, and few places have witnessed a...
