(CNN) – The bizarre circumstances surrounding Freddie Gray’s death have inflamed tensions across the country. How could a man suffer a severe spinal cord injury after getting...
KELLY P. KISSEL, Associated Press SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Tulsa County volunteer deputy who shot and killed a suspect after mistaking...
by Mary L. Datcher Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender Bill Duke is one of America’s most prolific actors and directors as he continues...
(Salon) – Independent of one’s stance on the rift between Michael Eric Dyson and Cornel West — a rift years in the making and now clearly...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The lawyer for the family of Freddie Gray, a black man who died of spinal injuries during an arrest...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — The death of a man sharing a prison cell with former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips was ruled a homicide by strangulation,...
ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — On paper, the evidence in the murder case against Marion “Suge” Knight looks strong: Prosecutors have a...
LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The hardest sell for President Barack Obama will be persuading members of his own party to back a bipartisan...
(Politico) – Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is warning he will use hardball floor tactics to force a vote on stalled attorney general nominee Loretta...
Washington (CNN) – As the Missouri National Guard prepared to deploy to help quell riots in Ferguson, Missouri, that raged sporadically last year, the guard...
Atlanta (CBS 46) – Dr. Joseph Lowery released a statement Thursday saying that the prison time and fines handed out in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating trial were...
(Entertainment Weekly) – Was this the most awkward moment in American Idol’s history? Forget about J. Lo’s “goosies!” This incident was just plain “awkies.” After Harry Connick...
JOE RESNICK, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson Day was celebrated even in space this year. While Rachel Robinson, the player’s 92-year-old widow, and...
LISA LERER, Associated Press KEN THOMAS, Associated Press NORWALK, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton came to Iowa to give voters an intimate glance of who...
JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new Kansas law tells poor families that they can’t use cash assistance from the state to...
(Politico) – Loretta Lynch’s allies are launching a hunger strike until she’s confirmed as attorney general, but they could be waiting weeks if Republicans follow...
(CNN) – Ursula Ward kept repeating her son’s name — Odin. She steadied herself against the podium in the Fall River, Massachusetts, courtroom and occasionally...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — The Army’s 2016 class of commanders for 31 of its top combat units has one black officer, a trend that the...
(Politicus USA) – At a campaign event in Iowa today, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton came out in support of a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens...
(CNN) – Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez looked on impassively Wednesday as he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, a...
JAY REEVES, Associated Press REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (AP) — Sound engineer Jimmy Johnson knew he had captured something special on tape as...
(Salon) – Last week, an Atlanta jury convicted 11 teachers and school administrators of racketeering in a system-wide cheating scandal. Yes, you read that correctly....
TUCSON, Ariz. (CBS News) — Police in Arizona released video from a dashboard camera showing how a police officer used his cruiser to put an end to...
SCOTT SMITH, Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips is suspected of killing his cellmate in a Central California prison, officials...
(New York Daily News) – Drake is kissing and telling on his makeout with the Material Girl, saying he was “shocked” but not grossed out. “Don’t...
