MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman convicted of the starvation and torture death of her girlfriend’s 9-year-old son a decade ago...
SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police said Monday they followed proper protocol when they demanded identification from an actress and her boyfriend...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Requiring police officers to wear body cameras is one potential solution for bridging deep mistrust between law enforcement and...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Last week, Washington lawmakers grilled officials from the Defense Department (DOD), Homeland Security and the...
by Nayaba Arinde Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News “It is all overwhelming and bitter sweet,” Yusef Salaam told the Amsterdam...
by Charlene Muhammad and Walter Umrani Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call NEW ORLEANS – The family of a 22-year-old Black man,...
DAVE CAMPBELL, AP Sports Writer The attorney for Adrian Peterson says the Minnesota Vikings star running back has been indicted by a Texas grand jury on...
(Los Angeles Times) – A proposal for greater citizen oversight of the Ferguson Police Department has been criticized as “weak” and “insulting” by police experts...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC says a correspondent on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” is joining “Saturday Night Live.” Comedian Michael Che will handle “Weekend...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As middle-aged parents, Norma Richards, a veteran science teacher, and her husband were only halfway through...
TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California Highway Patrol officer videotaped repeatedly punching a woman on the side of a Los Angeles freeway...
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Six times, President Barack Obama has come before the American people to reckon with the legacy of the 9/11...
BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writers ROB MAADDI, AP Pro Football Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL called in a former FBI director to examine...
RYAN PEARSON, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stevie Wonder said the mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, isn’t seeing the full picture a month after an...
ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — By expanding his military campaign against the Islamic State group, President Barack Obama hopes to reverse the...
ROB MAADDI, AP Pro Football Writer ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee...
The Associated Press Highlights from Tuesday’s primary elections in Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. ___ TOP OF THE TICKET Former Massachusetts Sen....
ERIC OLSON, AP Sports Writer Ray Rice’s indefinite suspension from the NFL for domestic violence will cost him income from endorsements in addition to his $4...
DAVID GINSBURG, AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Welcome to Baltimore — no longer the football home of Ray Rice. Restaurants are offering free...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Elected leaders in the St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black 18-year-old was fatally shot by a...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Last year, in an effort to improve accountability and return-on-investment in higher education, President Obama unveiled...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The death of girl group singer Simone Battle was ruled a suicide by hanging, authorities said Sunday. The cause of death...
(Politico) – Congressional approval is at one its lowest points in 40 years heading into midterm elections – and that could hurt Democrats, according to a...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Whites often overestimate the amount of crime committed by Blacks and “associate blacks and Latinos...
ANN SANNER, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked an Ohio law that scales back early voting, ordering the state’s...
