By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A very public conflict between the Bridge Crossing Jubilee, Inc., the local group that has been commemorating...
(NBC Chicago) – The twin sons of Ernie Banks asserted Monday that his agent and caretaker coerced the Chicago Cubs baseball great into signing a new...
by Cash Michaels Special to the NNPA from The Carolinian Newspaper This week, as the world mourns the passing of legendary UNC Tar Heel Head Basketball...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent THIRD IN A SERIES WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Simone Oliver had always been called, as they say in the religious community....
MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA All-Star Game is not until Sunday, but hip-hop music’s all-star team — featuring Diddy, Snoop...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It wasn’t supposed to be like this for Republicans. A month into their control of both chambers of Congress,...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A looming veto by President Barack Obama of a Republican-championed bill foreshadows a key question for the White House:...
DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A day after Little League International stripped Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West of its national championship, team officials announced they’ve...
Demonstrators converge on Ferguson Police Dept. headquarters. by J.A. Salaam Special to the NNPA from The Final Call FERGUSON, Mo. (FinalCall.com) – Nearly seven months since...
SHALLOTTE, North Carolina (WTVR) — A 26-year-old mother of four who said she holds a winning Powerball ticket sold in North Carolina planned to spend her...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Seconds before the opening tip, LeBron James pulled Chris Bosh close and tightly hugged his former teammate. The...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Spike Lee, the old guard of Black indie filmmaking, gets his mojo back with this classy, urbane vampireish art...
(Politico) – The debate about confirming Loretta Lynch is suddenly getting partisan. Democrats are now increasingly slamming the Republicans’ handling of President Barack Obama’s nominee...
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The indictment of New York Police Department Officer Peter Liang Wednesday on charges of...
February 8, 2015, I appreciate your bringing a group of congresspersons and other dignitaries each year to Selma and other places in Alabama for...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is disputing a longtime aide’s view that Obama feigned opposition to gay marriage, compromising his true beliefs out...
DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Little League International has stripped Jackie Robinson West of the national title that the Chicago team won last summer...
(BBC) – In 2014 it was the hat that generated the heat. Where did he get it? Was it inspired by a Canadian Mountie or the logo...
(Politico) – The audience for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on March 3 is shaping up to be largely Republican — and...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black criminal defendants accounted for roughly 46 percent of the 125 known exonerations in 2014, the...
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Criminal charges will be unsealed against a rookie police officer who fired into a darkened stairwell at a...
DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies will have to wait a week before they officially move back...
by James Wright Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, he sparked controversy on Jan. 14...
Florida refuses to restore full constitutional rights to ex-felons. The result? One Black Floridian of every four can’t vote, hold office or serve on a jury....
(Daily Mail) – Relatives of Bobbi Kristina Brown, who has been in a medically induced coma for more than 10 days, have reportedly agreed to let...
