JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring an end to “mindless austerity,” President Barack Obama called for a surge in government...
(New York Times) – The fat yellow package was addressed to the principal, students and staff of Mott Hall Bridges Academy in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Inside were...
ROB MAADDI, AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Marshawn Lynch changed the script and fired back at his critics. After two days of giving only...
RAQUEL MARIA DILLON, Associated Press WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Marion “Suge” Knight, the former rap music mogul with a long history of violent crimes, was...
WASHINGTON (Fayetteville Observer) – Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch won two key Republican endorsements Thursday en route to likely confirmation as the first black woman...
(Vox) – Cooperation with law enforcement helped increase the number of Americans absolved of previous criminal convictions to 125 in 2014 — a record high since...
HOWARD ULMAN, AP Sports Writer CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — The road to perfection reached a dead end in the Arizona desert. Now the New England Patriots...
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s budget will call for an increase in U.S. domestic and military spending that would end spending caps known as ‘sequestration,’ a White House...
COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Chris Mathews’ crew showed up this month to demolish one of the thousands of vacant homes destined for demolition...
(Rolling Stone) – Lil Wayne is suing Cash Money with the hopes of ending his contract with the label, according to TMZ. The lawsuit alleges that CEO Bryan...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans demanded wholesale change at the Justice Department Thursday as they questioned whether President...
ST. LOUIS (USA Today) — A shouting and shoving match erupted at St. Louis City Hall Wednesday during the first public hearing on a police oversight...
BOB BAUM, AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Darrelle Revis long reigned supreme among NFL cornerbacks. Then came along this upstart Richard Sherman, who proclaimed himself...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Islamic fundamentalists are encroaching on the basic liberties of people in Africa and the Arab world. We hear about...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Loretta E. Lynch on Wednesday will cast herself as an apolitical career prosecutor who is a departure from Eric H. Holder Jr. when she faces...
MITCH WEISS, Associated Press ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — The convictions of nine South Carolina black men who integrated a whites-only lunch counter during the height...
PHOENIX (AP) — Malcolm Smith stood out for always being in the right spot. He was waiting to corral Richard Sherman‘s fourth-quarter deflection for the clinching interception in the...
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Civil rights leaders and groups are hailing legislation introduced by U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) and Keith Ellison...
MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — For years, ex-CIA case officer Jeffrey Sterling was the one under indictment but prosecutors’ primary focus of pursuit...
by Starla Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) – When Howard Morgan turns 64 on February 1, for the first time...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – John King, Jr., a highly-respected educator from New York City, says that teachers saved his life...
Dear President Obama: We love you. We respect you. We support you. We strongly supported your becoming President and have continued to support you through...
(CNN) – Song lyrics that glorify violence are hardly uncommon. But a prosecutor in California says one rapper’s violent lyrics go beyond creative license to...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned trip to Washington in March is kicking up a diplomatic dust...
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — With the dismissal of one of two lawsuits that effectively pitted them against each other, the Rev. Martin Luther...
