(The Washington Post) – Supreme Court experts have been looking for the right word to describe the term’s record number of agree-not-to-disagree unanimous decisions: Faux-nimity? Un-unanimous? The number of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy has its first female four-star admiral. She is Michelle Janine Howard, promoted on Tuesday to the service’s highest rank. The...
Washington (CNN) — Some corporations have religious rights, a deeply divided Supreme Court decided Monday in ruling that certain for-profit companies cannot be required to pay for...
By Stan Washington Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Voice On the top floor is the section focusing on the struggle for human rights across...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Kidd had a seat in the coaching box and a jersey in the rafters. He wanted...
(New Zealand Herald) – After nearly four hours of prizes, performances and the occasional bleeped expletive, the 2014 BET Awards came to a close. When...
PORTLAND, Oregon (NNPA) – Former San Francisco mayor and Democratic powerbroker Willie Brown received the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) prestigious Legacy Award last week...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Over the course of a 32-year teaching career, Jacqueline James noticed a glaring problem—Black history was...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PORTLAND, Oregon (NNPA) – The St. Louis American has won the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s Russwurm/Senstacke Trophy for general excellence for the...
PORTLAND, OREGON – (NNPA) – Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. a global business leader, educator, and longtime civil rights activist, was elected interim president and CEO of...
Lee Moran, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS (New York Daily News)—Jay Z and Beyoncé have at last made their wedding video public. The tender moment Hova tied...
Mark Sherman, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the president’s power to fill high-level vacancies with temporary appointments, ruling in...
Nancy Dillon, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS (New York Daily News)—Five years ago today, the world seemed to stop its rotation at the news the King...
Rosalind S. Helderman, WASHINGTON POST Phillip Bump, WASHINGTON POST JACKSONVILLE, Miss. (The Washington Post)—In an e-mail sent late last week, the black Democratic mayor of Vicksburg,...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGNTON (NNPA) – From 2003 to 2014, student debt in America skyrocketed from $250 million to $1.2 trillion, surpassing...
(Detroit Free-Press) – Law enforcement officials rescued 168 child victims of commercial sex trafficking in a nationwide sweep during the past week and arrested 281 alleged...
TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James is heading back to free agency. James has told the Miami Heat that he is opting...
(Daily Mirror) – Kanye West has gone on another lengthy rant – this time aimed at US President Obama. The 36-year-old rapper hit out at Obama, insisting...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will work to ensure that gay and lesbian Americans are eligible to take leave from their...
SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of actors and athletes are joining a U.S. government effort to support girls’ education worldwide. Jennifer...
On Wednesday, Universal Pictures released the first official photo of the cast for the upcoming biopic “Straight Outta Compton” about the iconic gangsta rap group N.W.A. The...
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About 10 percent of veterans seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics have to wait at least 30...
(Politico) – Glenn Beck is admitting he was wrong and liberals were right for opposing the invasion of Iraq. “[Liberals] said we couldn’t force freedom on...
JOSEPH WHITE, AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — From an immediate, practical viewpoint, the ruling by a trademark board that the Washington Redskins have a “disparaging”...
JAKE COYLE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dave Chappelle’s hesitant, slow-motion comeback reached a big-tent crescendo when the comic performed a nearly two-hour set at...
