(BBC) – The UN children’s agency says there has been an “alarming” increase in the number of suicide attacks in northern Nigeria, with many of them...
(BBC) – The UN children’s agency says there has been an “alarming” increase in the number of suicide attacks in northern Nigeria, with many of them...
ROME (AP) — The number of hungry people around the world has dropped to 795 million from over a billion a quarter-century ago despite natural...
(BBC) – The European Commission has called on EU member states to take in 40,000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea who land in Italy and...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Escorted by family members and friends, LeBron James walked out of Quicken Loans Arena cradling his sleepy youngest...
ANTONIO GONZALEZ, AP Basketball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard will not be suspended for Game 5 of the Western Conference finals...
CLIFF BRUNT, AP Sports Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Glory Johnson had no idea her fight with then-fiancee Brittney Griner would become such a big deal....
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The first known all-girls tackle football league has been formed in Utah featuring a star player who earned an invitation...
(Hollywood Reporter) – Amma Asante has come aboard to direct A United Kingdom, a racial drama that has David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike in negotiations to star. Pathe International is financing...
NEW YORK (UPI) — Talk-show host and recording artist Queen Latifah will go up against comedian Marlon Wayans on Thursday’s edition of Lip Sync Battle. Spike released a video preview...
(Daily Mail) – Chris Brown’s ex has posted a picture of her bloodied lip. And the conclusion you just jumped to is what has the rapper’s fans...
Solano County will be rocking for three days this weekend when the annual BottleRock festival returns. BottleRock is a three-day, delicacy-fueled foray into the absolute...
Washington (CNN) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied a request from Justice Department lawyers to allow President Barack Obama’s controversial immigration actions to...
MARK KENNEDY, AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most theater professionals like to say that whatever they’re working on is very relevant to what’s going...
Los Angeles just voted to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. The nation’s second-biggest city joins Seattle, San Francisco and little Emeryville,...
Oakland, CA – After a season-best three-game winning streak, the A’s lost again. This time they fell 3-2 to the Tigers losing the series. They have...
MALIBU, Calif. (UPI) — Meek Mill is putting engagement rumors with Nicki Minaj to rest. In an interview with Fader magazine the cover star said that the couple are still...
GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer ZURICH (AP) — Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings into FIFA on Wednesday, only hours after seven soccer officials were arrested and...
Sometimes, you feel like a boiling pot. That’s because you’ve been cooking a story up and it bubbles and rolls just below the surface of...
DAVID McFADDEN, Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Joseph-Marc Carel knows the danger of ferrying passengers on his small motorbike, sometimes two at a time, as...
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The centerpiece of an agreement between the city of Cleveland and the U.S. Department of Justice on how to...
SAM HANANEL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider whether prosecutors improperly singled out potential black jurors in notes and then excluded them...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Parents, students and advocates for strong neighborhood schools continue to pressure civic leaders to end the expansion...
(Salon) – The continuing decline of public sector jobs at local, state, and federal levels is having an abysmal economic impact on African Americans, for...
by Askia Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) – More than 30 years have now passed since the worse abuse of...