Jessica Roy, NEW YORK MAGAZINE NEW YORK (New York Magazine) — Kalief Browder, the 22-year-old Bronx resident who was incarcerated as a teenager for years at Rikers...
Nick Anderson, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post) — Moody’s Investors Service cut Howard University’s credit rating Friday for the third time in three...
Alan Feuer, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times) — Beating back his first challenge in a decade, Patrick J. Lynch, the irascible...
Joel Rubin and Kate Mather, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES (The L.A. Times) — Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck and the Police Department’s independent watchdog have...
Anne Geggis, THE SUN-SENTINEL DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (The Sun-Sentinel) — The discovery of bones Friday on a site slated for 69 townhouses — and thought...
By Starr Rhett Rocque Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Chronicle Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez star in a revenge thriller entitled, Lila and...
Courrier Staff/USNewsWire Special to the NNPA from the New Pittsburgh Courier CHICAGO — The Alzheimer’s Association is proud to announce a nationwide partnership with...
Charles Pulliam-Moore, FUSION (Fusion.net) — Somewhere in San Francisco there’s a small network of open-minded, non-judgmental black men and women who will answer any question...
Janell Ross, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — Six years after the Great Recession’s official end, a strong share of Americans say good jobs with...
Ayesha Curry, special to TIME Magazine (TIME.com) — Anyone who knows our family knows we are extremely low maintenance, no fuss, and very relaxed....
Larry O’Dell and Alan Suderman, ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal court on Friday concluded for the second time that Virginia’s congressional boundaries...
Jessica Chasmar, THE WASHINGTON TIMES CHICAGO (The Washington Times) — A prominent black Chicago pastor believes the black community has been forsaken by the Democratic...
Stephen Deere, THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ST. LOUIS (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — Early last month, a group of Ferguson protesters learned that two long-standing...
Luke Broadwater, THE BALTIMORE SUN BALTIMORE (The Baltimore Sun) — A fifth member of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Office on Criminal Justice is leaving the agency,...
Michael Liedtke, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google isn’t making much headway diversifying its workforce beyond white and Asian men, even though the Internet company...
Ben Woods, THE NEXT WEB (TheNextWeb.com) — Google has changed the way in which you can keep on top of your privacy and security settings across its services in...
John Zenor, ASSOCIATED PRESS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — UAB President Ray Watts said Monday he is bringing the football program back in 2016, reversing a...
Tom Pelissero, USA TODAY (USA Today) — Cam Newton appears to be on the verge of receiving a hefty raise with a new contract that...
Ian Morris, DIGITAL SPY (DigitalSpy.com) — After many a false start, smartwatches are finally becoming a thing this year. First, the long-awaited Apple Watch garnered...
Mahmoud Mourad and Yara Bayoumi, REUTERS CAIRO (Reuters) — In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on...
David Sharp, ASSOCIATED PRESS FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — A former teacher who travels the country to document the final resting places of poets is looking...
By Mary L. Datcher Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender Fashion fanatics will be granted access to the treasures from the Ebony...
Julia Payne, REUTERS ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) — New Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Friday to eradicate the “mindless, godless” militants of Boko Haram...
David Ranii, THE NEWS & OBSERVER DURHAM, N.C. (The News & Observer) — The corporate parent of Mechanics & Farmers Bank has named Christopher...
Stacia L. Brown, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — Ava DuVernay, director of the Academy Award-nominated film “Selma,” spent all of this Wednesday...