STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is blaming his own party for the rise of the Islamic State group. The...
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is blaming his own party for the rise of the Islamic State group. The...
JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is giving 20 jails of all sizes $150,000 each to...
By Khalil Abdullah Lonnie Johnson’s design for an engine that converts waste heat into energy, yet has no moving parts, was listed in 2008 by...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer Stephen Curry and LeBron James, this season’s brightest stars taking basketball’s biggest stage. The NBA Finals start June 4 with the...
DAVID PORTER, Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan has settled his lawsuit against Wal-Mart over a highway crash that killed one man and...
(Politico) – For almost six months, Loretta Lynch was known mostly as the woman who couldn’t get an up-or-down vote on her nomination as attorney...
How the Justices Could Help GOP Rig the Game (Salon) – This week, the Supreme Court opted to hear arguments in Evenwel v. Abbott, a case out of...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A 31-year-old woman and a young boy were shot in the head Thursday, becoming Baltimore’s 37th and 38th homicide...
Vallejo’s annual Filipino Independence Day is June 6. The event kicks-off with a great parade at 9:30 a.m. at Capitol and Marin, then continues with...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Black America is in a state of emergency, and what’s happened in Baltimore, Ferguson,...
CHICAGO (USA Today) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday sought to distance the Chicago Police Departmentfrom two ex-Chicago police officers who posed more than a decade ago for...
by Richard B. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call BALTIMORE (NNPA) – Unrest in a city known yesterday for crab cakes, row houses,...
Oakland, CA – The city of Oakland has been in discussions over moving professional teams out of the area for years. It’s been a debate more...
Dan Monte is raising awareness of climate change and peace with a cross-country bike trip from San Rafael to Washington, D.C. Early on Memorial Day,...
CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taco Bell and Pizza Hut say they’re getting rid of artificial colors and flavors, making them...
(USA Today) – The path to relaxing on your couch has never been such a brain exercise. But the recent announcement of the Sony PlayStation VUE,...
(Computer World) – Android, already the most widely used operating system in smartphones, could soon find its way into refrigerators, door locks and all manner...
(Fortune) – A single line of text can reportedly freeze and shut down iPhones. Technology blogs are reporting that a specific text message, when sent to an iPhone...
(ZDNet) – Google has promised to pour $20 million in funding in its non-profit Google.org arm to support nonprofits and charities using innovative technology to...
BRISTOL, England (UPI) – Dyslexia is not connected to bad eyesight, according to a study which found that many patients had near-perfect vision at the same...
NEW DELHI (CBS News) – The World Health Organization has adopted a plan to combat an alarming resistance against antibiotic drugs. It’s an issue health experts warn will...
(Reuters) – Drug developer GlobeImmune Inc said its experimental hepatitis B drug did not reduce infection in patients after 24 weeks of treatment in a...
TALI ARBEL, AP Business Writers BREE FOWLER, AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — As the Internet has upended their business, cable companies have been racing...
(Bloomberg) – Louis Vuitton and Chanel were the only big luxury brands to increase in value last year as the industry grappled with slowing sales...
