Jamelle Bouie, SLATE (Slate) — In 1934, Homer Hoyt wrote a dissertation—“One Hundred Years of Land Values in Chicago: The Relationship of the Growth of Chicago...
Sergei F. Kovaleski and Michael Wines, THE NEW YORK TIMES BALTIMORE (The New York Times) — Less than two weeks after six police officers were...
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (USA Today) — The small Atlanta-area private school director who gained national attention for a racially charged comment she made during a...
By Beth Tagawa, SF State News Chips, soda, chocolate, candy — while these high-calorie treats are not part of a healthy diet, for years they were...
(USA Today) – Consumers’ growing love affair with watching video on smartphones and tablets is at the heart of Verizon’s $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL. That’s...
(USA Today) – Consumers’ growing love affair with watching video on smartphones and tablets is at the heart of Verizon’s $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL. That’s...
(Reuters) – U.S. retail sales were flat in April as households cut back on purchases of automobiles and other big-ticket items, the latest sign the economy was...
(Reuters) – U.S. retail sales were flat in April as households cut back on purchases of automobiles and other big-ticket items, the latest sign the economy was...
(BBC) – South Africa’s high court has temporarily prevented the deportation of more than 300 undocumented migrants. Rights activists have criticised the arrests of more than...
(BBC) – South Africa’s high court has temporarily prevented the deportation of more than 300 undocumented migrants. Rights activists have criticised the arrests of more than...
(Salon) – Back in the 1890s, two newspapers, Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal, were battling it out for the...
(Salon) – Back in the 1890s, two newspapers, Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal, were battling it out for the...
(Bloomberg) – Apple Inc., Citigroup Inc. and the San Francisco 49ers are among companies rushing to protect their brands from critics and pranksters by buying...
(Bloomberg) – Apple Inc., Citigroup Inc. and the San Francisco 49ers are among companies rushing to protect their brands from critics and pranksters by buying...
(BBC) – Internet fraudsters in Ghana are easy to spot. The young men in fast cars have become such a conspicuous group that they even...
The City of San Leandro announced that it has installed three new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations that are now available for public use. Two of...
By Barbara J. Thomson Despite BART board policy to contract with small local businesses, the Board of Directors at their April 9 meeting voted unanimously...
KRISTIE RIEKEN, AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden received an IV Tuesday afternoon, his answers to postgame questions were peppered with coughs and he...
KRISTIE RIEKEN, AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden received an IV Tuesday afternoon, his answers to postgame questions were peppered with coughs and he...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — With the “Big 3” reduced to the “Banged-Up 2,” LeBron James again showed why he’s Cleveland’s one and...
By Danny Bakewell Jr. Special to the NNPA from the LA Watts Times The Motown sound began with Berry Gordy as a dreamer in Detroit and...
(The Daily Beast) – Raven-Symoné is just months away from turning 30. That might be shocking if you’re the type who freezes actors at the...
NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West and Nicki Minaj have been added to the list of performers for Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards. Dick Clark Productions also...
(Slate) – President Obama appeared on a Georgetown-sponsored public policy panel Tuesday and, in addition to making everyone laugh a few times, he participated for about...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators of both parties worked Wednesday to revive trade legislation that’s a top priority for President Barack Obama, a...