Hunter Schwarz, THE WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK (The Washington Post) — Hillary Clinton hasn’t always had the best relationship with Hollywood and celebrities; in 2008,...
Maanvi Singh, NPR (NPR.com) — They switched diets. Twenty South Africans gave up their corn porridge and vegetable stews for burgers and fries. And 20...
Gal Tziperman Lotan, THE ORLANDO SENTINEL (Orlando Sentinel) — The Winter Springs man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman in Lake Mary earlier this week...
Demetria Irwin, THE GRIO (TheGrio.com) — Sneaker and sportswear giant Nike and their subsidiary company Converse had their second annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day on May 13....
By Christina Coleman Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender (NNPA) — The conversation surrounding police brutality in Black communities often excludes women...
Walking into the dance studio at El Cerrito High School (ECHS), you can feel the positivity from students who are welcoming, polite, and enthusiastic with a...
(Billboard.com) — Janet Jackson delivered a surprise for fans on her birthday, announcing a new album and world tour. The singer made the big reveal at midnight eastern time...
Richard Torrence’s inspirational musical stage play, “Lord Why Can’t I Do Right?” is returning to the Bay Area with two shows at the Black Repertory Theatre...
Oakland, CA – Everything seemed to be going their way. Josh Reddick cleared the bases in the fourth with a three-run triple giving the A’s a...
Youkyung Lee, ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Chang-june can be miles from his 12-year-old son but still know when he plays...
Kamal Nayan, NEWS EVERYDAY (Newseveryday.com) — After Google, Microsoft’s search engine Bing has made changes to its algorithm that that will prioritize mobile-friendly sites in...
Shaun Nichols, THEREGISTER.CO.UK (TheRegister.co.uk) — Vast forum site Reddit has added new policies that it hopes will help rein in harassment of its users by...
(The StarPhoenix) — The strength of your handshake could indicate the chance of a future heart attack, a major study led by a McMaster University...
BRIDGE Housing and SparkPoint Contra Costa celebrated their new partnership this week with the rededication of Richmond City Center Apartments at 1000 MacDonald Ave. The...
Ben Rooney, CNN MONEY (CNN Money) — Finish that soda, junior. Dairy Queen is removing sugary drinks from its children’s menu, bowing to a request...
Lindsay Whitehurst, ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has halted a new Utah law banning price-fixing for contact lenses that...
Malcolm Ritter, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — The very poorest of the poor can be helped with a program that includes providing goats, sheep,...
Rob Price, BUSINESS INSIDER (Business Insider) — Security researchers who locate bugs and vulnerabilities in United Airlines’ software will be given free air miles, effectively...
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Like an underachieving student, the U.S. economy isn’t living up to the high hopes it began the...
By Richard Johnson, Folsom Prison Letters Incarceration can be a very difficult and demanding situation for anyone. But there is potentially a bright side if one...
Roz A. Gee, BLACK ENTERPRISE (Black Enterprise) — Toni Coleman Brown (@ToniBrown) is the CEO of the Network for Women in Business, based in Queens, New...
Carley Petesch, ASSOCIATED PRESS DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Members of an armed militia raped women en masse in Congo earlier this month after attacking and...
Tom Odula and Gerard Nzohabona, ASSOCIATED PRESS BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — President Pierre Nkurunziza thanked his security forces Friday for crushing a military coup that...
Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Kanupriya Kapoor, REUTERS BANGKOK/JAKARTA (Reuters) — Nearly 800 “boat people” were brought ashore in Indonesia on Friday, but other vessels crammed...
Beth Harris, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a 19-point lead in the second half, the Los Angeles Clippers were cruising toward clinching the...
