KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Call this the year of the test. Or, at least the year of standardized test mania. Standardized test...
DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. House seat in deeply Democratic New York City will remain under Republican...
JIM SUHR, Associated Press ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — To some, a makeshift shrine in the middle of the Ferguson street where...
By Brian Hofer and JP Massar Here in Oakland we have no citywide privacy policy, no privacy or data-retention policies for use of surveillance equipment, and...
New AG Meets with Baltimore Leaders, Police and Activists By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent [Compiled from Pool Reports] WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Keeping her...
New AG Meets with Baltimore Leaders, Police and Activists By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent [Compiled from Pool Reports] WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Keeping her...
(BBC) – Victims of Ivory Coast’s post-election conflict will start receiving payouts in July, authorities say. Some 74,000 registered victims are eligible for compensation from...
(Business Insider) – Floyd Mayweather Jr. stands to make well over $100 million in his fight with Manny Pacquiao. To put that in perspective, Mayweather was the highest-paid...
(BBC) – Jamie Foxx has admitted his US national anthem performance at Mayweather v Pacquiao was “a little off” and blamed his earpiece falling out....
BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Attorney General Loretta Lynch pledged Tuesday to improve the city’s police department after meeting with the family of a...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Early this year, Megan E. Green, a St. Louis alderwoman, met with officials of a local police union to discuss a...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Baltimore’s curfew has been lifted, the officers have been charged, and Freddie Gray has been laid to...
(The Washington Post) – Shaun King was furious. The author and life coach turned activist has been one of the most prominent online voices in...
By Anne Brice, UC Berkeley News In honor of Cinco de Mayo, UC Berkeley’s Ethnic Studies Library has put up a vivid display of vintage posters...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago is the most segregated city in the United States, while also being one of the most diverse, according to a new analysis...
You’re tired of having red eyes. You’re tired of crying, too; tired of an empty soul, runny nose, and dry mouth but you know there...
While singing Negro spirituals in elementary school in her native Charlotte, North Carolina, Jacqueline Hairston thought of those haunting melodies as play songs. In high...
by Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer The economy in America is much better today than it was 7 or 8 years...
by James Washington Special to the NNPA from Dallas Weekly Is it really possible to put your life in the hands of the Lord? To some...
By Pastor E.A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times “When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either...
by Rev. Manson B. Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Bible Fact: The Book of Revelation is given by Jesus and written by...
by Rev. Manson B. Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Bible Fact: The Book of Revelation is given by Jesus and written by...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As education, jobs, and the national and global economy go digital, people without broadband (high-speed Internet) access...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google wants the wireless services that connect mobile devices to digital content to be cheaper and...
(CNBC) – Google confirmed Monday that it had acquired start-up Timeful, an app that can schedule events into your calendar to work around what you already...
