The Educational Coalition for Hispanics in Oakland (ECHO) and the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) on Saturday, March 28 will honor over 1,700 Latino Students who...
(The Huffington Post) – You know these people: they bound out of bed in the morning ready to tackle their sunrise bike rides. They leave...
MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty years ago, insurance companies had the answer to the soaring cost of caring for the elderly....
(The Huffington Post) – It goes without saying that the United States’ childhood obesity rates are beyond problematic — approximately 17 percent of kids and adolescents in this...
(Bloomberg) – The remnants of RadioShack’s retail empire went on the auction block on Monday, giving bidders the first chance to snap up the company’s trademarks, patents, leases—and the names,...
(Black Enterprise) – Social Security along with America Saves, the American Savings Education Council, and the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement recently launched the...
RYAN LUCAS, Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels launched an offensive Tuesday against a major government-held city in the country’s northwest, shelling the outskirts and...
DANIEL ESTRIN, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Arab political leaders in Israel on Tuesday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology for comments he made in last...
DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. is weighing whether to back Palestinian efforts to seek U.N. recognition...
LYNNE O’DONNELL, Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands marched through the Afghan capital Tuesday, demanding justice for a woman who was beaten to death by...
The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) is asking the public to cut back water use even further from 10 percent in 2014 to 15 percent...
In this Feb. 28, 2011, file photo, Lance Armstrong is shown during a news conference at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. A person with knowledge...
BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The NFL might be giving more power to its in-game medical observers. One of two dozen proposals...
BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The NFL might be giving more power to its in-game medical observers. One of two dozen proposals...
(The Grio) – Paula Deen is returning to cable TV, after a 22-month hiatus brought on by controversy after she used racial slurs. On Wednesday, Evine...
ALICIA RANCILIO, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson made many “Zoolander” fans giddy when they closed the Valentino runway show during...
Oh, how you hate to lose! You hate it so much, in fact, that it’s not really an option: you’ll do anything and work hardest...
(USA Today) – You might think that shots of Tom Cruise hanging onto the side of an A400 in flight are a pretty cool special effect. Nope,...
DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie revealed Tuesday that she has undergone more preventive surgery, having her ovaries and fallopian tubes...
JULIE PACE, Associated Press KEN DILANIAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Once hailed by President Barack Obama as a model for fighting extremism, the U.S. counterterrorism...
PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Ted Cruz gives a rousing speech. The former college debate champion can energize a crowd of 10,000 evangelicals...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. (The Washington Post) — Police here say they have found no evidence to support claims in a Rolling Stone article that a University...
LORI HINNANT, Associated Press CLAUDE PARIS, Associated Press SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France (AP) — A Germanwings jet carrying 150 people from Barcelona to Duesseldorf slammed into a remote...
By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee Acknowledging a “sordid chapter” in state history, the California Supreme Court ruled last week that a Chinese immigrant denied the right...
The 11th annual Celebration of Black American History took place at the Hotel Whitcomb in San Francisco, Feb. 25. Called “A Century of Black Life,...
