(Time) – Christians around the world mark the beginning of Lent with the celebration of Ash Wednesday. This ancient day and season has a surprising...
(USA Today) – The smiley you just texted will soon look a little more like you. That’s right, texters — after a long wait, a...
OAKLAND (USA Today) — George Hofstetter stands on stage in a black hoodie, a confident 14-year-old with a wiry frame and bright brown eyes. He’s...
(AP) – Evidence from more than 6,600 rape kits that went untested for years in Houston have turned up 850 hits in the FBI’s nationwide...
(Hot Hardware) – Conventional wisdom in years past was that hackers didn’t bother to exploit Apple’s OS X operating system because its relatively insignificant market share didn’t warrant...
By Elaina Johnson Special to the NNPA from Howard University News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Sarah Finney, 57, said she gets hot flashes throughout her body...
By Elaina Johnson Special to the NNPA from Howard University News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Sarah Finney, 57, said she gets hot flashes throughout her body...
by Sandra Jordan Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American They started with a question about what they can be done with light without...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer For years, parents of babies who seem likely to develop a peanut allergy have gone to extremes to keep them...
In a recent meeting with interfaith leaders from around the Bay Area, Mayor Libby Schaaf expressed a need for more youth engagement programs in the city.
by Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Many fans of the late comedian Bernie Mac recognize sarcoidosis as the inflammatory disease...
MICHAEL FELBERBAUM, AP Tobacco Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s biggest tobacco companies asked a federal appeals court Monday to set aside a series of court-ordered advertisements...
(Fortune) – It’s no secret that startups often fall into the trap of spending money on things that aren’t that important — it’s just one...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Aiming to undercut Apple’s latest hit service, Google is teaming up with three major U.S. wireless carriers...
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network (GIN) – After a published plea from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for U.S. combat troops in the...
REUTERS – Israel set a 10-year record last year for the number of tenders it issued for construction in settlements on occupied land in the...
HAVANA (New York Times) — The river where Jonas Echevarria fishes cuts through neighborhoods brimming with new fine restaurants, spas and boutiques, springing up in Cuba’s accelerating...
NEW DELHI (AP) — The leader of the U.N.’s expert panel on climate change stepped down on Tuesday amid an investigation into a colleague’s allegations...
The national message that Black lives matter somehow has not translated to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Statistics show that Black and Brown people continue to be disproportionately...
(USA Today) – Kansas has won the Big 12 for 10 consecutive years, a remarkable, underrated run of college basketball supremacy in one of the...
(USA Today) – Kansas has won the Big 12 for 10 consecutive years, a remarkable, underrated run of college basketball supremacy in one of the...
(Bleacher Report) – The Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was built over a 20-year period. Construction of...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — What was missing from the Academy Awards turned out to be the issue that could not be...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Back in the day, The Twilight Zone did it right. Each episode started with an everyday routine, then it added a...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News on Monday released video from four stories it aired about the Falklands War in 1982,...
