Victor Blackwell and Devon Sayers, CNN VALDOSTA, Ga. (CNN)—A jury found Kendrick Johnson’s parents and five other family members guilty of misdemeanor charges related to a...
(New York Times) – The fat yellow package was addressed to the principal, students and staff of Mott Hall Bridges Academy in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Inside were...
(Fox News) – Denver’s police chief has ordered a review of cases where an officer fired at a moving car after perceiving it to be...
(Vox) – Cooperation with law enforcement helped increase the number of Americans absolved of previous criminal convictions to 125 in 2014 — a record high since...
COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Chris Mathews’ crew showed up this month to demolish one of the thousands of vacant homes destined for demolition...
ALLEN REED, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Board of Education voted Wednesday to take control of Little Rock schools less than six...
ST. LOUIS (USA Today) — A shouting and shoving match erupted at St. Louis City Hall Wednesday during the first public hearing on a police oversight...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 28 (UPI) — A Florida woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot during a fight with her husband...
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Police say a Delaware drug suspect went out on a limb to transport a stash of cocaine, but he was busted...
MITCH WEISS, Associated Press ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — The convictions of nine South Carolina black men who integrated a whites-only lunch counter during the height...
by Starla Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) – When Howard Morgan turns 64 on February 1, for the first time...
by Mason Harrison Special to the NNPA from the Louisiana Weekly Three years after kicking off the much-ballyhooed NOLA for Life murder reduction strategy, Mayor...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – John King, Jr., a highly-respected educator from New York City, says that teachers saved his life...
David Jackson and Bart Jansen, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—The Secret Service said it recovered a 2-foot “quad copter” drone on the grounds of the White...
Michael A. Fletcher, THE WASHINGTON POST PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, M.d. (The Washington Post)—African Americans for decades flocked to Prince George’s County to be part of...
Dionne Searcey and Robert Gebeloff, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—The middle class that President Obama identified in his State of the Union speech last...
Christine Byers, THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ST. LOUIS, Mo. (STLToday.com)—Like many officers involved in deadly force encounters, Darren Wilson said his training took over when...
Sean Carlin and Geoff Mulvihill, ASSOCIATED PRESS BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — Elected officials, the state NAACP and local religious leaders said Friday they have confidence...
Sean Carlin and Geoff Mulvihill, ASSOCIATED PRESS BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — Elected officials, the state NAACP and local religious leaders said Friday they have confidence...
(Mother Jones) – When police officers kill unarmed citizens they are rarely charged, let alone convicted of a crime. The victims’ families often turn to civil complaints...
SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Like many states, Oklahoma wants to be a tourist destination. And leaders here believe they have an ideal...
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — With the dismissal of one of two lawsuits that effectively pitted them against each other, the Rev. Martin Luther...
CLEVELAND (New York Times) — It began with a swap: one boy’s cellphone for another’s replica of a Colt pistol. One of the boys went to...
SAM HANANEL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration may need the vote of a frequent conservative antagonist on the Supreme Court to preserve a...
RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — After a 2007 report showed that Iowa had the nation’s highest disparity for sending blacks to...
