DETROIT (AP) — Ford says the Focus compact car is the best-selling auto in the world this year. The company says it sold almost 590,000 Focuses...
(Reuters) – Liggett Group announced Wednesday that it would pay $110 million to settle thousands of Florida lawsuits accusing the tobacco company of concealing the dangers of smoking...
(Reuters) – The White House sought to limit the political damage from the troubled rollout of the government’s healthcare website on Wednesday as Republicans increased the...
[The Washington Post] In the wake of the government shutdown and declining Republican popularity, Democrats are growing more optimistic about winning a majority in the House...
by EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi breaks ground Thursday on side-by-side museums that are expected to break ground of their own...
Media Valerie Williams 704-383-8025 Wells Fargo Connects with Blogger Owned Businesses, Hosts “The Perfect Pitch” Competition A new breed of small business owners face expert judges...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In a move that has implications for Blacks throughout the U.S., more than a...
by Jehron Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call (FinalCall.com) – During a recent speech at the University of South Africa, former President Thabo...
by CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy added just 148,000 jobs in September, suggesting that employers held back on hiring...
by Tony Best Special to the NNPA from the New York Carib News “Heartlessness!” Harry F’ouche’, a former Haitian Consul-General in New York, was expressing outrage...
[Black Enterprise] Since being named General Manager of the New York Giants in 2007, Jerry Reese has helped his team win two Super Bowl championships. During his tenure...
(Reuters) – Foreigners soured on long-term U.S. securities in August, shedding both stocks and government bonds, and China’s Treasury holdings fell to a six-month low, U.S....
BEIJING (AP) — Forget all the headlines about eye-watering pollution in Beijing and Shanghai — the Middle Kingdom’s latest tourism slogan invites visitors to “Beautiful China.” Adorning buses and...
(Reuters) – The dollar dropped across the board on Tuesday, hitting its lowest against the euro in nearly two years, as disappointing U.S. jobs data emboldened...
by Michael McGee Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Examiner Singer Ruben Studdard joins cast of The Biggest Loser. NBC In the decade since Ruben Studdard...
by DAVID BRANDT, AP Sports Writer GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Naquan Smith and his Grambling football teammates have no regrets about a nearly weeklong boycott that...
[Xinhua English News] WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said Monday that it’s to launch a large-scale clinical trial to investigate...
by RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Blocked from holding a news conference Monday to present a person they described as a “major...
[Black Enterprise] Terrell Owens has endured quite a lot over the past 12 months. From losing his Arena Football League contract with the Chicago Rush in May...
Former Hoyas Star Buys Lunch for Homeless Man by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Otto Porter Jr. (Courtesy photo) Otto...
[The Indian Express] People who sleep less and those who experience low quality sleep have higher levels of a toxic protein in their brain which forms...
[BloombergBusinessweek] CHICAGO (AP) — An online breast milk exchange linked to bacteria contamination in a new study says it is changing its policies. Researchers found high...
by FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Slavery in the United States was once a roaring success whose wounds still afflict the country...
[Los Angeles Times] It seems to happen often enough that we’re no longer shocked to hear it: A teenager commits suicide after being bullied online by...
[USA Today] SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook wants to help media publishers pick the stories to post to the social site that best boost their number of...