By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief [FIRST OF TWO PARTS] HAVANA, Cuba (NNPA) – Jesse Jackson says now that Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos has rejected...
By David Stokes Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Inquirer ATLANTA – Evelyn Gibson Lowery, a civil rights activist and wife of Southern Christian Leadership...
[Los Angeles Times] As big as the lines outside Apple stores were for the launch of the company’s two new iPhones were last week, the virtual...
(Reuters) – T-Mobile US Inc, the No. 4 U.S. wireless service provider, plans to stop carrying BlackBerry Ltd smartphones in its stores and instead ship the...
[BBC] A UN-backed special court in The Hague has rejected an appeal against war crimes convictions by lawyers representing former Liberian President Charles Taylor. It ruled...
[CNN] Interpol said Thursday it issued a red notice for Samantha Lewthwaite, the so-called “White Widow,” at the request of Kenyan authorities. Reports that a white...
[USA Today] Former San Diego Chargers defensive back Paul Oliver died from a self-inflicted gunshot in Marietta, Ga., on Tuesday night, authorities said, leaving his former...
[MSNBC] Marissa Alexander, the African-American woman who was sentenced to 20 years for discharging a firearm in Florida despite pleading Stand Your Ground against her husband, will...
[Los Angeles Times] Michael Moses Ward, one of two survivors of the 1985 bombing of the militant group MOVE in a Philadelphia neighborhood and the only...
[RELIGION DISPATCHES] At yesterday’s memorial for the victims of last Monday’s shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, President Obama spoke about the tragedy of gun violence, saying “It...
[THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION] The ousting of ‘former’ President Mohammed Morsi by the military, and the interim government’s resolve to rewrite the 2012 constitution, raise questions about...
[THE HUFFINGTON POST] Honoring your mother and father may be on the Top 10 list of commandments, but most parents can tell you that there are...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGNTON (NNPA) – In less than a week, health insurance market exchanges will open across the nation and more than...
[UPI] A large number of patients in advanced stages of kidney disease are inappropriately being prescribed statins to lower their cholesterol, U.S. researchers say. Lead author...
[UPI] Patients with cancer who were married at the time of diagnosis live markedly longer compared with unmarried patients, U.S. researchers say. In fact for some...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] Preschool naps should be preserved, even in the face of pressures to add more to the curriculum, say researchers who concluded that sleep...
by Kam Williams Special to the NNPA from The Call & Post Miserably-married Kalindra (Shanola Hampton) hasn’t yet found the strength to leave her abusive husband,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the wake of high-profile gun violence in the nation’s capital and Chicago, President Barack Obama...
[ABC NEWS] Under relentless pressure from their right wing, Republicans are in the midst of a risky fight with President Barack Obama they know they will...
by Brentin Mock Special to the NNPA from the Louisiana Weekly Many people have made money off of the rebuilding of the city, but not those...
By Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times HOUSTON – “You have the right to remain silent!” This is the...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday spelled out the grim toll of an attack on a Nairobi shopping mall...
By Cash Michaels Special from to the NNPA from The Carolinian CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP says the tragic death of...
by Alonzo Kittrells Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune This year is going extremely fast. Some homeowners have already started to put up their...
[CNN] AIG CEO Robert Benmosche says opposition to the insurer’s bonuses in the wake of the financial crisis five years ago was like lynchings during the...