[Reuters] (Reuters) – The trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on charges of crimes against humanity is unlikely to start next month as planned, after prosecutors...
[UPI] HYATTSVILLE, Md., Oct. 30 (UPI) — In 2011-12, an estimated 13 percent of U.S. adults ages 20 and older had high total cholesterol, unchanged from 2009-10,...
by ANTHONY McCARTNEY, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Troubled singer Chris Brown is heading to rehab. A representative for the R&B star announced Tuesday that...
[E! Online] Kerry Washington is pregnant. Which is not so scandalous on account of she’s a married woman and there have been rumors swirling for months that...
by ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two of Marvin Gaye’s children sued Robin Thicke and his collaborators on the hit song “Blurred...
[CBS News] The Institute of Medicine and National Research Council report that in many sports, high school athletes have a higher risk of getting a concussion...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate negotiators have begun talks on crafting a compromise farm bill, including cuts to the food...
by LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Is donning blackface to dress up as a favorite TV character ever OK for Halloween? How about...
by JAY REEVES, Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama agreed Tuesday to settle the remaining challenges over its toughest-in-the-nation crackdown against illegal...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Voter suppression is alive and well, especially in the state of North Carolina, where a Republican official, Don Yelton, proved himself...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Republicans have made it clear that their next budget goal is to slash so-called entitlement programs. Democrats have failed...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist My barber shook his head as I sat down in his chair. He was deeply disturbed by the Tea Party...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower After...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The federal jobs reports for September issued last week showed the year’s slow – and therefore, disappointing – rate of...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Hardly a week goes by when there is not a tragic story of a teenager committing suicide. Tragic as these...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) found that many of the same types of loan servicing problems...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist The strike of football players at the legendary Grambling State University received attention across the world. GSU President Frank...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist I recently visited a Hip Hop 101 class on the campus of Temple University in Philadelphia and was enlightened by the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “In the 1960s, when my grandfather was teaching me to drive in his little red Ford Falcon, there was an...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I have never seen so much venom, evil and dishonesty coming from a presidential administration as the one we...
NNPA Guest Columnist Having spent my youth and adult years actively engaged in civil rights advocacy, not much surprises me when I hear of incidents...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Rather than gloat over the Republicans getting their clocks cleaned in the government shutdown fiasco, it’s worth Blacks taking time to...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Should I Get Involved or Mind my Business? Dear Alma, A male friend of mine moved to my city for a 6-month...
by Jessica R. Key Special to the NNPA from The Indianapolis Recorder Jesse Brown Today, the workplace is more competitive and so are individuals within the...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times Identity theft is a term used to describe all types of crime in which...