June 13, 2013
(AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the Washington Redskins nickname is a “unifying force that stands for strength, courage, pride and respect.”
Goodell was responding to a letter from... Read more...
June 13, 2013
By Marc H. Morial
NNPA Columnist
“The enduring hope is that race should not matter; the reality is that too often it does.”
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June 13, 2013
By Charlene Muhammad
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June 13, 2013
By Kirubel Tadesse
Associated Press
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Ethiopia's leader has vowed that no one will stop a $4.2 billion energy project that is diverting the flow... Read more...
June 13, 2013
By Jennifer Bihm
LAWT Staff Writer
Drowning was the cause of death for Terrilynn Monette who grew up and attend high school in Long Beach, but whose missing body... Read more...
June 13, 2013 Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Eritrean or Sudanese people, who have sought asylum in Israel. Israel is reportedly...
Read More...June 13, 2013 By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights leader Medgar Evers helped create a more inclusive and...
Read More...June 13, 2013 By JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday...
Read More...June 13, 2013 By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s massive collection of Americans’ phone records is drawing...
Read More...June 13, 2013 By Alicia a. Caldwell Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five months after President Barack Obama called on lawmakers to approve...
Read More...June 13, 2013 City News Service Amid heightened security, students returned to the Santa Monica College campus on Monday to continue taking final...
Read More...June 13, 2013 By KENNETH MILLER Assistant Managing Editor Inglewood voters ushered out an old era and brought in a new one when they overwhelming...
Read More...June 13, 2013 By KENNETH MILLER Assistant Managing Editor Two and a half weeks after his convincing victory to become the next mayor of Los Angeles,...
Read More...June 06, 2013 LAWT News Service On Saturday, May 18, Best Start Watts-Willowbrook hosted a Resource Fair at Ted Watkins Park in Watts that attracted...
Read More...June 06, 2013 LAWT Staff Report George Dotson has been involved in numerous civic activities in Inglewood since 1968. As councilman for the first...
Read More...June 13, 2013 By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer The Brooklyn Nets hired Jason Kidd as their coach Wednesday, bringing the former star back to...
Read More...June 13, 2013 By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The backside pat former NFL star Chad Johnson gave his lawyer in court was not meant...
Read More...June 13, 2013 (AP) — Soledad O’Brien is joining fellow “Today” show alum Bryant Gumbel at HBO’s “Real Sports.” HBO said Wednesday that...
Read More...June 06, 2013 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Former Auburn point guard Varez Ward has been arrested for allegedly trying to fix games and offering money to...
Read More...June 06, 2013 LAWT News Service Las Vegas sports book directors are notoriously tight-lipped about their customers’ wagers, and rightly so. They’re...
Read More...June 13, 2013 By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington’s...
Read More...June 13, 2013 ARIES Everybody’s in a good mood this week, and you’ll want to join friends or family in sharing good food and feelings. You may...
Read More...June 13, 2013 (AP) — Paramedics were dispatched to Paris Jackson's home on a report that the 15-year-old had taken 20 Motrin pills and cut herself with...
Read More...June 13, 2013 By MESFIN FEKADU Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West says his new album is all about giving. The multiplatinum rapper held...
Read More...June 13, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police say platinum-selling rapper 2 Chainz was robbed in San Francisco just hours before he was scheduled to perform...
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