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NFL commissioner Goodell defends Redskins nickname

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...

To Be Equal; Supreme Court must keep affirmative action alive

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.”

— Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice... Read more...

Ethiopia: Nothing will stop Nile dam project; Ethiopia's leader: No one will stop Nile dam project despite Egypt's opposition

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...

Body of missing teacher found in Bayou; Former Long Beach Student Terrilynn Monette, discovered in New Orleans

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...

News

Israel to Deport African Migrants but Won’t Say to Where

Israel to Deport African Migrants but Won’t Say to Where

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...

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Community

Security heightened for returning SMC students

Security heightened for returning SMC students

June 13, 2013 City News Service   Amid heightened security, students returned to the Santa Monica College campus on Monday to continue taking final...

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Sports News

Nets hire Jason Kidd as coach

Nets hire Jason Kidd as coach

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...

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Arts & Culture

Winfrey giving $12M to new African-American museum

Winfrey giving $12M to new African-American museum

June 13, 2013 By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press   WASHINGTON (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washing­ton’s...

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