Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas has withdrawn from his reelection race after he admitted having an affair with a former staff member who later died by suicide.

Moore, who spent the past year on the Vikings roster, died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot.

She proves that an Olympic gold-medalist figure skater can be strong, warm to her competitors, and salty all at the same time.

Previously, community college leaders had not typically approved degrees that faced active objections from CSU. A recent report from WestEd, commissioned by the community college system, may prove to ...

The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan.

Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...

Montgomery shows what’s possible when museums aren’t subject to capricious executive orders.

Martin Luther King and others sacrificed their blood to make the U.S. a better place. What would he say about its current state?

The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump's name was added to the facility.

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Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. has died at age 71. Whitlock played the corrupt state Sen. Clay Davis on "The Wire." He also appeared in several Spike Lee films, including "25th Hour" and "BlacKkKlansman."

City College and Mesa College are singled-out for their efforts to recruit, keep and graduate Black students.

Kwanzaa is a time for families and communities to come together to remember the past and to celebrate African American culture.

The Justice Department also tried and failed last week to secure a new indictment against James in Norfolk, Virginia.

When the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Faculty Senate voted overwhelmingly in November on a resolution of no confidence in UNL Chancellor Rodney Bennett, it was not done lightly. Grounded in eviden...

Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.

This report also examines the state of affordability for middle-class families across racial groups, finding that affordability across the country is often further out of reach for families of color.

The decision stems from a motion by a defendant who moved to dismiss his case on the grounds that Habba, a former personal lawyer to Trump, was unlawfully appointed.

Ruthlessly dropkicking the basics is how we got here, this Thanksgiving, a nation eating itself, a nation shamelessly vomiting upon itself.

The cases were dismissed without prejudice, meaning they can be refiled at a later date.

"It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia," his wife, Latifa Chambers, wrote on Instagram.

The Grammy-winning artist was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling foreign contributions to former President Obama's 2012 campaign.

In April 2023, a federal jury convicted the Grammy winner of 10 counts, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.

De La Soul have unveiled the tracklist for their new album 'Cabin in the Sky', which will be their first project in nine years.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Several sources have confirmed that former President Barack Obama phoned Reverend Jesse Jackson over the weekend, who is in Stable Condition at a Chicago Hospital.

"DEI hire" often carries an undercurrent of skepticism or dismissiveness. It can suggest, wrongly, that a person was selected primarily to fulfill a demographic quota rather than for their merit or wh...

The shooting, which occurred around noon in the Laney Field House, triggered a brief lockdown while Oakland police secured the campus and investigated.