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O.J. Simpson will be a free man on October 1. On Thursday, July 20, a Nevada parole board unanimously voted to grant the fallen gridiron star parole on

By Shawnta S. Barnes (NNPA/ESSA Guest Columnist) Back in May, I traveled to Chicago and saw “Hamilton:  An American Musical” about founding father Alexander Hamilton. During Act II,

  (AP) — Dallas announced Wednesday that it has hired a Detroit deputy police chief to be its first female police chief and lead a department that saw

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The NAACP has named Derrick Johnson, the vice chairman of their board of directors, the organization’s interim president. The unanimous decision

WASHINGTON (AP) — Where the Senate Republican effort to demolish the Obama health care law ends up is anyone’s guess, but early indications are the GOP will have

DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX —— Shoppa’s Material Handling, one of the largest Toyota Industrial Equipment dealers in the USA, recently presented the Shoppa’s Scholarship Award to the Transportation Club

(AP) — Matt Rhule made reference to Baylor’s sexual assault scandal even before taking questions during his first appearance at Big 12 football media days. When Rhule became

(AP) – The Los Angeles Lakers’ impressive run to a Las Vegas summer league championship was still on Magic Johnson’s mind when he returned home to introduce Kentavious

By Dorothy Rowley (The Washington Informer/NNPA) Famed R&B crooner Lloyd Price, known in his heyday as “Mr. Personality,” has long enjoyed what few of his peers can claim:

(AP) – A Dallas County grand jury has indicted former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver in the shooting death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. Oliver was also indicted