Category: National News
Jury Foreman Regrets Convicting Teen in Girl’s 2002 Death
By MICHAEL REZENDES and ROBIN McDOWELL, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Citing a recent Associated Press investigation, the foreman of the jury that sent a Minnesota teen away for life in […]
Alabama College Opens Home for Amistad Slave Ship Murals
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A historically Black college in Alabama is unveiling a new home for murals that depict a famous revolt by African captives […]
US Quarantines American Evacuees From China in California
By ROBERT JABLON and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. health officials Friday issued a quarantine order for all 195 American evacuees from China. The evacuees will […]
Brown Addresses Trump’s Border Wall
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com While the rest of the nation seems engrossed by the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump, a group of 27 lawmakers […]
Mfume for the 7th Congressional District
By AFRO Staff The death of Maryland’s venerable 7th District Congressman Elijah E. Cummings in October created a void many argue will never be adequately filled. His political career, which […]
AFRO Wins FB Journalism Grant
By AFRO Staff The Facebook Journalism Project and the Lenfest Institute for Journalism recently announced 30 additional recipients of Community Network grants; one of them being the AFRO American Newspaper. […]
Gianna Bryant, 13, Was Going To Carry On A Basketball Legacy
By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer She had next. Her name was Gianna Maria Onore Bryant. The world, now and forever, knows her as Gigi. Her dad, Kobe Bryant, called […]
Crews Work to Recover Remains at Site of Kobe Bryant’s Crash
By STEFANIE DAZIO, Associated Press CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — Coroner’s officials worked to recover victims’ remains Monday from the hillside outside Los Angeles where a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and […]
The Latest: 9 Dead in Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the death of retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant (all times local): CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — NBA legend Kobe Bryant, […]
Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old Daughter and 7 Others Killed in California Chopper Crash
By STEPHANIE DAZIO, Associated Press (Updated 01/26/2020) – NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on a steep hillside in dense […]
‘Africa’s Richest Woman’ Now a Formal Suspect in Graft Probe
By The Associated Press Africa’s reputed richest woman is a formal suspect in an investigation into mismanagement and the siphoning off of funds during her time with Angola’s state-run oil […]