By Global Information Network Foreign mining companies extract more than a quarter of the world’s production of rare emeralds in Zambia yet declare losses to make themselves tax exempt. So far, charges of tax evasion filed against Kagem mine, a subsidiary of the London-listed gemstone miner Gemfields, have been unsuccessful – dismissed by the Zambian…
Healthy grocer’s new location to benefit Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino through Food Rescue program PHOENIX, Ariz. – January 3, 2019 – Sprouts Farmers Market will open a new store in Fontana, Calif. on Wednesday, January 16 to help meet the growing local demand for fresh, natural and organic foods at great prices. Grand Opening…
By Dallas Post Tribune DALLAS — Your throat is scratchy, you’re achy and feverish, your cough is keeping you up at night, but you can’t afford to miss work. You tried over-the-counter remedies but you still feel lousy. Time for an antibiotic – right? Not so fast, say doctors at Parkland Health & Hospital System….
Morgan A. Owens, NNPA Newswire Contributor Let’s be really honest, how often do we neglect our New Year’s resolutions after January? Many times, we set resolutions but don’t know where to start. We get stuck and revert to old habits that aren’t helping us bloom into the best we can be. Often, we are our…
By Peter J. Pitts Officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently issued a shocking pronouncement. They’ve decided to prioritize insurers over patients. The agency recently released new instructions to insurers that participate in Medicare Advantage, allowing them to require patients to take “the most preferred drug” on the market for their condition…
Cyntoia Brown, a 30-year-old woman serving a life sentence for killing a man who solicited her for sex when she was 16, has been granted clemency and will be released from prison this year to parole supervision, the Tennessee governor’s office announced Monday. Brown, who said she was forced into prostitution at a young age,…
Friday afternoon, Clark Atlanta University Athletics announced a round of staff changes for the Panthers Football Program, including the search for a new head coach. A national search has begun for the successor to Kevin Ramsey, who has not been retained as head coach of the Clark Atlanta University football team. The Panthers finished 3-7…
By Terry Shropshire Following the release of the recent Lifetime docu-series “Surviving R. Kelly,” over the past few days, pop culture has been deluged with a multiplicity of testimonies of the alleged chronic sexual improprieties of superstar singer R. Kelly. But few people know how the late beloved singer Aaliyah, who was portrayed in the…
By Rolling Out Idris Elba is finally a “cool dad” after booking a slot at Coachella. The “Luther” star — who is also a DJ — has impressed his daughter Isan, 17, by being given the green light to perform a set at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April. She said: “It was…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia For Dream Hampton, who served as executive producer of the much-talked about “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary, the explosive revelations in the film were just the tip of the iceberg. Hampton said there were many things she couldn’t talk about and will never discuss because it’s “so dark and…
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic On paper, a story about a low-income black health-care aid who’s befriended by a rich white male quadriplegic sounds suspect. Patronizing films like Driving Miss Daisy come to mind, and potential filmgoers upon hearing the plot line may feel anxious, angry and nauseous all at the same…
By: Lou Yeboah You need to resolve that you will have “No More Drama” in your life. You know Mary J. Blige had a hit record entitled, “No More Drama.” In this song, “No More Drama”, Mary J. Blige talks about how tired she was from having so much drama in her life. She talks…
John C. Dorhauer General Minister and President Here is my wish list for the New Year. As justice advocates inspired by the teachings of Jesus and the writings of our sacred texts, these are among the things I wish for in the New Year. I pray that together we can move the needle forward on…
By Sentinel News Service The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies commended U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) for their recent appointments of top staff of color. Senator Gillibrand hired Joi Chaney as chief of staff and Senator Peters promoted Zephranie Buetow to serve as legislative director. “As a…
Consumer Advocacy Group Helping Disabled Workers Fight for and Receive the SSDI Benefits They Deserve Waltham, Mass. – November 2018 – With almost two-thirds of Social Security Disability applicants being denied benefits, many who have been paying into the system for years and are truly deserving of such benefits give up the fight. Citizens Disability…
Consumers have through Jan. 15 to sign up and select a plan through Covered California or directly with health plans for coverage that will begin on Feb. 1. The final week of open enrollment comes on the heels of Gov. Newsom’s announcing sweeping proposals, including a new requirement for having coverage and expanded subsidies. While …
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor On Christmas Eve, Milwaukee Congresswoman Gwen Moore became the first sitting member of Congress to demand that President Donald Trump resign from the presidency. She made her comments as the Dow dove 500 points on December 24 in worst Christmas Eve trading day ever. As of Christmas, the…
NNPA Newswire FERGUSON, MO — As the nation moves into the Holiday season, it’s been a brutal eight-weeks since that dreadful day when Ferguson-based activist Melissa McKinnies found her son Danye Jones hanging dead from a tree in her yard; eight weeks with no answer from the St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office regarding the…
By ALENE TCHEKMEDYIAN (Associated Press) Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday ordered new tests of physical evidence in the case of Kevin Cooper, whose high-profile quadruple-murder conviction three decades ago has come into question in recent years. Brown said in a statement that he was directing “limited retesting of certain physical evidence in the case and…
By WI Web Staff An 83-year-old man has proven it’s never too late to pursue one’s educational goals. After dropping out of school in the sixth grade, Vietnam War veteran Johnnie Jones was awarded a doctorate degree from Louisiana State University this month. But the Picayune, Miss., native won’t stop there, as he has already…
By La’Shance Perry The University Center was filled to capacity with alumni and students eager to participate in homecoming activities. Set up in the middle of all the commotion, Xavier University’s library archives team had a rare treat. They displayed photos of unidentified individuals dating almost 30 years back. This special collection consisted of images…
By Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — After nearly two years of failed negotiations, mediation and fact-finding sessions, the union representing 33,000 Los Angeles Unified School District teachers announced Dec. 19 it will go on strike Jan. 10 unless an 11th-hour labor deal is reached. United Teachers Los Angeles President Alex Caputo-Pearl said there has…
Ceci Leonard ceciliae@vt.edu via prnewswire.com December 26, 2018 — As 2018 comes to an end, we close out a 50 year period that began with the tumultuous 1968. This was the year Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated; the year the Fair Housing Act passed; the year the Kerner Commision report revealed the cause of…
Retired postal employee, Larry Pinson Sr., sheds light on the complicated, ancient systems the government still practices today. Maywood, IL (BlackNews.com) — The pay system used by the United States Postal Service and many other government agencies has become outdated in a sense that technological advancements of today is no longer compatible with the slow-paced…
