As protests erupt over stay-at-home orders and the clamor to reopen the economy becomes louder, the coalition of people storming state Capitols — some armed w...

DNC National Press Secretary Brandon Gassaway released the following statement on the the disproportionately high rate of COVID-19 infections and deaths rava...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As some communities face the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in their area, others are preparing for a surge of COVID-19 related cases. Emerge...

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia With evidence growing that shows African Americans disproportionately affected by the ...

Washington — The Senate on Wednesday approved a historic, $2 trillion stimulus package to provide a jolt to an economy reeling from the coronavirus pandemic,...

By Ronda Racha Penrice, Urban News Service A Diviison of Zenger News A’Lelia Bundles now knows she was born to tell her great-great-grandmother’s remarkable ...

Both Ohio and Louisiana announced their first cases of coronavirus Monday, as the number of cases across the country grows, with at least 36 states and Washi...

State has high rates of hunger, food insecurity among children and seniors Baton Rouge, La. – National Nutrition Month, observed each March, provides an opp...

Today on World Kidney Day and throughout the month of March - National Kidney Month - the National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana (NKFL) is reminding all Lou...

By Candace J. Semien, Jozef Syndicate reporter Dawna Jones, Ph.D., remembers having an amazing childhood in Opelousas with her parents, Randolph and Priscill...

HAMPTON, Va. – Over 700 people joined together to celebrate the life and achievements of NASA mathematician and Hampton resident Katherine Johnson. The icon...

Washington —President Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives in a near party-line vote Wednesday. He is still the President. What comes n...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says college students are being targeted for an employment scam. The scam works once the student accepts an offer to allow...

Mayor Betsy Price Calls Actions Leading to Death ‘Unacceptable’ By Donald Lee On the heels of the recent conviction and sentencing of a white female police o...

By BR Weekly Press Staff Writer Former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he supports the impeachment of President Trump. “With his words and his act...

WASHINGTON — Thousands of public schools across the country could be automatically disqualified from a federal free breakfast and lunch program as a result o...

McLEAN'S TOWN CAY, Bahamas — In a slow, relentless advance, a catastrophic Hurricane Dorian kept pounding at the northern Bahamas early Monday, as one of the...

PHILADELPHIA — An hourslong standoff where a gunman shot at police, wounding six of them, as he was barricaded inside a Philadelphia home somehow ended with ...

New Orleans, La —One of New Orleans' iconic musicians has died. Art Neville a founding member of both the Meters and the Neville Brothers, died Monday at ag...