Jared Banner has been named the Baltimore Orioles’ first Black general manager and the eighth Black general manager in Major ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to more than 400 deaths was convicted Oct. 19 of murdering 190 children and one adult after ordering followers to starve themselves to ...

The Montgomery County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. located in Maryland, hosted its fourth annual World AIDS Day Solidarity for Health Equity Breakfast on Dec. 3. With a theme of ...

Park Heights residents shared their priorities for public safety during a Sept. 16 listening session for Baltimore’s next comprehensive violence prevention plan. They called for greater attention to ...

A summer road trip becomes a meditation on grief, inequality and institutional neglect as America marks 250 years and heads toward November’s midterm elections. Black America has had an unusually ...

The royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has been making headlines as the big day approaches this Saturday, May 19. But May 19 is also special because it's the birthday of the first ...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo on Sept. 19 began vaccinating healthcare staff against Ebola in Bunia, the epicenter of the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history as they are "particularly ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan pop star and opposition politician Bobi Wine performed his first concert since he was charged with treason and jailed, a show of defiance Saturday punctuated by ...

I am deeply honored to have been selected by my colleagues to become the first woman and the first African American to serve as Chair of the Financial Services Committee. I have served on the ...

DALLAS (AP) — Multiple media outlets report that shots were fired Thursday night during a Dallas protest over two recent fatal police shootings of black men. Bystanders run for cover after shots fired ...

As Mayor Gray highlighted the importance of continuing to improve public education here in the nation's capital in his State of the District address, my thoughts turned to recent controversies ...

“We recorded it years ago and it was never released,” Steve Allen told news reporters in the mayor's office. “The song is about bringing people together. There's a line in the song that says, `When I ...