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NEW YORK (AP) - Toy maker MGA Entertainment must pay $71.5 million in damages for infringing on the name and likeliness of teen pop group OMG Girlz with one of its popular lines of dolls, a federal jury has decided. Monday's verdict hands a win to OMG Girlz - as well as Xscape singer Tameka "Tiny" Harris and rapper Chris "T.I." Harris - in the third court trial related to

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA  Black Democratic operatives and minority-owned firms are raising alarms over spending practices in Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign. They accuse the campaign of favoring white-owned vendors while sidelining Black-owned firms. The controversy, first reported by NOTUS, a nonprofit newsroom created by the Allbritton Journalism Institute, has caused growing frustration among Democratic leaders, operatives, and donors. Many fear that these missteps could harm Harris' standing

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City Mayor Eric Adams vowed to stay in office Thursday after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing him of letting Turkish officials and businesspeople buy his influence with illegal campaign contributions and lavish overseas trips. Adams, a Democrat, faces conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery charges in a five-count indictment outlining a decade-long trail of corruption that began when he served as an elected official in Brooklyn

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer In a landmark move, the Republican-majority North Carolina legislature approved a significant supplemental spending bill that aims to address the long-standing waitlist for private school vouchers while also including provisions that direct sheriffs to assist federal immigration agents. The bill passed the House on Wednesday by a vote of 67-43, following a separate approval by the Senate earlier this week. Three Democrats joined all House

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kameale Terry saw it coming before almost anyone else did. She realized the expanding network of electric vehicle charging stations across the U.S. would need a workforce to maintain it. The realization came as she found herself back in South Central Los Angeles - where she grew up - taking care of her mom, who was on her third recurrence of cancer. It was 2016 and

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina trial judge refused on Thursday a Republican Party request that he block students and employees at the state's flagship public university from being able to show a digital identification to comply with a largely new photo ID law. Wake County Superior Court Judge Keith Gregory denied a temporary restraining order sought by the Republican National Committee and state GOP, according to an online

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1200"] (R-L)Delaware's Lisa Blunt Rochester and Maryland's Angela Alsobrooks[/caption] WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress was created more than 200 years ago. Delaware's Lisa Blunt Rochester marks the milestone by saying that the reason she does this work is not about

By: Greg Childress NC Newsline Shakamie appeared comfortable holding court last week to discuss homelessness with a reporter and several of his friends in the Circle K parking lot off of Highway 70 near the Interstate 40, south of downtown Raleigh. He and others in an impromptu circle were part of an encampment for people experiencing homelessness on the expansive, wooded lot behind the busy convenience store. The Raleigh Police

  By Bryan Washington The Paris Review There's a look you get used to receiving, and quickly, if you're black with tattoos. First, there's the flicker of recognition. A scan from your audience, digesting your appearance. A brief smile or flinch, as the appraiser does some mental calculus. Then there are a few beats as they read more cues: your speech, and your demeanor, and your gait, and your dress.

By: Cynthia McCormick Hibbert Northeastern University Federal agencies have announced one food recall after another in recent weeks, with the most serious involving an 18-state outbreak of listeria from deli meat that has killed nine people as of Aug. 29. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the bacterial infections linked to Boar's Head meat sliced at the deli is the largest outbreak of listeria since a 2011 outbreak