National

President Obama remains committed to beginning a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan next July,  a White House spokesman said on Monday, playing down recent remarks by the American military commander in Afghanistan that he might recommend a delay if conditions warrant.

When Rodolfo Olmedo was dragged down by a group of men shouting anti-Mexican epithets and bashed over the head with a wooden stick on the street outside his home, he instinctively covered his face to keep from getting disfigured. Blood filled his mouth.

Republican strategist, Ed Rollins, who worked with Ronald Reagan’s 1984 campaign had harsh words for RNC Chairman, Michael Steele. The Washington Post says that Rollins said that Steele had “obviously been a disaster” and: Michael Steele has failed miserably to do the things you’re supposed to do: raise money, basically go out and articulate a […]

Michelle Obama probably won’t be vacationing in Spain again anytime soon.

I am a 2010 graduate of Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, and attended this school from the age of 3. I am African-American, a race that made up 2-3 percent of the student population.

A Connecticut teenager visiting his dad in The Bronx to go shopping for school was gunned down yesterday in a random drive-by shooting being eyed as a gruesome gang initiation, a police source said.

Abbey Lincoln, the exquisitely talented singer whose metaphor-laden songs, seductive voice and outsized personality made her an iconic figure in jazz, died Saturday. She was 80.

OneUnited CEO Kevin Cohee says his bank hasn't made loans in some poor neighborhoods because it wasn't financially prudent. He also reiterates that past criminal charges against him were dropped.