Taraji P. Henson as Cookie at heart of TV’s ‘Empire’
By SANDY COHEN Taraji P. Henson is driving down an LA street, chatting on her cellphone, when a billboard catches her eye. “Hi, me! Hiiii!” she says, smiling at her…
By SANDY COHEN Taraji P. Henson is driving down an LA street, chatting on her cellphone, when a billboard catches her eye. “Hi, me! Hiiii!” she says, smiling at her…
By DENISE LAVOIE People who lost loved ones or were injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings are clamoring for justice as jury selection gets underway in one of the…
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama this week will test whether he still has the sway to keep Washington focused on his own priorities, even as a new Republican-run Congress…
By Mike Sawyer Wichita, KS — Two Witchita police officers are on paid administrative leave following the shooting death of an unarmed 23-year-old man. Interim Chief Nelson Mosley, with the…
SPEAKER:DR.E.LANCE MCCARTHY The world is reinventing itself as a tech hub. Technology provides new ways to live, to communicate and build wealth. So, how is our community connecting the African…
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis named 15 new cardinals Sunday, selecting them from 14 nations including far-flung corners of the world such as Tonga, New Zealand, Cape Verde and Myanmar…
By ERICA WERNER Republican lawmakers are defending the No. 3 House GOP leader over a speech have gave 12 years ago to a white supremacist group. Rep. Steve Scalise (skuh-LEES’)…
By SYLVIA WINGFIELD and MARK PRATT Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in U.S. history to win popular election to the Senate,…