LONDON — Wikileaks struggled to stay online Friday as corporations and governments moved to cut its access to the Internet, a potentially crippling blow for an organization dedicated to releasing secret information via the web.

Colorado — Bill McCartney a former coach for the University of Colorado has said that Washington Washington Football Team assistant coach, Jon Embree has been offered the head coach job at University of Colorado because he was Black. The Huffington Post reports: It was never about me doing it again,” McCartney said of his interest […]

New Jersey — They arrived in the United States from West Africa, young girls held against their will and forced to work for hours on end. But this time, it didn’t happen hundreds of years ago.

CLEVELAND — He tuned out the boos. He smiled at the derisive chants. He embraced all the negativity Cleveland could muster.

Washington— Charles Rangel has his swagger back, but not his power. The 40-year congressional veteran on Thursday became the 23rd House member in the nation’s history to be censured for misconduct. As the final chapter of a more than two-year ethics investigation played out, Rangel moved through several zones of emotion: contrition, anger, relief, defiance. […]

NEW YORK – Aretha Franklin says her surgery was “highly successful” and thanks well-wishers for their prayers. In a statement released Thursday to The Associated Press, the Queen of Soul says: “God is still in control. I had superb doctors and nurses whom were blessed by all the prayers of the city and the country.” […]