INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Call them freshmen. Please, do not call them kids. Led by Tyus Jones and Jahlil Okafor, Duke’s talented group of youngsters outscored Wisconsin by 14 points over the final 13 minutes Monday night to grit out a 68-63 victory for the program’s fifth national title. Okafor, the likely first pick in the […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — He was a soccer player with a fighting spirit, a talented keyboard player with “golden fingers” who was intent on succeeding in life, his guardian said. But Bryson Mwakuleghwa, a 21-year-old student at Garissa University College in Kenya, never had the chance to make his dreams happen. Mwakuleghwa was among 148 […]

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP) — A man and his seven children found dead in their Maryland home Monday were poisoned by carbon monoxide from a generator they were using after the power company cut off their electricity, a couple who identified themselves as the man’s mother and stepfather said. Police found the bodies at the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC says that Diane Sawyer will conduct a two-hour interview with Bruce Jenner that will air on Friday, April 24. ABC says the former Olympic champion and patriarch of the Kardashian television clan will give a “far-ranging interview.” Jenner has not spoken publicly about it but he has been looking more […]

There wasn’t one person in their seats when Fantasia appeared on the “Black Girls Rock”  stage wearing a sparkling white gown that was almost as…

Dikembe Mutombo, who registered 3,289 blocks during his NBA career, is among the 11-member Class of 2015 selected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which was announced Monday. Mutombo, who played 18 NBA seasons and was an eight-time All-Star selection and four-time NBA defensive player of the year, will be enshrined along with […]

Sasha and Malia Obama were recently named among Time Magazine’s 25 Most Influential Teens, and their mother Michelle Obama doesn’t understand why they were chosen. “They’re not influential, they just live here,” FLOTUS said with a chuckle during an interview on Live With Kelly and Michael, shot at the White House. “They have done nothing to […]

When Frederick Hutson landed in prison at the age of 24 on a drug trafficking charge in Florida, he was surprised to learn that it…

According to a new study, Muslims will globally outnumber Christians by the end of the century. The report also shows that within the United States,…

It’s certainly clear that Mindy Kaling is the most talented person in her family. Unless of course you replace “talented” with “ridiculous,” in which case…

The family of a 7-year-old girl who was fatally shot during a May 2010 police raid is suing the Detroit officer involved in the incident,…

After a public records request from The Washington Post, the city of Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday evening released the actual, unredacted racist emails sent by…