The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...

Few things are as dependable in television as the annual onslaught of true-crime nightmares. Each year, a new crop of gruesome, devastating and, admit it, often fascinating documentaries about the ...

Update, Dec. 27: Congratulations to Janiyah Thomas of Center Line for being voted the Detroit Free Press Buffalo Wild Wings Girls Prep Athlete of the Week, the last one of 2025. Athlete of the Week is ...

Jamir Watkins has become an extremely valuable player for the Wizards. The second-round rookie is already among the best defenders in DC. While many players drafted in the 40s might never step on the ...

ROSEVILLE — Center Line’s girls basketball team expects big things from Janiyah Thomas. She didn’t let them down Wednesday night as she scored 29 points, including 19 in the third quarter, as the ...

One might expect researchers to have settled the question long ago of whether poverty causes crime. On the surface, the answer seems obvious. A correlation certainly exists: anyone working in the ...

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Monday that a months-long federal investigation uncovered widespread misclassification of crime reports by the Metropolitan Police ...

Spenser Watkins, who made 40 appearances for the Baltimore Orioles and Oakland A's from 2021-23, has retired from baseball. A right-handed pitcher, Watkins went 7-14 with a 5.97 ERA across 164.1 major ...

WASHINGTON — DC Police Chief Pamela Smith pushed officers to lower crime statistics “by any means necessary,” including by categorizing even some violent offenses so they weren’t reported publicly, ...

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee alleged that the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of Washington, D.C., under the leadership of outgoing police Chief Pamela Smith, manipulated ...

It's probably not what USC junior JuJu Watkins envisioned for her first senior Team USA camp. Despite her continued recovery from an ACL injury in her right knee sustained in the NCAA tournament in ...