HopkinsLocal, the economic opportunity initiative launched by Johns Hopkins University System in the aftermath of the city’s mass unrest in 2015, has so far kept faith with a city in desperate need of seeing its anchor institutions step up and respond to the needs of its citizens. Ronald J. Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins University […]
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Brandy to Star in D.C. Production of ‘Chicago’
Grammy Award-winning singer Brandy Norwood will star as Roxie Hart in the production of “Chicago” that’s heading to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in April. In this Jan. 6, 2016, file photo, recording artist and actress Brandy Norwood speaks during the “Zoe Ever After” panel at the Viacom 2016 Winter TCA […]
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Spring forward for Daylight Saving Time
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland — We “spring forward” this weekend thanks to Daylight Saving Time. But not everyone in the U.S. participates. We dig deeper into this 99-year-old practice.
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Nicki Minaj Responds to Remy Ma Drama in New Song ‘No Frauds’
NEW YORK (AP) — Nicki Minaj has responded to Remy Ma’s harsh diss track in a new song featuring her label mates Drake and Lil Wayne. FILE – In this Wednesday, March 1, 2017 file photo, singer Nicki Minaj arrives to attend the H&M Fall-Winter 2017-2018 ready to wear fashion collection presented in Paris. On […]
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The Undefeated Staff: Let Athletes Be Political, Because They’re People, Too
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – The rise of the 24-hour, instant news cycle has given sports figures, like other celebrities, unprecedented power to comment on current events. Now more than ever, people are looking to athletes to weigh in on the latest news, both through social media and in conversations with reporters. COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – […]
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Mayor Pugh, Elected Officials Present Funding Plan for Baltimore Schools
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh and other elected officials announced a funding plan for Baltimore City Public Schools that would allocate roughly $180 million in city and state funds. Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh (AP Photo) The funding package, announced Friday, includes a $24 million grant for counties with declining enrollment and partial […]
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DODGE-BALL 3.0
TriceEdneyWireService.com – There are few Americans over the age of 10 who have not seen or participated in a game of Dodge-Ball. For those of my era, it was the quintessential hand-eye-body coordination game in which the “dodger,” if skillful and athletic, could avoid being struck and disqualified by a ball hurled by adversarial throwers. […]
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D.C. Teachers Protest for More Pay
Members and leaders of the District’s teacher’s union recently took to the streets to protest their lack of a pay increase for several years. Thirty members of the Washington Teachers’ Union, led by its president Elizabeth Davis, convened a rally at Freedom Plaza in downtown D.C. on March 3. Elizabeth Davis, president of the Washington […]
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Wheeler Rd. 6 Shootings Lead to 1 Death
Andrew McPhatter was fatally shot in Southeast D.C. on March 1. (Courtesy Photo) A recent wave of violence in Southeast, D.C. left one man dead after six shootings took place in a span of seven days. Six people were shot along Wheeler Road and one was murdered between Feb. 23 and March 1 as D.C. […]
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D.C. Officials Look to Tennessee Plan for Statehood
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), and Delaware’s U.S. Sen. Tom Carper held a news conference on March 1 to announce that a bill granting the residential and commercial areas of the District of Columbia statehood was introduced and based on a plan used […]
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Waka Flocka Flame Found Not Guilty of Gun Charges
Waka Flocka Flame ONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — A lawyer for rapper Waka Flocka Flame says a jury has found his client not guilty of charges filed after a handgun was found in his carry-on bag during a security scan at Atlanta’s airport. The rapper, whose real name is Juaquin Malphurs, was arrested in October 2014. […]
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California Fight With EPA Will Affect Nation
California is preparing for a huge fight over its climate with the Trump administration and its new EPA director, a battle that could have ramifications for residents across the nation, from New York to Washington state, from Maryland to Massachusetts, from Pennsylvania to Arizona – potentially affecting more than one of every three Americans. In […]