A report to the D.C. Council released April 27 faults officials at the Children’s Youth Investment Trust Corp. for failing to detect fraudulent expenditures, and claims former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. may have had help from someone in city government when he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the nonprofit group. According […]
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D.C. Infant Mortality Rate Reaches Historic Lows
Mayor Vincent C. Gray and officials from the Washington, D.C. Department of Health announced April 26 that the District’s infant mortality rate has declined to a historic low of 8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. “This is very good news for the District of Columbia,” Gray said at a news conference. “This report tells […]
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Teens Getting Drunk on Hand Sanitizers
Hand sanitizers are the latest household item teenagers are using to get intoxicated, health officials warn, and the practice poses a serious health risk since the easily-obtained cleansing agent packs a potent punch. “This is a rapidly emerging trend,” Dr. Cyrus Rangan, medical toxicology consultant for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, said at an April 24 […]
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Bishop T.D. Jakes to Produce Winnie Mandela Biopic Starring Jennifer Hudson
Bishop T.D. Jakes has announced that he will serve as executive producer of “Winnie,” a biopic starring Jennifer Hudson and Terrance Howard based on the love story of Nelson and Winnie Mandela. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jakes’ company TDJ Enterprises/TDJ Independents will help to develop the film’s domestic marketing and distribution plans. The company […]
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Business Consultant Michael Cryor to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Montclair State University
Michael Cryor will be granted an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Montclair State University at the institution’s May commencement exercises and will also deliver the commencement address. The 1970 graduate was the first African American to receive a Masters Degree in Psychology from Montclair’s graduate program. In 2010, he received an honorary doctorate from […]
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Courageous Black Secret Service Woman Revealed Scandal
A Black Secret Service agent is being hailed as the heroine in what is reportedly the worst scandal in the agency’s history. Paula Reid is the 46-year-old special agent responsible for blowing the whistle on the sex scandal that turned the esteemed agency into so much fodder for the 24-hour news cycle and cable talk […]
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President ‘Slow Jams’ News with Jimmy Fallon
Anyone who stayed up late Tuesday night got to see President Barack Obama play straight man to a seemingly nervous Jimmy Fallon on his regularly scheduled show. With usual “cool joe” demeanor, the President took his campaign to the campus of University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He emphasized the impending rate hike on […]
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UDC’s Hollis, Jones Ranked Nationally and Regionally
Several members of the University of the District of Columbia women’s outdoor track and field team remains ranked either nationally or regionally, according to the USTFCCCA poll released April 24. UDC senior Kaneesha Hollis is currently ranked No. 1 in the East Region and No. 20 in the nation in the 400 meter race after […]
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Essence Boots White Editor over Facebook Posts
In a tenure bracketed by controversy, ESSENCE Magazine’s White managing editor was asked to leave the publication April 20 after his right-wing Facebook posts were brought to the editors’ attention. Michael Bullerdick’s departure for the book division of Time Warner, the conglomerate that owns Essence, was first announced by “Journal-isms,” a news site run by […]
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Delaware’s Lillian M. Lowery Picked to Run Maryland Schools
Delaware Secretary of Education Lillian M. Lowery, who led that state’s successful efforts to win two ‘Race to the Top’ grants, is coming to Maryland to lead the nation’s No 1 ranked state school system, Maryland State officials announced April 20. Lowery, a 57 year-old African American, with a reputation for broad-based strategic planning and […]
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Howard Softball Shuts Out Morgan State, 1-0
Howard University’s softball team scored only one run in the game, but that’s all they would need as the Lady Bison beat Morgan State, 1-0, in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) North Division game on April 20 in Baltimore, Md. Howard’s lone score came in the first inning as senior centerfielder Lorae Robinson ran in […]
