Memphis parent Jacquelyn Yarbrough was so concerned about uneven COVID-19 rules in the public school system that she enrolled her daughter, Tealy, 12, in a private school. Since school began there, a Memphis public school system elementary teacher, a student and a staff member have died from COVID-19. (Courtesy Photo) By Ahnayah Hughes, Howard University […]
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Global outages disrupt Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp
By Katherine C. Gilyard Howard University News Service Facebook and its sister products, Whatsapp and Instagram, experienced global outages on Monday for more than six hours. The platforms for individual users as well as the main Facebook website went down in one of the longest outages in the company’s history. “We’re aware that some people […]
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Black businesses continue to face down the pandemic
Virginia Ali, who opened Ben’s Chili Bowl in 1958 with her husband, Ben, credits her children and family with keeping the business open during the toughest parts of the pandemic. (Courtesy photo) During the pandemic, Black businesses have faced challenges. Some were forced to close or nearly shut down \ while others were fortunate to […]
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Infections Up in DMV, Vaccinations Remain Low in Black Communities
(Screengrab from YouTube video) By Howard University News Service WASHINGTON — Like much of the nation, cities and counties in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., have seen rapidly rising coronavirus infections, particularly in those communities with the lowest vaccination rates, according to health departments. African Americans, according to data, consistently remain the lowest vaccinated population […]
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Educators Adjust to Return to In-Person Learning
Black school teachers are facing numerous challenges as they return to in-person learning, from the dangers of covid-19 to getting students on grade level after an 18-month absence. (Photo/HUNS) By Ahnayah Hughes, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON — Educators across the nation are still adjusting to life back in the classroom after nearly 18 months […]
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Howard University students react to Ransomware attack crippling university
By Howard University News Service RANSOM — Howard University, one of the nation’s leading historically black universities and the alma mater of Vice President Kamala Harris, is still trying to work its way out of a crippling ransomware attack. University officials have not released information about the ransom demands, but the attack has shut down […]
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A moment sketched in time: 9/11 survivor recalls the tragedy that changed America
By NewsVision reporters Alex Williams, Jaylen Williams and Carrington York for HU News Service Vittorio Lessi is a 54-year-old New York native who was in the South Tower of the World Trade Center when United Flight 175 Crashed into the iconic New York Citybuilding. Today, though still shaken by the memories, he prides himself on […]
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Remembering the Young Victims of 9/11
By NewsVision reporters Teniyah Keve, Desiree Williams and Ariana Cobb for HU News Service Twenty years after one of America’s worst tragedies, local schools in Washington, DC continue to honor those lost in the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. .Twenty years after one of America’s worst tragedies, local schools in Washington, D.C., continue to […]
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Remembering 9/11: The Day the World Changed: How Terrorism Changed Everyday Life for Americans
By NewsVision reporters Abriana Luke-Scales, Hadiya Presswood, and Micah Washington The September 11th Terror Attacks permanently changed the ways Americans travel. Shortly after the attacks new security measures were taken have now become a part of everyday life for airline passengers. NewsVision’s Abriana Luke-Scales, Hadiya Presswood, and Micah Washington report on the heightened security measures.
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Remembering 9/11: How the terrorists attacks created an annoying, sometimes frustrating, but indispensable inconvenience
Black women complain they are subjected to intrusive searches because of their hair. TSA five years ago said it would monitor its practices, but complaints continue. Photo courtesy TSA By Gregory Smith, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Yolanda Williams, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) supervisor at Los Angeles International Airport, said that passengers were […]
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Remembering 9/11: Firefighter Roderick Lewis was there, and in ways, he still is
Retired New York Center firefighter Roderick Lewis still carries scars from Sept. 11, 2001, attack. Among the 345 firefighters lost that day were dozens of his friends. (Courtesy photo) By Ahnayah Hughes, Howard University News Service Even now, the pain of that day lays just below the surface for retired New York City firefighter Rodney […]
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Frontline pandemic workers exhausted, saddened, frustrated and in fear as so many Americans remain unvaccinated
Like other healthcare facilities in the region, the Emergency Department at Howard University Hospital has seen dozens of Covid-19 patients and deaths By India Bookhart, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON — It was impossible to see the emotions on Mulu Hailgiorgs face through her blue and white surgical mask, but the intensity came through in […]