LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Terrence Howard briefly took the witness stand Thursday in a divorce proceeding before a judge halted the proceedings so he can decide a legal issue. In this May 12, 2014 file photo, actor Terrence Howard attends the FOX Network 2014 Upfront event in New York. The “Empire” star Howard returns […]
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Union Bethel Hosts Unity in the Community Fall Festival
The Unity in the Community Fall Festival will be held on Sept. 12 from noon to 5 p.m. on the grounds of Union Bethel AME Church, 6810 Floral Park Road. The goal of the event is to connect and serve the people of the community and to provide free health screenings, a car show, a […]
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Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) will host a drop-in “Working from the Figure” session on Sept. 4 and 18 from 6:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m. , located at 545 7th Street, SE. Work on drawings or paintings in front of a live model in a session without formal instruction, facilitated by artist Will Fleishell. Please […]
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Hugo Pinell: Black Inmate Reportedly Connected with BGF and Black Revolutionary George Jackson Killed in Cal. Prison Riot
This Jan. 8, 2014 photo from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows inmate Hugo Pinell. Pinell, involved in a bloody 1971 San Quentin escape attempt that left six dead, has been killed by a fellow prisoner. The slaying of Pinell triggered a riot Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at a maximum security prison east […]
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Laughter is Good For The Soul Comedy Show
The Antioch Baptist Church PIC Ministry, 1105 50th Street NE, will host the “Laughter Is Good For The Soul” Comedy Show on Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The Show will feature local comedians Veleda Jones, Curtis Gaskins and E- Boogie. Refreshments will be served and vender space is available. Tickets cost $15 in advance and […]
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Interactive Program Helps Prince George’s County Police Solve Crime Cases
A long-running Prince George’s County Police Department program is focused on closing unsolved cases, establishing better relations between the community and law enforcement, and giving residents an opportunity to help fight crime in their neighborhoods. The police department began posting mugshots online in the middle of the week – dubbed Wanted Wednesdays – in November […]
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Theta Summer Line Crossing
The Kappa Epsilon Psi Military Sorority Northern Virginia Delta Chapter will host its summer line crossing with a ritual and Probate Banquet on Aug. 29. The ritual will occur at the Women’s Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. The banquet will occur from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Spates […]
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Attorney General’s Right Direction Awards
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) for the District of Columbia invites you to the first Attorney General’s Right Direction Awards ceremony, which will honor District of Columbia youth who are showing significant self-improvement, serving as role models to other youth, or otherwise effecting change in their communities. Please join the Attorney General in […]
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Officials Support Moving Bust of Dred Scott Opinion’s Author
This July 20, 2007 photo shows a bust of Roger Brooke Taney in front of Frederick’s City Hall in Frederick, Md. Donna Kuzemchak is renewing her decade-old quest to remove the sculpture from City Hall of the U.S. Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision affirming slavery. (Sam Yu/The Frederick News-Post […]
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Connecticut’s Highest Court: Death Penalty Violates State’s Constitution
Execution chamber at the Osborne Correctional Institution in Somers, Conn. There has been only one execution in Connecticut in 51 years. (Bob Child/Associated Press) HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s highest court on Thursday swept aside a death penalty compromise that had outlawed capital punishment for anyone who committed a crime after April 2012, sparing the […]
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Wayne Brady to Play Lola in ‘Kinky Boots’ on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — Wayne Brady is about to get freaky — on Broadway. In this Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, file photo, Wayne Brady arrives on the red carpet at the BET Honors 2015 at Warner Theater on in Washington. Producers of Kinky Boots said Brady, the Lets Make a Deal host, will step into […]
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Dr. Dre, Ice Cube Deny Charges of Misogyny in Interview
In this Thursday, April 23, 2015, file photo, N.W.A. members Dr. Dre, left, and Ice Cube, two of the subjects of the upcoming biographical drama “Straight Outta Compton,” salute the crowd after speaking at the Universal Pictures presentation during CinemaCon 2015 at Caesars Palace, in Las Vegas. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube denied long-standing charges […]
