Yvonne Fields Designs (Photo Credit Ashleigh Wingfield) As Designers get closer and closer into presenting their Fall 2015 collection, they are becoming mad about fashion. On Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Baltimore Fashion Week Presents “Mad About Fashion & Africa Art Collective” will take place at the War Memorial in Baltimore. Designers from […]
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Baltimore Fashion Week Kicks Off
Taking place from August 11-16 at the War Memorial in downtown Baltimore, this is the 8th annual production of Baltimore Fashion Week. On August 10 Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake kicked off the event. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake signals the beginning of Baltimore Fashion Week as Sharan Nixon, founder of the event, looks on. (Photo by Janneh […]
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Harper Lee, Southern Heritage and The GOP
Published in 1960 but based in the 1930s, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird provided America with a liberal southern perspective on race as told through the eyes of a 6 year old white girl in fictional Maycomb, Alabama. The novel and the 1962 Oscar winning film starring Gregory Peck, made a hero out of Atticus […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Wednesday, August 12.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Following the firing of a Arlington, Texas police officer, who shot and killed an unarmed Black teen vandalizing a car dealership, we talk to Seth Staughton, assistant law professor at the University of South Carolina about the obstacles faced by police chiefs and commissioners when disciplining officers accused of […]
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Terrence Howard in Court Trying to Undo Divorce Agreement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terrence Howard agreed to a 2012 divorce settlement with his ex-wife after she threatened to leak details about his sex life, his attorney said Tuesday at a hearing on the actor’s efforts to overturn the agreement. In this June 6, 2015 file photo, Terrence Howard attends the 2015 Spike TV’s Guys […]
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Chief Fires Texas Officer who Killed Unarmed 19-Year-Old Christian Taylor
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A police officer who killed an unarmed college football player during a suspected burglary at a Texas car People participate in a candlelight vigil for Christian Taylor, held in the parking lot of Koinonia Christian Church in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015. The FBI has been asked to help investigate […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
D.C. Charter School Scam Charges Dismissed Against Former News Anchor J.C. Hayward
Former WUSA9 news personality, J.C. Hayward. (Twitter Photo) (Updated August 13, 2015) The Washington area’s longest-serving female news anchor has been cleared of allegations of misusing funds from Options Public Charter School in Northeast D.C. J.C. Hayward, former WUSA9 news personality, was dismissed by the D.C. Office of the Attorney General on Aug. 11. According to […]
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Jets’ QB. Geno Smith out 6-10 Weeks after Punched in Jaw by Teammate
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Geno Smith’s hopes for a breakout season with the New York Jets took a major blow — to the jaw. FILE – In this Oct. 26, 2014, file photo, New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith sits on the bench during the first half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Tuesday, August 11.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We will get a report from St. Louis Missouri, which is still under a state of emergency as protests continue marking the 1-year anniversary of the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson. Plus, we’ll talk to Baltimore Brew reporter Mark Reutter about his story comparing Baltimore, St. Louis an […]
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Music Review: Dr. Dre’s ‘Compton’ Feels Classic
Instagram picture posted by Dr. Dre. (Photo : @beatsbydre Instagram) Dr. Dre, Compton (Aftermath/Interscope) Dr. Dre’s new album “Compton” doesn’t just unfold, it charges forward — a barreling mass of relentless beats and lyrical strong-arming that amounts to much more than anyone could have expected from a hip-hop legend whose last solo album hit shelves […]
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Indianapolis Police Kill 15-Year-Old Carjacking Suspect
This undated photo provided by the Marion Superior Court, Juvenile Division shows Andre Green. Indianapolis police fatally shot Green who officers say evaded a traffic stop and accelerated toward them in a car that matched the description of one that had been reported carjacked, authorities said Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. (Marion Superior Court, Juvenile Division […]
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Police: Man Dies after Being Shot in Southwest Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after being shot in southwest Washington. The Metropolitan Police department says the shooting occurred early Tuesday morning in the 200 block of Elmira Street SW. The man was shot in the chest, ribs and upper arm area. Police say he was conscious when being transported to […]
