By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Bowie State University women’s bowling dynasty under head coach Andrew Campbell continued as they won their fifth straight CIAA Championship defeating Fayetteville State University 4-2. The win also marks Bowie State’s ninth overall CIAA Crown and eighth in 10 years. The Lady Bulldogs won the double-elimination tournament by scores […]
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Roc the Runway Continues Developing Positive Feelings
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The sixth annual Roc the Runway talent competition continues to give Prince George’s County and D.C. middle school age and high school students a chance to display how after school activities can develop their ability, while giving them confidence to perform in public such as at its annual event […]
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Social Media Video Confirms Mice Problem at Parkdale
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Students and teachers at Parkdale High School in Prince George’s County have complained about a mice problem that was challenged by the school system until social media video painted a different picture when it was released to local media. In a story first reported by WUSA-TV9 in D.C., the rodent […]
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Maryland, North Carolina Redistrict Challenges
By CAROLINA VELLOSO, Capital News Service WASHINGTON – For the second time in as many years, the Supreme Court heard arguments on partisan redistricting cases from Maryland and North Carolina Tuesday, but it remains unclear whether a constitutional standard for regulating the practice will be issued. North Carolina’s entire congressional map is being contested, which is […]
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Peterson Brothers Bring Their Family Affair to MGM Fight Card March 26
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com MGM National Harbor arena is now a timeshare for the D.M.V.’s first families of world championship boxing. The venue, which has already hosted two championship cards featuring Team Gary Russell, now gives way to Lamont and Anthony Peterson who will take center stage for a nationally televised card on […]
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From Homicides to Attempted Kidnapping, Crime Continues
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com In the midst of ongoing apparent homicide investigations Prince George’s County Police arrested five suspects in the murder of a 16-year-old from northern Virginia who was allegedly killed in Landover Hills then transported back across state lines into Virginia. According to a statement issued by the Department’s Office of […]
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Suspect Arrested for Shooting Uncle in Lanham
By MARK F. GRAY, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Caption: An intense manhunt in Prince George’s County for a Potomac man wanted in connection with the apparent murder of his uncle in Lanham, ended when he was arrested at a Northeast Baltimore hospital on March 19. Osman Kalokoh, 20, of the 12000 block of Quince Valley Drive, an […]
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Kappa Alpha Psi Alumni Chapter Celebrates 40th Anniversary
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The Hyattsville/ Landover alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity has been one of the most impactful in its community since its inception in 1979. Their 40th anniversary provided them with an opportunity to laud those who were pillars in the foundation and who have helped it become one […]
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Spokesman for Anthony Brown ‘confident’ he will seek re-election
By Elliot Davis, Capital News Service Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Democratic Rep. Anthony Brown has more than $517,000 in the bank heading into the next campaign cycle, according to year-end reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, and a spokesman said he is confident the Maryland congressman will seek re-election in 2020. Brown was “extremely […]
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$15 Minimum Wage Bill Advances
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO A $15 minimum wage bill left Maryland’s general assembly conference committee Tuesday. The bill is a reconciliation of measures that passed both houses by veto-proof margins this session. The senate bill passed 32-15. Sen. Cory V. McCray, a Democrat representing Baltimore City, cast the last vote, a vote […]
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GSK and NARS Cosmetics host ‘Night of Beauty’ and Education on Lupus
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Lupus is impacting African American women at disproportionate rates than white women. According to data from the CDC, women ages 15 to 44 are at the greatest risk of developing lupus — African American women being 2-3 times more likely than Caucasian women. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and global beauty brand […]
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March for Our Schools Rallies for Adequate Funding and Equal Opportunities
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Maryland leaders, teachers, parents and students rallied in Annapolis to advocate for adequate funding for schools and to ensure that all students in each district have access to proper education and tools necessary for learning at the March for Our Schools on March 11. According to the March for […]