WASHINGTON (AP) — Metro is spending millions of dollars to triple the number of video cameras it has monitoring its stations and parking garages, and to put cameras in rail cars for the first time. The agency plans to increase the number of cameras it uses to watch for crime and security threats from 1,900 […]
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The White House Tries its Hand at April Fools’ Joke
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House, busy with its annual Easter Egg Roll, also managed to pull off an April Fools’ prank. The White House Twitter account announced earlier Monday to be on the lookout for a “special video message from the president.” Instead, viewers got a surprise visitor to the press briefing room. The […]
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New Faces to Brighten Wesley Theological Seminary Faculty
Two new scholars –one for the Hebrew Bible and the other to teach the study of evangelism –will be added to Wesley Theological Seminary’s faculty in the coming academic year, the school announced. Paul Kang-Kul Cho will serve as Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible, and Reverend Dr. F. Douglas Powe, Jr. will serve as the […]
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Cantata Celebrates Resurrection
The JBM-HH Gospel Service hosted an Easter Cantata in celebration of Resurrection Sunday, March 31, during their regular worship service. Members of the congregation portrayed the various characters that were biblically involved with the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ; the disciples, the Roman soldiers, Mary and the wailing women. Here some of the cast […]
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Maryland Man Sentenced to 13-Year Prison Term for D.C. Stabbing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eugene Freeman, 30, of Temple Hills, Md., has been sentenced by D.C. Superior Court Judge Florence Pan to 13 years in prison March 29 for repeatedly stabbing in a single attack a man who was dating his ex-girlfriend, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today. The sentence follows a December 2012 […]
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Howard Announces $107 Million On-Campus Residence Project
Howard University underclassmen housing is set to receive an expansive upgrade. Thanks to a partnership with student housing company Campus Apartments, the university will debut two modern living-learning facilities by August 2014, according to a statement. The $107 million project will include two-person semi-suites designed to serve the University’s underclassmen population, as well as communal […]
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AME Church Honors Living Legacies
The Second Episcopal District honored Living Legacies during its annual Founder’s Day Conference, Feb. 14, in Raleigh, N.C. The brainchild of new SED Bishop William P. DeVeaux and his wife, Episcopal Supervisor Pam DeVeaux, offered the opportunity to honor the past and celebrate the present while embracing the future, as indicated by its theme. Among […]
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Good Friday March to Stop ‘Death Nails’
(WASHINGTON) “Stopping the Pipeline to Prison and Ending the Prison Industrial Complex Through Education, Jobs and Justice,” is the theme of the March 29 “Silent March and Call to Action” designed to increase national awareness of the disproportionate rates of arrests and incarceration of African Americans. “African Americans are being imprisoned at four times the […]
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Nannie Helen Burroughs Lecture Features Dr. Velma Love
The Rev. Velma Love, author and program director of the Howard University School of Divinity’s “Equipping the Saints Project,” is this year’s Nannie Helen Burroughs lecturer. The lecture will be held 5:30 p.m., April 1, in the Howard Thurman Chapel at the School of Divinity. Rev. Love, author of the 2012 book Divining the Self: […]
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D.C. Firefighters Union Gives Chief No Confidence Vote
The D.C. Firefighters Association IAFF Local 36 took a vote of no confidence on March 25 on the leadership of D.C. Fire and EMS Chief Kenneth Ellerbe. The union called Ellerbe “inept” and “incompetent” with “a two year record of failed leadership.” The vote of 300-37 vote was the latest move in a battle between […]
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AME Zion Pastor Also Serves Country, Community
If you were to use all of her titles, you might end up calling her Ms. Reverend Doctor Chaplain Lieutenant Colonel Myrtle Bowen. A living, breathing definition of hard work, intelligence and dedication, Bowen, currently holds three posts: she’s a civilian engineer for the U.S. Army at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, a chaplain […]
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UDC Appoints New Interim President
The University of the District of Columbia has named a new interim president. Dr. James Earl Lyons, Sr. took his seat on March 20. Officials said Lyons’ administrative experience at universities makes him more than equipped for the position. In a statement, university officials said Lyons “will lead the University’s efforts to chart a new […]