Calling all my power girls. The P31 Girls Enrichment and Mentoring Program is accepting applications for girls to participate in its free workshops and activities. My guest is Tanesha Myles – Founder of P31 Girls Enrichment and Mentoring Program
P 31 Girls Enrichment and Mentoring Program is selecting girls in grades 6th thru 8th to participate in a 12-month program to help girls navigate gracefully those important tween years. All workshops and activities are free. To received an application, email taneshamyles@p31boutiques.org
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John Bolton is now the latest to exit the Trump administration. Bolton is out as National Security Advisor. But, was he fired or did he quit? The White House says the president demanded Bolton’s resignation, but Bolton claims he resigned voluntarily. Mr. Trump tweeted that he “disagreed strongly” with many of Bolton’s suggestions, “as did others” in the administration. Charles Kupperman has been named Acting National Security Adviser.
Today President Trump praised what he called the inspiring tradition of historically black colleges and universities. Mr. Trump’s delivered remarks at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities conference held in the District. Trump noted HBCUs’ “amazing legacy of success” dates back to the post-civil war era. The President added that HBCUs always inspire students to dream bigger and aim higher. In 2017, Trump signed an executive order renewing the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
Surprisingly, in the District African American’s only make up about 46% of the cities population. DC’s Police Chief Peter Newsham asked people not to rush to judgement saying that one should not compare the percentages of those stopped with the District’s general population because most of the people stopped were not from DC.
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The Metropolitan Police Department has released a report on who they have been stopping. It shows that African Americans are stopped more than any other race.
According to the study between July 22nd and August 18th officer stopped a little over 11,500 people. Of that number 70% were African American. Whites made up 15 % of the stops and Hispanics were stopped 7% of the times. It also reflected that the gender of the person stopped was male. The report did show that 88% of the times the person was not frisked.
Surprisingly, in the District African American’s only make up about 46% of the cities population. DC’s Police Chief Peter Newsham asked people not to rush to judgement saying that one should not compare the percentages of those stopped with the District’s general population because most of the people stopped were not from DC.
The study was ordered by a DC Superior Court judge over the summer following complaints from originations that accused the department of profiling blacks. The courts also ordered the MPD to explain what happened during each stop.
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Officials say the fall happened around 4:15 at the Park Ritchie Apartments on Maple Avenue in Takoma Park. The child fell on some mulch. It was just inches away from the concrete side walk and a parking lot.
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A 2-year-old little boy is clinging onto life this hour at Children Medical Center. He fell yesterday afternoon from an 11th floor apartment window.
Officials say the fall happened around 4:15 at the Park Ritchie Apartments on Maple Avenue in Takoma Park. The child fell on some mulch. It was just inches away from the concrete sidewalk and a parking lot.
Detectives say there was an adult inside of the home at the time. The probe into the cause is still ongoing. The Child’s condition is unknown.
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Helping women to heal and live their best lives. That’s the goal of an upcoming conference set to take place this weekend in Prince George’s County. It’s the 3rd Annual Healing Is Beautiful Women’s Conference. My guest is Sheila Malloy-Hall – Founder and CEO of Healing2Grace, Inc.
The 3rd Annual Healing Is Beautiful Women’s Conference is Saturday, September 14th from 8am to 5pm at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Greenbelt, Maryland. The theme is The Evolution of You. It’s hosted by Healing2Grace, Inc. More information here:
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School has been in session now for all children for about a week or more. Yet some children are having trouble settling in for the new school year. New schools and new school year jitters are age-old problems. But are there other issues… more serious… that parents and teachers should be aware of?
Guests:
Chandrai Jackson Saunders, School Psychologist
Dr. Jeff Mensizes, Doctor Child Psychology
(Baltimore, MD) — Several buildings near the Inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore are being evacuated after a suspicious vehicle was found with 1,000 gallons of gasoline. Police and ATF are on the scene after a call about a suspicious van in the garage of the T. Rowe Price building around 11:00 a.m. A four block radius around the area has been evacuated and several streets have been closed. Drivers and pedestrians are being asked to avoid several streets.
Police have not released his identity and they are working to get the description of the vehicle involved. Investigators are asking anyone who may have been traveling on the road and seen something to contact them.
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Prince George’s County Police are investigating two fatal pedestrian accidents in as many days.
The most recent happened this morning around 4 a.m. in the Westbound lane of Central Avenue. The male victim was found in the roadway.
Police have not released his identity and they are working to get the description of the vehicle involved. Investigators are asking anyone who may have been traveling on the road and seen something to contact them.
On Saturday, a man was hit and killed in District Heights. In this case, the man was hit not by just one car but two. Both drivers, however, stayed at the scene on Silver Hill Road.
The victim has not been identified and it’s unclear if any charges will be filed in this case.
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It’s CBC week and that means a host of activities and events to help inform and engage communities of color. The Airport Minority Advisory Council is hosting a forum designed to explore opportunities in the aviation industry. My guest is Anthony Barnes – COO of the Airport Minority Advisory Council
BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport is hosting the Airport Minority Advisory Council’s Economic Opportunity and Policy Forum September 11thand 12thduring Congressional Black Caucus Week. The forum will be held at the Washington Marriott Metro Center. To register, go here:
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Purposeful Unconditional Service to Others Foundation invites you to its Unity Music Fest September 14th at Drury Ball Park. www.omoutfoundation.com
Ivy Vine Health Walk Run
Feel empowered. Join the Ivy Community Charities of Prince Georges County for its 24th Annual 5k Health Walk Run September 28th at Watkins Regional Park. www.iccpgc.org.
Movie and Conversation
Enjoy a movie and conversation. Come out September 14th to the Panorama Room in SE for a social justice event. The discussion will center around the movie Central Park Five. www.olphsedc.com
Celebrate Black Women
Celebrate Black Women in the Media. Join the Afro American Newspapers for its 2nd Annual High Tea September 28th at the Masonic Temple in NW. www.afroevents.net
HU Middle School
Howard University Public Charter Middle School of Mathematics and Science provides healthy and nutritious meals for its students in partnership with the USDA. www.hu-ms2.org
Sickle Cell Move Event
Be a part of the solution. Join WHUR and Howard University Hospital for the Stomp Out Sickle Move On Event September 21st at Howard University Hospital. www.sicklecell.howard.edu
Gate Way Second Chance
The Gate Way Second Chance Foundation invites you to the musical “Lifting Our Youth In Song” September 28th at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt. www.secondchance.org
Kappa Kids Fun Run
Lace up your sneakers and join the brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi for their Kappa Cares Annual 5k kids Fun Run and Walk September 21st at the Anacostia Trail in College Park. www.hlkapsi.org
Financial Literacy Conference
Get your money right. The Society for Financial Education and Professional Development is hosting its 12th Annual Financial Literacy Leadership Conference October 7th in Arlington. www.sfepd.org
On part two of this episode, Dr. Wayne Frederick chats with Taylor Ellison and Raina Henderson, the second-ever female President and Vice-President slate in Howard University Student Association history (or herstory).
Inspired by their joint passion for driving impactful change as student leaders, it is their differences that make this duo truly dynamic. If there was ever a question, their campaign slogan “Wake Up HU” foreshadows what we should expect from the 59th HUSA administration. On part two of this episode, Dr. Wayne Frederick chats with Taylor Ellison and Raina Henderson, the second-ever female President and Vice-President slate in Howard University Student Association history (or herstory).
Are you a dog lover? That simple title may be difficult for those who are not to understand. It’s an obsession. They are part of the family. Big or small… they love their dogs. We’re talking about the love of dogs. What you need to know, if you’re going to get one for your household, especially if you have children.
Howard University students from The Bahamas held a vigil on campus today. The vigil is intended to serve as a time for prayer and reflection in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. A relief planning strategy session was held in the Carnegie Building immediately after the vigil. Over the coming weeks… the university will update the community with information on how to assist directly and in conjunction with the University.
“To be in yet another final, it seems, honestly, crazy,” said Williams, a six-time U.S. Open champion who will face 19-year-old Bianca Andreescu of Canada on Saturday. “But I don’t really expect too much less.”
NEW YORK (AP) — By no means was Serena Williams perfect at the start of her U.S. Open semifinal.
She faced three break points in the opening game and managed to pull it out. She trailed 40-love in the second, then came through again. Another trio of break points arrived later in that initial set. Once more, Williams was up to the task. Soon enough, she was on her way to yet another final at Flushing Meadows — and yet another shot at Grand Slam singles trophy No. 24.
Williams turned in an increasingly impressive performance for a 6-3, 6-1 victory over No. 5-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night, reaching her fourth final in the past six major tournaments.
“To be in yet another final, it seems, honestly, crazy,” said Williams, a six-time U.S. Open champion who will face 19-year-old Bianca Andreescu of Canada on Saturday. “But I don’t really expect too much less.”
Nor does anyone else at this point.
“That’s why she is who she is. You are playing in front of the best tennis player in the world,” Svitolina said. “If you don’t take it, she just grabs it. And there’s no chance to take it back.”
Since returning to the tour last season after more than a year away while having a baby, she was the runner-up at Wimbledon twice, losing to Angelique Kerber in 2018 and to Simona Halep in July, and was also the runner-up, of course, a year ago at the U.S. Open, losing to Naomi Osaka.
That one in New York was, and forever will be, overshadowed by Williams’ extended argument with chair umpire Carlos Ramos, who docked her a point, then a game — and was barred by the U.S. Tennis Association from officiating any matches her or her older sister, Venus, played in this year’s tournament.
Asked whether she prefers to find motivation from that final against Osaka or would rather forget it, Williams stared straight ahead and replied, “I mean, it hasn’t really crossed my mind.”
The 15th-seeded Andreescu reached her first major title match in only her fourth appearance at a Slam by eliminating No. 13 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 7-6 (3), 7-5.
“If someone told me a year ago that I would be in the finals of the U.S. Open this year, I would have told them, ‘You’re crazy,’” said Andreescu, who took her semifinal’s last five games after trailing 5-2.
She is the first player to get this far in her debut in New York since Venus Williams was the runner-up in 1997.
“It’s just surreal,” Andreescu said about the prospect of facing Serena Williams next. “Like, I really don’t know what to say.”
So much of what the younger Williams does nowadays must be seen through the prism of tennis history, and that is certainly the case in this instance. Her 101st career match win at Flushing Meadows tied Chris Evert’s tournament record.
“It’s just impressive, I guess,” Williams said. “I don’t think about it. I just come out here and do what I can.”
By getting to the final, Williams set a mark for longest gap between first career Grand Slam title match and most recent such appearance: It’s almost exactly 20 full years since she won the 1999 U.S. Open as a teenager.
Most importantly, if she can beat Andreescu, Williams will equal Margaret Court with 24 Grand Slam singles titles, more than anyone else in a sport that dates to the 1800s.
“I watched her win most of her Grand Slam titles. I think she’s fighting for her 24th on Saturday. I’m sure she’s going to bring her ‘A’ game,” Andreescu said. “I’m going to try to bring my ‘A’ game, too. Hopefully, I guess, may the best player win.”
At the start of the first semifinal, it was the 24-year-old Svitolina who was steadier. She earned those three chances to break from the get-go — but failed to convert. Let the second game slip through her fingers, too. In all, Svitolina held eight game points across that opening pair, and was left with nothing to show for it. Quickly, it was 3-0 for Williams.
“I don’t think she played amazing today,” Svitolina said, “but she played (at a) very high level at the beginning, where you had to make a difference.”
Williams’ assessment?
“Today was solid,” she said. “It definitely wasn’t my best tennis.”
Still, she launched serves at up to 119 mph and saved every break point she faced. She smacked three return winners in one game alone. She held a 10-3 edge in points that lasted nine or more strokes. She finished with a 34-11 advantage in winners. She showed no lingering effect from a rolled ankle earlier in the tournament.
As if for good measure, Williams even threw in a serve-and-volley approach while facing break point in the first set — and, naturally, it worked, thanks to a swinging putaway.
“Don’t expect that again,” Williams said, joking that this was going through her mind: “What am I doing at the net?! Let me get back to the baseline!’”
Maybe Svitolina, whose one upset of Williams in five previous matchups came at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was too passive, content to stay back and try to chase down everything sent her way.
Wasn’t the proper strategy. At least not against this opponent, in this match, on this day.
“On the important moments, she steps up, always steps up,” Svitolina said, “always brings her best game.”
That’s usually the case for Williams, even as her 38th birthday approaches in three weeks. It just wasn’t in the three most significant matches of her return so far: three Grand Slam finals, three losses.
She’ll try again Saturday.
One more for 24.
“Obviously, there’s a lot of things that I’ve learned in the past,” Williams said, “but I just have to go out there (and), above all, most of all, just stay relaxed.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Is Nicki Minaj really hanging up the mic?
The chart-topping rapper announced Thursday on Twitter that she “decided to retire & have my family.” Her announcement comes as a surprise after she recently made a guest appearance on Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hot Girl Summer.”
In the tweet, Minaj she took a jab at her critics and asked her fans to “keep reppin me, do it til da death of me.”
In July, Minaj announced she was pulling out a show in Saudi Arabia to show support women’s rights, gay rights and freedom of expression. She also canceled her appearance at the BET Experience Concert earlier this year.
Last year, Minaj released her fourth studio album “Megatron.”
A representative for Minaj didn’t immediately reply to messages.
“I leaned on my mom, and my mother has the saying, ‘God didn’t bring me this far to let you go.’ And so at some point I could not just keep regurgitating the line leap of faith — I had to believe it,” she recalled, laughing, in a recent interview. “I’ve got to believe in something, so why not believe in myself?”
NEW YORK (AP) — When Tamron Hall decided to leave NBC after the network gave her prime “Today” co-hosting slot to Megyn Kelly, the journalist threw herself a party — a pity party.
That included plenty of tears and a bit of feeling sorry for herself— to the point that “my mother said to me, ‘You can always come back to your room here,’ and I’m like, ‘Mom that’s not in the plan!’”
She didn’t have a specific plan when she left in 2017. All she had was faith that something bigger had to be on the horizon.
“I leaned on my mom, and my mother has the saying, ‘God didn’t bring me this far to let you go.’ And so at some point I could not just keep regurgitating the line leap of faith — I had to believe it,” she recalled, laughing, in a recent interview. “I’ve got to believe in something, so why not believe in myself?”
That belief has paid off with amazing dividends for Hall, who not only now has a husband and a 4-month-old son Moses, but her own eponymous show that will debut across the nation on Monday.
“She loses her job, her dream job of her life, and at that moment, she’s what, 45, 46? She doesn’t have a job, she doesn’t have the kid she thought she was going to have, she doesn’t have the husband she thought she was going to have,” said Bill Geddie, “The View” creator who came out of retirement to be executive producer on “Tamron Hall” with Hall.
“Instead she rebuilds herself just through force of will,” he added, “and everything comes together in 2019. So, it’s kind of an amazing story, one you don’t see a lot, and a lot of people relate to it.”
Hall was hosting the successful third hour of the “Today” show with Al Roker when NBC decided to make room for Kelly; Hall decided to opt out of her contract instead of taking a lesser role. Kelly later imploded in the slot after making racist comments.
“Tamron Hall” will enter an already crowded talk space when it debuts in syndication, including a new entry from Kelly Clarkson, whose talk show bows the same day.
Hall, 48, is not concerned though, because what she thinks “Tamron Hall” will provide is a unique factor —herself.
“At one point I was on four networks at the same time. I was doing MSNBC, the ‘Today’ show, ID (Investigation Discovery network) and TLC, coupled with Bear Grylls and regularly hosting the Macy’s Fourth of July. So at any given time, people know me from six different, versions of my career,” she said, while enjoying a glass of wine while sitting at the Harlem restaurant Ruby’s Vintage. “And we thought, it’s a range of an audience. Let’s bring all of those people into one location.”
To that end, “Tamron Hall” might focus on a newsy topic one day, and fashion the next. Another show could focus on motherhood. Perhaps dating and relationships. Or crime, which speaks to Hall’s work on ID and her personal experience from being the sister of a murder victim.
“The beauty about the show is that it’s not about one lane, it’s a reflection of who she is in her entirety,” said co-executive producer Talia Parkinson-Jones, a veteran of the Wendy Williams show. “We know exactly what she wants, which is to inspire people.”
Don’t expect a show with a lot of shouting about politics. Says Geddie: “I’ve had enough of that, and I’d like to do something different now.”
It also won’t be heavy on celebrity guests.
“We both are from the middle of the country, I’m from Oklahoma, she’s from Texas,” Geddie said. “I think both of us are aware that most of television is New York talking to Los Angeles. We find that most of television talks past or through the middle of the country, and we hope to change that.”
Though she lives in Harlem and has been a New Yorker for years, there’s a universal appeal that Hall enjoys that even she didn’t realize until her time off, as she traveled the country speaking at events.
“I’ll never forget, we were in Houston, right after I had left and there were these couples who happened to be white, and it was the husbands (who said), ‘TEAM TAMRON! TEAM TAMRON!’” she said, laughing. “That’s what also I think Disney and our partners recognized too, that we were seeing this cross-section of people saying, ‘When are you coming back?’”
Hall’s comeback might have come sooner had it not been for the Harvey Weinstein scandal. She had entered into a partnership with the Weinstein company before the sexual misconduct scandal involving Weinstein broke and the #MeToo era gave way.
It was another setback.
“I couldn’t believe that, but at the same time I felt so guilty thinking about my career, and then thinking about the allegations that the women were making . I’m sitting there going like, ’I can’t be thinking about myself,” she said. “From the first words out there, I couldn’t do that. I wasn’t raised that way. . I just said maybe that wasn’t meant (to be).”
But her TV destiny was set, and soon, Disney came calling, and her TV show was put into motion. Unbeknownst to most involved with the show, Hall was also working on another project — having a baby with her husband, music executive Steve Greener, whom she married earlier this year.
Hall went through IVF to conceive and recalls getting shots to prepare for the procedure as she was crisscrossing the country while shooting “Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall.” She laughed as she recalled getting a shot from her celebrity hairstylist Johnny Wright while in the back of an Uber.
It was a process Hall had been through several times in the past, unsuccessfully. Though some women might have postponed the process during such a busy time, Hall had learned through past experience that it didn’t really matter.
“Both (the show and the baby) were so out of my control and that was the similarity,” she said. “I can only put so much into both of those.”
Now that both have come to fruition, she finds herself doing the working mother juggle and relishing the opportunity. Tears came to her eyes as she recalled having left her son for a recent trip and returning home to find him sound asleep as her mother watched over him.
“I took that as, ’Mom, “I’m safe, I’m good, I’m going to sleep restful right here, right now, you go do it Mommy, you go get it, and that’s been satisfying for me as a working mom, because there’s been a lot of real guilt,” she said.
She recalled her own mother, a single mom at 19, working multiple jobs to provide for her children.
“So now I get this daytime talk show, far more glamorous to working in a leather factory, and I get to come home to my mom sitting right there, helping me with my son,” she said, through tears.
It’s an emotional moment, but also a very relatable one, and what she hopes to convey with “Tamron Hall.”
“That is my life. That’s the show I want to do. That’s the voice I want to have. And I think that it’s where I’m supposed to be,” she said.
“Sometimes being an O.G., you don’t get celebrated. You get penalized,” he said. “Some are like ‘He’s too old.’ So to find yourself still having a place in this game, where you can still compete and make great music, it’s an indication to allow people to know that it’s being played all over the world. It’s being accepted by our peers. It’s a blessing.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Gill might be considered an old-school crooner these days, but age has only been a number for the R&B veteran who is still making his presence felt.
Gill’s “Soul of a Woman” topped Billboard’s adult R&B songs chart in June and “Perfect” featuring New Edition bandmate Ralph Tresvant recently reached No. 22. The songs are lead singles for his eighth studio album “Game Changer II,” which arrives Friday.
At age 53, Gill said he’s grateful to still be musically appreciated.
“Sometimes being an O.G., you don’t get celebrated. You get penalized,” he said. “Some are like ‘He’s too old.’ So to find yourself still having a place in this game, where you can still compete and make great music, it’s an indication to allow people to know that it’s being played all over the world. It’s being accepted by our peers. It’s a blessing.”
Gill found fame with the five-member New Edition group after Bobby Brown’s departure in the late 1980s, recording three studio albums with them. He also teamed with Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat to form R&B super group LSG who had the 1997 hit “My Body.”
As a solo artist, Gill proved he could thrive on his own with the upbeat 90s dance track “Rub You the Right Way” and the smooth ballad “My, My, My.”
Despite his achievements, Gill said he didn’t enjoy big career milestones as much as he should. The singer said he learned over time to relish in his accomplishments better.
“I never really took it all in,” he said “What I’ve learned now over the years of doing this is to be in the moment, stay in the moment and embrace it. You can walk from that recognizing and realizing that you have something you can cherish, hold on and take with you.”
With his new project, Gill said he wants to offer different melodies other than his traditional R&B flavor. The 11-track album includes slow ballads and up-tempo tracks, reggae tunes along with some Latin energy from Carlos Santana and Sheila E.
The album is a sequel to Gill’s 2016 offering, “Game Changer,” which included “This One’s For Me and You,” an adult R&B chart-topper with New Edition.
Tresvant credits Gill for pushing through with another “strong project.” He said that was evident when Gill met the deadline to turn in “Perfect.”
It was a song Gill initially wanted an “all-star” lineup on that would have included Charlie Wilson, Keith Sweat and Tresvant. But Gill was unable to get Wilson and Sweat’s verses in on time, so he submitted the track with just him and Tresvant.
In hindsight, it worked out.
Tresvant said it’s another example of Gill taking authority of his career.
“He’s been doing this himself,” he said of Gill. “He’s been putting his own resources and his connections and money where his mouth is to make sure his career stays relevant.”
The plane did not attempt to take off. The pilot notified the tower and all the passengers were removed from the aircraft and flown to their destination on another plane.
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It’s an inconceivable story but an American Airlines mechanic is under arrest and charged with sabotaging a commercial plane in the hopes of getting overtime to fix it.
Yesterday Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani was arrested on suspicion of disabling a planes navigation system. The alleged incident happened on July 17th at Miami International Airport. The commercial plane was filled with passengers and headed to Nassau, Bahamas. One of the pilots noticed that there was an issue after getting an error message from a system that tracks the planes speed, nose direction and other critical information needed to fly safely. There were 150 passengers on board at the time. The plane did not attempt to take off. The pilot notified the tower and all the passengers were removed from the aircraft and flown to their destination on another plane.
When the plane was inspected a piece of foam was found glued inside of the navigation systems air data module. Security from American Airlines capture video of the person who drove up to the plane, go out and spent about seven minutes working on the system.
When Alani was questioned yesterday by an FBI terrorism task force agent he said that he did not mean to cause any harm to the aircraft or the passengers but that the stalled contract negotiations between the airlines and his union were costing him money and that he was hoping it would lead to overtime for him.
American Airlines sued two mechanics unions after accusing them of a work slowdown which resulted in the cancellation of hundreds of flights. Officials from both sides have announced that they will continue talks on September 16th. The mechanic’s union has been trying to secure a new contract for the last three years.
American Airline is cooperating with the investigation. Alani who has been charged with intentionally damaging or disabling an aircraft is due in federal court in Miami Today.
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Tuition for non residents ranges from $10,000 to $14,000 a year. By law the city can charge three times the unpaid tuition.
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The District of Columbia’s Attorney General Karl A.Racine is back on the hunt for school violators. He has identified 16 parents in either Maryland or Virginia that he says gave a false address so their child/children could attend public school in the city for free.
Racine is seeking almost 3 million dollars in back tuition and penalties for the residency fraud. The accused violators include a Metropolitan police officer and five past or current federal government workers.
The announcement was made last Thursday. Racine says it’s apart of his two year pursuit of families he says it taking away seats for qualified DC residents. In a statement he said. “These lawsuits should remind non-DC residents that there are consequences for breaking the rules to avoid paying nonresident tuition.”
Tuition for non residents ranges from $10,000 to $14,000 a year. By law the city can charge three times the unpaid tuition.
The DC police officer named in the suit along with his wife are being sued for $775,733. The papers state Edward Smith and Rayna Bailey-Smith of Maryland sent four of their children to DC public schools for a decade. Also named was a former teacher LaShana Shubert of Brandywine, Lynette Broadus and Kevin Tolson who lived in either Maryland or Virginia at the time, Amanda Turner of Tokoma Park, Md and LaFonta Dublin of Capitol Height, Md. Marcus Silver and his wife Marva who live in Hyattsville, Md are being sued for $27,000 for sending their daughter to middle school in the city.
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Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club presents Walter Beasley tonight for an 8pm show.
Stanley Jordan performs at Blues Alley this weekend for two shows each night 8 & 10pm.
City Winery presents singer songwriter and producer Tony Terry Saturday night. Doors open at 5:30pm and the show starts at 7pm.
The Mosaic Theatre Company presents Lynn Nottage’s “Fabulation”or the re-education of undine. Running through September 22nd.
JoinWes Hall this Saturday at the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts for “The Reach” Opening Festival starting at 12noon. For more information go to: kennedy-center.org/reach
Tune in to Taking it to the Streets, weekday mornings at 6:15, 7:08 and 8:40on the Steve Harvey Morning Show on 96.3 WHUR.
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When it comes to tent cities and the homeless on the streets, who has the right to be there? Who has the right to call for their removal? Are there solutions?
You don’t have to drive in the dc metro for long to see the homeless living on the streets. Some sleep in parks or on benches with all of their possessions in backpacks or shopping carts nearby. But others are seen in tent cities around The District. Some have been in these homeless street communities for years. In some cases it has caused tension for homeowners. Who is right?
Guests:
Renee Pope, Assistant Director, Community Services Division, Prince George’s County Department of Social ServicesJoeseph Mettimano, CEO, The Central Union Mission
“This was my first time at Milk & Honey. I had heard so much about the great cuisine here so I made sure I tried a little bit of everything on the menu. But the food was even tastier when I learned that WHUR and Wells Fargo were picking up my tab,” said customer Jasmine.
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Washington, D.C. – (Thursday, September 5, 2019) – It’s one of D.C.’s new hot-spots and today customers at Milk & Honey Cafe’ got a special treat when WHUR and Wells Fargo popped in for lunch.
Milk & Honey at 5832 Georgia Avenue, NW was the latest stop on the WHUR and Wells Fargo mission to spread kindness in the DMV with their “Pay It Forward Thursdays” initiative. WHUR’s Taylor Thomas made the announcement shortly at 12:30pm during the peak of the afternoon rush.”Good afternoon, I hope everyone is enjoying your meal. I just want to let you know that your lunch today is on us, courtesy of WHUR and Wells Fargo.”
Customers were delighted to know that they could chow down on some of their favorite cuisine like the fried red snapper or the shrimp and grits and not have to dig into their pocketbooks.
“This was my first time at Milk & Honey. I had heard so much about the great cuisine here so I made sure I tried a little bit of everything on the menu. But the food was even tastier when I learned that WHUR and Wells Fargo were picking up my tab,” said customer Jasmine .
WHUR and Wells Fargo have been crisscrossing the DMV since July popping up in local businesses to surprise unsuspecting customers and paying their bills. “Pay It Forward Thursdays is just another way we get to meet and engage with listeners and let them know we are an invested part of the community,” said WHUR General Manager Sean Plater.
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“I think you get to see a different side of it than somebody who sees it from the outside and gets to see the glitz and glam. I got to see the hell part of it,” said 21-year-old Abi, born Joann Kelly, in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “I didn’t want to be in the industry.”
NEW YORK (AP) — For a long time, Buku Abi ran away from pursuing music.
Although she is the daughter of one of pop music’s most popular and successful singer-songwriters, her father is also among the most infamous: He is R. Kelly, currently in jail, facing multiple charges of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
“I think you get to see a different side of it than somebody who sees it from the outside and gets to see the glitz and glam. I got to see the hell part of it,” said 21-year-old Abi, born Joann Kelly, in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “I didn’t want to be in the industry.”
Even before she was born, her father was under scrutiny for his interactions with young women: He had secretly married his then-protege, Aaliyah, when the late R&B sensation was just 15 in 1994. But by the time Abi was a child, while Kelly was still a multiplatinum star raking up hit after hit, he was also on trial, accused of child pornography (he would eventually be acquitted in 2008).
Abi said going to public school for the first time as an early teen was challenging — there she heard stories about her father that she had not heard before.
“At home it’s normal, you’re living a life with your parents; your dad and mom aren’t going to go into all the bad things that might be going on outside of home,” she said, “but kids in school don’t necessarily care. Fifth and sixth grade is when I started learning the sore part of it, the not so good part. I think that was the hardest part for me because for so long I went with this image of who my dad (was) and what my family (was).”
Things were so bad in school, she even contemplated suicide. But though school is where her life almost ended, it’s also where she felt it truly began: She recalls singing onstage in high school during a performance, which she said “literally felt like drugs.”
“I needed more of this,” she added. “Clearly I can’t keep running from this anymore. Ever since then, I’ve been in it and it’s literally saved my life.”
Entering the music business comes with a different challenge for Abi: She can’t escape the fact that R. Kelly is her father. She is no longer in touch with him and says being his daughter is like “a double-edged sword.”
“I definitely run across challenges — people wanting to work with me to spite him or people not wanting to work with me just because of who he is,” she said. “I’ve definitely come across turmoil … being judged for really no reason at all, just based off associations. I’ve been pushing through it. Me making the art, it saved my life so there’s nothing really that would be able to stop me.”
Abi decided not to use the name her parents gave her in her career. She settled on the stage name Buku Abi about three years ago after first going by the name Ariirayé. In the last five years she’s been hard at work on her debut EP, “Don’t Call Me,” released this March. Her sister Jaah Kelly produced the album, which echoes SZA and other millennial artists in the alternative R&B world.
When it comes to making music, she doesn’t deny that’s where she and her father connect: “There’s a lot about him as an artist that inspires me.”
“He has made mistakes in his life and other things that he’s dealing with, but when it comes to that, I can’t take that away from him,” she said. “That’s the one thing that will always keep us connected.”
Abi once thought she and her father would mend things. Under her former stage name Ariirayé, she collaborated with him on the song “Wanna Be There,” a plea to restore their broken relationship. It appears on his 2015 album, “The Buffet.”
“When you conquer the world I just wanna be there/But no matter how successful baby girl/When you need someone to lean on I just wanna be your shoulder,” R. Kelly sings to Abi on the song.
“At that time I was in a place where I was genuinely trying to have a relationship with my father,” she said. “But it was so complicated at that time, as it always is. It was a great experience, I’m glad that I did it, but it just wasn’t like what everybody assumed, and that’s the part that sucks. It wasn’t this big kumbaya moment.”
R. Kelly is currently in a Chicago jail. He pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges that he sexually abused women and girls who attended his concerts there. He has been accused of using his fame to recruit young women and girls into illegal sexual activity, and has also been charged in Chicago and Minnesota for separate incidents. While he had been dogged by allegations that he abused women for years (a charge he denies) , scrutiny from January’s highly rated Lifetime documentary “Surviving R. Kelly,” which detailed multiple allegations against him, led to new investigations and new charges (among his legal troubles is also a backlog in child support for his children, including Abi).
Abi said she tries not to pay attention to the daily updates about her father: “I don’t let that be a part of my every day (life).”
″(We) don’t have a relationship, so it’s not like me to check in on him,” she said. “I don’t personally go look it all up and read. I keep myself out of it.”
Abi currently lives in Atlanta and appeared on the WEtv reality series “Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta” alongside her mother and R. Kelly’s ex-wife, choreographer Drea Kelly.
“Just watching my baby grow into this young woman and be unapologetic about who she is and what she stands for and what she believes, really just being her own artist and owning her artistry and not coming out trying to be or ride the tail of being R. Kelly’s daughter — she’s really going at this alone and that’s what brings her pride,” Drea Kelly said. “I’m elated.”
But Drea Kelly, who was featured in “Surviving R. Kelly” and has accused her former husband of domestic abuse, has also been disheartened by what she sees as the public blaming Abi for Kelly’s alleged misdeeds.
“If your mom has an addiction, should everybody judge you off your mom’s addiction? … Everyone would say no, but then why is it OK for people to do it to my children simply because of who he is?” said Kelly, who has three children with the singer. “I’ve taught Buku, I’ve taught all my children … you don’t wait for the world to give you a shot, you go out there and take your shot.”
Abi says the foul words she heard in school that almost caused her to end her life has prepared her for what’s to come: “Growing up has given me an armor, almost.”
“I just want people to know that, at the end of the day, the stereotypes that you may have for other people, whether it be about race, sexuality, their financial status, don’t judge a book by its cover because nine times out of 10 you’re completely wrong,” she said. “I want to be an example of that.”
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This story has been corrected to show R. Kelly is in a jail in Chicago, not New York.
Reportedly the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs are now looking over more than 70 cases that investigator in the Kennedy Street fire closed recently.
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Weeks after the death of a man and a 9-year-old boy in an illegal boarding house on Kennedy Street in Northwest, DC’s Police Chief Peter Newsham has announced some major changes to what officers must do if they feel a home has fire code violations.
Tuesday, Chief Newsham released his signed executive order setting up new guidelines for his officers who come across safety violations at homes or businesses.
Under the new rules, officers must immediately report possible fire code violations to a supervisor. That person will send the complaint to the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department District’s dispatch center. At that point, a fire battalion chief will immediately go to the site and perform an inspection.
Fire Chief Gregory Dean says their goal will be to inspect the home within 30 minutes of the notification. Reportedly the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs are now looking over more than 70 cases that investigator in the Kennedy Street fire closed recently. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has called for an independent criminal investigation into the fatal blaze.
City officials confirmed four city employees, two fire and two DCRA workers have been placed on leave as a result of how the Kennedy Street matter was handled following repeated notifications from a DC police officer.
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Also in the vehicle were Jared Black, who was driving, and his fiancee, Rebecca Broxterman. The report said Black was not under the influence of alcohol.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 911 call released Wednesday describes the moments after Kevin Hart was seriously injured after his muscle car crashed on a mountainous Southern California roadway.
The witness describes a man believed to be Hart and telling a dispatcher that he “looked like he’s hurting.”
The eyewitness account is part of 911 audio recordings released by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
A California Highway Patrol collision report said Hart was a passenger in a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda that went off Mulholland Highway and rolled down an embankment early Sunday.
Also in the vehicle were Jared Black, who was driving, and his fiancee, Rebecca Broxterman. The report said Black was not under the influence of alcohol.
The witness also described Black as appearing to be seriously hurt. The witness also said the roof of the totaled vehicle was “crushed” with smashed in doors. He said he was at the accident “with another car that pulled over to help” adding “only one car” went off the highway.
The CHP said Hart, 40, and Black, 28, suffered “major back injuries.” Hart’s wife has said the actor-comedian will be fine.
Broxterman, 31, only complained of pain.
The report said Hart had left the scene to his nearby residence to get medical attention. He and Black were ultimately taken to different hospitals.
It remains unclear how the accident will affect Hart, who has emerged from his roots in standup comedy to become one a major Hollywood star. His next major release, “Jumanji: The Next Level,” is scheduled for release in December.
The accident, which remains under investigation, occurred on a stretch of road in the hills above the city of Malibu.
Leaving at least 20 people dead in its wake in the devastated Bahamas, Dorian made its way up the Eastern Seaboard, sweeping past Florida on Wednesday at a relatively safe distance. From there, the Category 3 storm apparently grazed Georgia, then hugged the South Carolina coast with more serious effects.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Re-energized at 115 mph, Hurricane Dorian raked the Southeastern U.S. coast with howling, window-rattling winds and sideways rain Thursday, knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses as it pushed northward toward North Carolina’s dangerously exposed Outer Banks.
Leaving at least 20 people dead in its wake in the devastated Bahamas, Dorian made its way up the Eastern Seaboard, sweeping past Florida on Wednesday at a relatively safe distance. From there, the Category 3 storm apparently grazed Georgia, then hugged the South Carolina coast with more serious effects.
An estimated 3 million people in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas were warned to evacuate as the storm closed in with the potential for life-threatening storm surge. Navy ships were ordered to ride it out at sea, and military aircraft were moved inland.
At least two deaths were reported on the U.S. mainland, in Florida and North Carolina, both involving men who fell while getting ready for the storm.
The National Hurricane Center’s projected track showed Dorian passing near or over the Outer Banks on Friday, lashing the thin line of islands that stick out from the U.S. coast like a boxer’s chin. Dorian was then expected to peel away from the shoreline.
In an assault that began over Labor Day weekend, Dorian pounded the Bahamas with Category 5 winds up to 185 mph (295 kph), obliterating entire neighborhoods and triggering a humanitarian crisis. It weakened to a Category 2 before strengthening again late Wednesday.
About 830,000 people were under mandatory evacuation orders on the South Carolina coast alone.
More than 1,500 people sought refuge in 28 shelters in South Carolina, where rain began falling late Wednesday in the historic port city of Charleston, situated on a peninsula that is prone to flooding even from ordinary storms.
As Dorian crept dangerously closer, the wind picked up, sending sheets of rain sideways. Thunder boomed in the night sky, and power flickered on and off. More than two dozen blocks were closed by flooding in the city, where stores and restaurants downtown were boarded up with wood and corrugated metal.
Dorian remained a force to be reckoned with, its swirling circle of winds and rain wrapped around a large, gaping eye visible on photos taken from space.
At 8 a.m. EDT Thursday, the hurricane was centered about 70 miles (115 kilometers) southeast of Charleston, moving north at 8 mph (13 kph) with winds of 115 mph (185 kph) extending about 60 miles (95 kilometers) outward.
Hurricane warnings were in effect for the coasts of both South and North Carolina.
Hundreds of shelter animals from coastal South Carolina arrived in Delaware ahead of the storm. The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware, said 200 were airlifted early Tuesday from shelters in danger of flooding. About 150 more were expected to arrive via land.
Hundreds of thousands of people also were ordered off the Georgia coast. But the mayor of Tybee Island, Georgia, said Dorian inflicted little damage overnight on the small beach community. Jason Buelterman said the storm spared the 3,000 residents from flooding, with high tide about 3 feet lower than predicted.
The lone highway linking the island to Savannah on the mainland remained open throughout the night.
“If the worst that comes out of this is people blame others for calling evacuations, then that’s wonderful,” Buelterman said.
Tybee Islander Bruce Pevey went outside to take photos of unscathed homes to text to neighbors who evacuated. The storm, he said, turned out to be “a bunch of nothing.”
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Associated Press reporters Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia; Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina; Jeffrey Collins in Carolina Beach, North Carolina; Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Alabama; Michael Schneider in Orlando, Florida; David Fischer in Miami; and Meg Kinnard in Charleston, South Carolina, contributed to this report.
Looking for caring families and individuals. That’s the message this morning from the National Center for Children and Families. They are in need of foster parents for youth and teens in the DMV.My guest is Tanya Sherman – Director of Recruitment and Training for Foster Parents for the National Center for Children and Families
National Center for Children and Families is looking for persons to become foster parents in the DMV, mainly for teens. More information here:
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Drug abuse and recovery are no laughing matter. As difficult at recovery is… it can be done. We recognize National Recovery Month and talk about overcoming serious addictions.
Dr. Janice Davis, Director of Clinical Education, Howard University
Dr. Sandra Crewe, Dean, Howard University School of Social WorkHorace Anding, Addiction Counselor
(Washington, DC) — DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is demanding answers about hate crimes in the city. Norton sent a letter to U.S. Attorney for DC Jessie Liu, asking how many hate crimes in the city were reported to the U.S. Attorney’s office in 2017, 2018 and so far in 2019, and what percentage were prosecuted. Norton previously wrote to Liu about the issue in July but claims she has yet to get a response. Norton has held multiple community meetings recently in which members of the LGBTQ community shared concerns about crimes targeting them.
The diaper tax repeal was made possible by a $4.5 million investment in the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget, along with the support of Councilmember Bonds.
(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Wednesday, September 4, Mayor Muriel Bowser was joined by At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds at Costco Wholesale to remind residents and businesses of the upcoming elimination of the District’s sales tax on diapers on October 1.
Through the elimination of the tax on diapers and other investments, Mayor Bowser is working to make Washington, DC more affordable for families.
Daniels is responsible for classics like “The Boy Is Mine” by Brandy and Monica, “Say My Name” by Destiny’s Child and “You Rock My World” by Michael Jackson. Daniels worked with big names like Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, Beyoncé and more.
Grammy Award-winning songwriter LaShawn Daniels has reportedly passed away at the age of 41.
Daniels is responsible for classics like “The Boy Is Mine” by Brandy and Monica, “Say My Name” by Destiny’s Child and “You Rock My World” by Michael Jackson. Daniels worked with big names like Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, Beyoncé and more.
April Daniels, wife of the late Daniels took to social media this afternoon to confirm her husband died following a horrific car crash in South Carolina. Friends and collaborators have taken to social media to celebrate his legacy and mourn the loss of one of the music industry’s brightest talents.
The tributes to the talented Daniels are pouring in online:
The entire music community is feeling the loss of one of the greatest to ever do it….. LaShawnDaniels…we just stood together a week ago. No words……
If you’re a true Brandy fan, you understand the impact of @BIGSHIZ. His vocal production & bgvs created a new standard of r&b. I can’t believe you’re gone. Rest in love and power. Thank you for always supporting & encouraging me. Your musical legacy lives on. #LaShawnDaniels 💔🙏🏾
If there was ever a physical representation of “Your gift making room for you,” you were it. @BIGSHIZ , thank you for being a pioneer in every genre and for unashamedly proclaiming your faith. You will be missed 🙏🏾 We are praying 💔 #LaShawnDanielspic.twitter.com/lU3rCk5vqw
We were just laughing last Weds & Thursday …we were just joking around in texts. We’d planned to hang out in Charlotte when I came home for the Holidays. I AM SHOCKED and SHOOK, Lashawn Daniels @bigshiz one of the kindest most talented creatives WOW WOW WOW 💔 😢 R.I.H. Bruh! pic.twitter.com/HOeCN3MOMR
“We are in the midst of one of the greatest national crises in our country’s history,” said Prime Minister Hubert Minnis. He said he expects the number of dead to rise.
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Rescue crews in the Bahamas fanned out across a blasted landscape of smashed and flooded homes Wednesday, trying to reach drenched and stunned victims of Hurricane Dorian and take the full measure of the disaster. The official death toll stood at seven but was certain to rise.
A day after the most powerful hurricane on record ever to hit the country finished mauling the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama, emergency workers had yet to reach some stricken areas.
“Right now there are just a lot of unknowns,” Parliament member Iram Lewis said. “We need help.”
Dorian, meanwhile, pushed its way northward off the Florida shoreline with reduced but still-dangerous 105 mph (165 kph) winds on a projected course that could sideswipe Georgia and the Carolinas. An estimated 3 million people in the four states were warned to clear out, and highways leading inland were turned into one-way evacuation routes.
The storm parked over the Bahamas and pounded it for over a day and a half with winds up to 185 mph (295 kph) and torrential rains, swamping neighborhoods in muddy brown floodwaters and destroying or severely damaging thousands of homes.
National Security Minister Marvin Dames said rescue teams were fanning out as the winds and rain subsided, with more than 600 police officers and marines in Grand Bahama and 100 in Abaco.
“The devastation is unlike anything that we’ve ever seen before,” he said. “We’re beginning to get on the ground, get our people in the right places. We have a lot of work in the days and weeks and months ahead.”
Rescuers used jet skis, boats and even a bulldozer to reach children and adults trapped by the swirling waters, while the U.S. Coast Guard, Britain’s Royal Navy and disaster relief organizations tried to get food and medicine to survivors and take the most desperate people to safety.
Five Coast Guard helicopters ran near-hourly flights to stricken Abaco, flying people to the main hospital in the capital, Nassau.
Health Minister Duane Sands said the government was airlifting 25 doctors, nurses and other health workers to Abaco and hoped to bring in mental health workers soon.
“The situation is under control in Abaco,” he said. “In Grand Bahama, today will tell the magnitude of the problem.”
Abaco and Grand Bahama islands, with a combined population of about 70,000, are known for their marinas, golf courses and all-inclusive resorts.
Red Cross spokesman Matthew Cochrane said Tuesday that more than 13,000 houses, or about 45% of the homes on Grand Bahama and Abaco, were believed to be severely damaged or destroyed. U.N. and Red Cross officials said tens of thousands of people will need food and clean drinking water.
“It’s total devastation. It’s decimated. Apocalyptic,” said Lia Head-Rigby, who helps run a hurricane relief group and flew over Abaco. “It’s not rebuilding something that was there; we have to start again.”
She said her representative on Abaco told her there were “a lot more dead.”
At 8 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Dorian was centered about 95 miles (144 kilometers) northeast of Daytona Beach, Florida, moving northwest at 8 mph (13 kph). Hurricane-force winds extended up to 60 miles (95 kilometers) from its center.
Dorian was expected to pass dangerously close to Georgia and perhaps strike South Carolina or North Carolina on Thursday or Friday with the potential for over a foot of rain in some spots. Forecasters warned that Dorian is likely to cause storm surge and severe flooding even if its core does not blow ashore.
“Don’t tough it out. Get out,” said U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency official Carlos Castillo.
With the threat to Florida easing and the danger shifting northward, Orlando’s airport moved to reopen, along with Walt Disney World and Universal. To the north, the Navy ordered ships at its huge base in Norfolk, Virginia, to head out to sea for safety, and warplanes at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, were being moved inland to Ohio.
Having seen storms swamp his home on the Georgia coast in 2016 and 2017, Joey Spalding of Tybee Island decided to empty his house and stay at a friend’s apartment nearby rather than take any chances with Dorian.
He packed a U-Haul truck with tables, chairs, a chest of drawers, tools — virtually all of his furnishings except for his mattress and a large TV — and planned to park it on higher ground. He also planned to shroud his house in plastic wrap up to shoulder height and pile sandbags in front of the doors.
“In this case, I don’t have to come into a house full of junk,” he said. “I’m learning a little as I go.”
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Associated Press journalist Ramon Espinosa reported this story in Freeport, AP writer Danica Coto reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and AP writer Michael Weissenstein reported from Nassau, Bahamas. AP writers Tim Aylen in Freeport, Russ Bynum in Georgia and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.
The victims two adult males were able to drive themselves to the hospital. At The hospital one of the victims succumbed to his injuries.
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District police have recorded the cities 114th homicide for the year.
According to police reports two men where shot last night around 9 p.m. in the 900 block of Division Avenue in Northeast. This morning officers were still on the scene looking for evidence in the double shooting.
The victims two adult males were able to drive themselves to the hospital. At The hospital one of the victims succumbed to his injuries. The other victims who survived suffered serious injuries.
There’s no word on a motive or the identities of the victims.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that eligible fans must be active area college students who follow Future’s FreeWishes Foundation on Instagram and submit an essay on how the scholarship would “be a dream come true.” The website says the Atlanta rapper and his family launched the nonprofit to deliver messages of hope by “making dreams come alive.”
ATLANTA (AP) — The rapper Future has promised to give a $2,000 scholarship and pair of concert tickets to a fan at each stop on his Legendary Nights tour.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that eligible fans must be active area college students who follow Future’s FreeWishes Foundation on Instagram and submit an essay on how the scholarship would “be a dream come true.” The website says the Atlanta rapper and his family launched the nonprofit to deliver messages of hope by “making dreams come alive.”
Future, whose real name is Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn, is touring 24 cities with Meek Mill and Megan Thee Stallion. The tour started in St. Louis, Missouri, and ends in Atlanta this month. Applications are due before the tour stops in each applicant’s city.
During her upcoming tour, Winfrey will talk about her wellness journey with attendees and help develop their 2020 action plan. She will also share the latest in wellness research and interactive workbook exercises.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is taking her motivational spirit on the road early next year with an arena tour to promote a healthier lifestyle.
The former talk-show host and OWN television network chief announced Wednesday that the “Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus” tour will begin Jan. 4 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is working in conjunction with WW (Weight Watchers Reimagined) to offer a full-day of wellness conversations during the nine-city tour.
The tour will conclude in Denver on March 7. She will also make stops in Los Angeles; San Francisco; Atlanta; Dallas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Brooklyn, New York; and St. Paul, Minnesota.
It’s her first national tour in five years. She has been to Canada and Australia more recently.
Along with high-profile guests, Winfrey said she wants to empower audiences to tap into their potential. The names of her guests will be released at a later date.
“What I know for sure is we can all come together to support a stronger, healthier, more abundant life — focused on what makes us feel energized, connected and empowered,” Winfrey said in a statement. “As I travel the country, my hope for this experience is to motivate others to let 2020 be the year of transformation and triumph — beginning first and foremost with what makes us well. This is the year to move forward, let’s make it happen in 2020.”
Winfrey has held other successful speaking tours, including “Oprah’s The Life You Want Weekend” in 2014. “Oprah’s Lifeclass” was a show.
Each tour stop will feature Winfrey in a one-on-one interview with a celebrity guest.
“This is an extraordinary opportunity for (Weight Watchers) to do what we do best: bring communities of people together with a shared goal of health and wellness,” said Mindy Grossman, president and CEO of WW.
Over $1 million from tour proceeds will benefit WW Good, a philanthropic area of the organization to help bring fresh and healthy food to underserved communities.
We’re taking a stroll around the world this morning to give you the sights and sounds of 75 historical and contemporary artists. They are part of the Phillips Collection. My guest is Elsa Smithgall – Senior Curator for the Phillips Collection
The Phllips Collection America’s first museum of Modern Art presents The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement is currently on view now thru September 22nd. More information here:
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Several recent incidents of gun violence in Prince George’s County are raising questions about public safety. Some of the incident have been deadly. We sit down with County Police Chief Hank Stawinski to talking about the Camp Springs birthday party shooting, the Uber double murder and other issues related to law and order in the county.
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Hank Stawinski, Police Chief, Prince George’s County, Maryland
(Washington, DC) — D.C. officials plan to introduce an app this fall that will let students in violence-prone pockets of the city report suspicious activity, contact law enforcement, and share live updates from their commutes to and from school. The administration of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced in August that the city would spend 26-thousand dollars to partner with LiveSafe in response to students’ repeated pleas to the city to make their commutes safer. D.C. officials said it could take up to two months to gather more community feedback about LiveSafe, persuade school principals to pilot the app and finally roll out the technology to families. The goal is to test LiveSafe at 20 high schools in seven areas where students experience a disproportionate amount of safety-related incidents, including the Anacostia, Minnesota Avenue, Columbia Heights and NoMa-Gallaudet U Metro stations.
(Washington, DC) — You won’t need passes to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture on weekdays. From now through February museum visitors will not be required to have passes and will be able to enter on a first-come, first-served basis on weekdays starting at 10:00 a.m. You will still need a timed-entry pass for weekends. Same-day passes for weekends are available online. Admission and passes are free.
The rapper was in Maine to perform at Rock Row when he crossed paths with Nikki Cutchens and her daughter Grace at the Maine Mall. Cutchens tells WABI-TV that she was in line Saturday when DMX offered to pay.
Eniko Hart was questioned by a TMZ reporter while visiting him at the hospital Monday. She gave no details beyond that assurance, and the actor’s press representatives did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
NEW YORK (AP) — Comic actor Kevin Hart’s wife says he’s “going to be just fine” following a weekend car crash that left him with a major back injury.
Eniko Hart was questioned by a TMZ reporter while visiting him at the hospital Monday. She gave no details beyond that assurance, and the actor’s press representatives did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
Hart was a passenger in a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda that went off a highway above Malibu in the early morning hours of Sunday. It rolled down an embankment, after police said the driver lost control while turning from a canyon road onto Mulholland Highway.
The 40-year-old Hart and the car’s driver, Jared Black, both had back injuries. Another passenger, 31-year-old Rebecca Broxterman, only complained of pain.
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Practically parking over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a watery onslaught that devastated thousands of homes, trapped people in attics and crippled hospitals. At least five deaths were reported, with the full extent of the damage far from clear.
The United Nations and the International Red Cross began mobilizing to deal with the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the wake of the most powerful hurricane on record ever to hit the Bahamas.
Dorian’s punishing winds and torrential rain battered the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama, which have a combined population of about 70,000 and are known for their marinas, golf courses and all-inclusive resorts. The Grand Bahama airport was under 6 feet (2 meters) of water.
Bahamian officials received a “tremendous” number of calls from people in flooded homes, and desperate callers trying to find loved ones left messages with local radio stations.
One station said it got reports of a 5-month-old baby stranded on a roof and a woman with six grandchildren who cut a hole in a roof to escape rising floodwaters. At least two designated storm shelters flooded. The U.S. Coast Guard airlifted at least 21 people injured on Abaco. Rescuers also used jet skis to reach some people.
“We will confirm what the real situation is on the ground,” Health Minister Duane Sands said. “We are hoping and praying that the loss of life is limited.”
Red Cross spokesman Matthew Cochrane said more than 13,000 houses, or about 45% of the homes in Grand Bahama and Abaco, were believed to have been severely damaged or destroyed. U.N. officials said more than 60,000 people on the hard-hit islands will need food, and the Red Cross said some 62,000 will need clean drinking water.
The Red Cross authorized a half-million dollars for the first wave of disaster relief, Cochrane said.
“What we are hearing lends credence to the fact that this has been a catastrophic storm and a catastrophic impact,” he said.
As of 11 a.m. EDT, Dorian’s winds had dipped to 110 mph (177 kph), making it a Category 2 hurricane, down from a terrifying Category 5 when it struck. The storm was centered about 45 miles (70 kilometers) north of Freeport and 105 miles (170 kilometers) east of Fort Pierce, Florida.
After standing still for nearly a day, it was on the move again, but just barely, pushing northwest at 2 mph (3 kph), or about as fast as a person walks. Hurricane-force winds extended up to 60 miles (95 kilometers) from its center.
NASA satellite imagery through Monday night showed spots in the Bahamas where Dorian had dumped as much as 35 inches (89 centimeters) of rain, said private meteorologist Ryan Maue.
People stand on the boardwalk along the Atlantic Ocean at night as the outer bands of Hurricane Dorian reach Vero Beach, Fla., Sept. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The Bahamas’ health minister said that Dorian devastated the health infrastructure on Grand Bahama and that severe flooding rendered the main hospital there unusable.
Sands said the main hospital in Marsh Harbor in the Abaco islands was intact and sheltering 400 people but in need of food, water, medicine and surgical supplies. He said crews were trying to airlift five to seven kidney failure patients from Abaco who had not received dialysis since Friday.
To the south, the Bahamas’ most populous island, New Providence, which is the site of the capital, Nassau, and has over a quarter-million people, suffered little damage.
Dorian was on track to approach the Florida coast later Tuesday and begin moving up the shoreline, but the threat to the state eased significantly, with forecasters not expecting a direct hit after all. The forecast instead showed North Carolina in the crosshairs toward the end of the week.
As Labor Day weekend drew to a close, over 2 million people in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina were warned to evacuate for fear Dorian could bring life-threatening storm-surge flooding even if the hurricane’s center stayed offshore, as forecast. Several large airports announced closings, and hundreds of flights were canceled.
Having seen storms swamp his home on the Georgia coast in 2016 and 2017, Joey Spalding of Tybee Island decided to empty his house rather than take any chances with Dorian.
He packed a U-Haul truck with tables, chairs, a chest of drawers, tools — virtually all of his furnishings except for his mattress and a large TV — and planned to park it on higher ground. He also planned to shroud his house in plastic wrap up to shoulder height and pile sandbags in front of the doors.
“In this case, I don’t have to come into a house full of junk,” he said. “I’m learning a little as I go.”
Leaving one person dead in its wake in Puerto Rico, Dorian hit the Bahamas on on Sunday with sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph) and gusts up to 220 mph (355 kph).
It tied the record for the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever to hit land, matching the Labor Day hurricane that struck Florida Gulf Coast in 1935, before storms were given names.
Scientists say climate change generally has been fueling more powerful and wetter storms, though they say linking any specific hurricane to global warming would require more detailed study.
In the Bahamas, choppy brown floodwaters reached roofs and the tops of palm trees. Parliament member Iram Lewis said he feared waters would keep rising and stranded people would lose contact with officials as their cellphone batteries died.
“It is scary,” he said, adding that people were moving from one shelter to another as floodwaters kept surging. “We’re definitely in dire straits.”
Forecasters said that the storm had come to a near standstill because the steering currents in the atmosphere had collapsed, but that Dorian would resume moving later in the day, getting “dangerously close” to the Florida coast through Wednesday evening, very near the Georgia and South Carolina coasts Wednesday night and Thursday, and near or over the North Carolina shoreline late Thursday.
Walt Disney World in Orlando planned to close in the afternoon, and SeaWorld shut down.
In South Carolina, Interstate 26 was turned into a one-way evacuation route away from Charleston on the coast, and Georgia officials likewise reversed lanes on I-16 on Tuesday to speed the flow of traffic away from the danger zone.
“We’re taking the ‘better safe than sorry’ attitude,” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said.
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Coto reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Weissenstein from Nassau, Bahamas. Associated Press reporters Tim Aylen in Freeport and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.
The National Hurricane Center now predicts that it will not make landfall in the U.S. but it will bring strong winds and storm surges up to 10 feet to states along the East Coast from Florida to Delaware. The Governor of Virginia has declared a state of emergency ahead of time.
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Dorian is a powerful Category 3 Hurricane that has been hovering over the Bahamas for the last 24 hours. It’s packing 115 mph winds. It’s 105 miles East Northeast of West Palm Beach Florida and moving northwest at 1 mph. Dorian has already claimed 5 lives in the Bahamas.
The National Hurricane Center now predicts that it will not make landfall in the U.S. but it will bring strong winds and storm surges up to 10 feet to states along the East Coast from Florida to Delaware. The Governor of Virginia has declared a state of emergency ahead of time.
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The District of Columbia is testing out a new app created to help students in the city feel safer at school and walking home from school. The decision follows an increase in students dying from gun violence this year alone.
In August, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the partnership with an Arlington Tech Company to create an app to address safety concerns. It’s called LifeSafe. The cost for the pilot run is $26,400.
Students at DC’s Public Charter School, Thurgood Marshall Academy are the first to test out the software. It follows a number of tragic and safety issues involving students over the last few months.
The app features several ways to allow students to communicate concerns whether it is bullying or some serious like a threat. It also allows users to find a police station or hospital near them. This smart app features SafeWalk. Now, this allows students to share the route they are walking home with family or friends. Several young girls have complained of being harassed by grown men while walking home and not feeling safe. This should help address that issue and help parents or loved ones quickly locate a student if they don’t hear from them or they reach out for assistance.
The city’s goal is to have 20 high schools where crime and violence is the highest test out the app before its made available to all. One of the big issues is who will be assigned to respond to the messages sent. Many options are being considered including school security and or 311 operators. The Office of the Deputy Mayor of Education says they are planning a few more focus groups with teachers, parents and community leaders before more specific details are released to the public.
Stay tuned to WHUR we will keep you up to date on this story.
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There’s a new organization forming in the District designed to help increase the number black-owned businesses in the city and to help those businesses grow their revenue. My guest is Aimee Griffin – Greater Washington Black Chamber of Commerce
Greater Washington Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is celebrating its launching. The Greater Washington Black Chamber of Commerce – Supporting the need for economic development in the black community through education, enterprise, and entrepreneurship. More information here:
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Healing 2 Grace, Inc. invites you to its 3rd Annual Healing Is Beautiful Women’s Empowerment Conference September 14th at the Crowne Plaza in Greenbelt. www.healing2grace.org
Kappa Cares
Lace up your shoes and join the brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity for their Annual Kappa Cares 5k Kids Fun Run Walk September 21st at Lake Artemesia (R-Tah-Me-Sha) in College Park. www.hlkapsi.org
Delta Sigma Theta
Enjoy a School Daze Day Party September 28th at Highline RxR in Arlington. It’s a fundraiser hosted by the Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. www.novacjoint_schooldaze.eventbrite.com
Prince George’s Proud Corps
Do you have a passion for the community and helping others? Volunteers are needed for the Prince George’s Proud Corps. 301-780-8308.
Momma’s Safe Haven
Calling DC’s most talented youth. Momma’s Safe Haven is hosting a Dance and Band Competition September 21st at Charles Hart Middle School in SE. www.mommasafehaven.org.
P31 Girls Mentoring Program
Enrich and mentor a young girl. Register them for the P31 Program. All workshops and activities are free for middle school girls in grades 6th thru 8th . www.p31boutiques.org
Pro Bono Law Day
Pro Bono Law Day is September 28th at Greater Mt. Nebo AME Church in Mitchellville. Come out for free legal services. 301-249-7545.
National Council of Negro Women
The National Council of Negro Women in Northern Virginia invites you to its 42nd Annual Fashion Show and Scholarship Luncheon September 29th at the Sheraton Tysons Hotel. 703-217-3607.
Dr. Wayne Frederick chats with Taylor Ellison and Raina Henderson, the second-ever female President and Vice-President in Howard University Student Association history (or herstory).
Inspired by their joint passion for driving impactful change as student leaders, it is their differences that make this duo truly dynamic. If there was ever a question, their campaign slogan “Wake Up HU” foreshadows what we should expect from the 59th HUSA administration. On this episode of “The Journey,” Dr. Wayne Frederick chats with Taylor Ellison and Raina Henderson, the second-ever female President and Vice-President in Howard University Student Association history (or herstory).
We all know that romantic relationships take work. Some more than others. But do we deceive ourselves about the truth of a relationship that we’re in? Do we deceive others? What lies might we tell ourselves about our romantic relationships? We’ll take about look at a few of the many lies we may tell ourselves and how they might impact us.
MIAMI (AP) — An increasingly dangerous Hurricane Dorian menaced a corridor of some 10 million people — and put Walt Disney World and President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in the crosshairs — as it steamed toward Florida on Friday with the potential to become the most powerful storm to hit the state’s east coast in nearly 30 years.
Becoming more alarming with every update from forecasters, the storm strengthened into an extremely perilous Category 3 in the afternoon and was expected to become a potentially catastrophic Category 4 with winds of almost 140 mph (225 kph) before blowing ashore late Monday or early Tuesday.
The National Hurricane Center’s projected track showed Dorian hitting around Palm Beach County, where Mar-a-Lago is situated, then moving inland over the Orlando area. But because of the difficulty of predicting a storm’s course this far out, forecasters cautioned that practically all of Florida, including Miami and Fort Lauderdale, could be in harm’s way.
They warned, too, that Dorian was moving more slowly, which could subject the state to a drawn-out and more destructive pummeling from wind, storm surge and heavy rain.
Trump declared a state of emergency in Florida and authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster-relief efforts.
As Dorian closed in, it played havoc with people’s Labor Day weekend plans. Major airlines began allowing travelers to change their reservations without a fee. The major cruise lines began rerouting their ships. Disney World and the other big resorts in Orlando found themselves in the storm’s projected path.
Jessica Armesto and her 1-year-old daughter, Mila, had planned to have breakfast with Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy at Disney World. Instead, Armesto decided to take shelter at her mother’s hurricane-resistant house in Miami with a kitchen full of nonperishable foods.
“It felt like it was better to be safe than sorry, so we canceled our plans,” she said.
Still, with Dorian still days away and its track uncertain, Disney and other major resorts held off announcing any closings, and Florida authorities ordered no immediate mass evacuations.
“Sometimes if you evacuate too soon, you may evacuate into the path of the storm if it changes,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
Homeowners and businesses rushed to cover their windows with plywood. Supermarkets ran out of bottled water, and long lines formed at gas stations, with fuel shortages reported in some places. But the governor said the Florida Highway Patrol would begin escorting fuel trucks to help them get past the lines of waiting motorists and replenish gas stations.
At a Publix supermarket in Cocoa Beach, Ed Ciecirski in the customer service department said the pharmacy was extra busy with people rushing to fill prescriptions. The grocery was rationing bottled water and had run out of dry ice.
“It’s hairy,” the 69-year-old Ciecirski said. But he said he was used to commotion after working for years as a supervisor for the post office.
As of 2 p.m. EDT, Dorian was centered about 625 miles (1,005 kilometers) east of West Palm Beach with winds of 115 mph (185 kph) and was moving northwest at a slowed-down 10 mph (17 kph).
Dorian could prove to be the strongest hurricane to hit Florida’s east coast since Andrew, a Category 5 that obliterated thousands of homes south of Miami with winds topping 165 mph (266 kph) in 1992.
An estimated 10 million people live in the 13 Florida counties with the highest likelihood of seeing hurricane-force winds from Dorian by Wednesday morning. After passing through Florida, it is expected to rake the Southeast coast through the Carolinas.
Coastal areas in the Southeast could get 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 centimeters) of rain, with 18 inches (46 centimeters) in some places, triggering life-threatening flash floods, the hurricane center said.
Also imperiled were the Bahamas, where the sound of hammering echoed across the islands as people boarded up their homes. Canned food and bottled water were disappearing quickly. The storm was expected to hit by Sunday.
Florida’s governor urged nursing homes to take precautions to prevent tragedies like the one during Hurricane Irma two years ago, when the storm knocked out the air conditioning at a facility in Hollywood and 12 patients died in the sweltering heat. Four employees of the home were charged with manslaughter earlier this week.
“I’m glad these people are being held accountable,” DeSantis said, “because that sends the message going into this storm that if you have vulnerable people in your care, it’s your responsibility to make sure you have a plan in place to protect those folks.”
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, NASA began slowly moving a 380-foot-high mobile launch platform to the safety of the colossal Vehicle Assembly Building, built to withstand 125 mph wind. The launcher is for the mega rocket that NASA is developing to take astronauts to the moon.
The hurricane season typically peaks between mid-August and late October. One of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. was on Labor Day 1935. The unnamed Category 5 hurricane crashed ashore along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Sept. 2. It was blamed for over 400 deaths.
