Flash Flood Watch Issued For Today
(Washington, DC) — More rain is on the way for the DC area. The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch starting at 2:00 p.m. today and going through 2:00 a.m. Friday. Much of the DC area is expected to see scattered, severe thunderstorms with excessive rain and flash flooding. Some storms could bring damaging winds and isolated hail. This comes after heavy rains caused flooding all around the DMV Monday.
House Panel Authorizes More Subpoenas In Trump Probes
Kushner is the President’s son-in-law. Others on the subpoena list include former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and former Trump campaign chief Corey Lewandowski.
“We’re doing a bunch of tests and they’re saying I have some nerve damage going on throughout my body,” August explains. “It’s like my immune system went on vacation. So, I’m just waiting on it to come back and we can get together and it can do what it do, man.”
On July 8, August Alsina made an Instagram video update about his health explaining why he couldn’t make it to this year’s Essence Fest.
“Hi guys. As you can probably tell I’m in the hospital. So, here’s the stitch. I woke up one day and wasn’t able to walk. I couldn’t feel my legs and my doctor ended up admitting me into the hospital.” Alsina remains positive throughout the video.
“We’re doing a bunch of tests and they’re saying I have some nerve damage going on throughout my body,” August explains. “It’s like my immune system went on vacation. So, I’m just waiting on it to come back and we can get together and it can do what it do, man.”
In 2017, August opened up about having an autoimmune disease that attacks his liver. This illness has led to several incidents including a collapse on stage during a 2014 performance. He has disclosed the details of the disease to his close friend Jada Pinkett-Smith. August Alsina isn’t letting his health get the best of him and promises new music in the future.
August Alsina became a popular artist in mainstream music in 2014. He has been featured on the Billboard Hot 100. He also had a hit single titled “I Luv This Sh*t” and won Best New Artist and BET’s Viewer’s Choice Award in 2014.
Monica and Shannon secretly got married in L.A. of November 2010 and kept their marriage under wraps. In January 2011, they went public with their marriage and had a second ceremony for family and friends in July 2011.
Earlier this week singer Monica discussed the infidelity that ended her marriage with Shannon Brown as well as her feelings towards the other woman.
The multi-platinum artist shared her thoughts on Instagram Live, along with her musical colleague Tank.
“Typically when people find out their mate is cheating, they will blame the other person more harshly than their mate, and I just find that to be insane. You realize how stupid that is because at the end of the day, the person that you either took vows with or made a commitment.”
Monica makes it clear that the end of their marriage was not caused by infidelity. She explains that motherhood gave her a new outlook.
“Yeah, it’s nobody that’s going to meet somebody that I’m with that don’t know that they my somebody, but they still don’t owe me what the person that I’m with does. I may get some information from, or be resourceful towards or maybe just want to know a little bit about, but I’m not confronting or running up on somebody else that’s been with somebody. It’s your husband. She ain’t take no vows with you.”
Although Monica is known for handling business with the side woman based off of her hit song “So Gone”, she has grown and now believes that fighting the other woman is a crazy way of thinking.
“Because everybody ain’t married, but if I live with you it’s the same thing for me. So it’s like the commitment that you’ve made and the requirements and responsibility of taking care of the other person’s heart only belongs to your mate.”
The Grammy Award-winning artist believes that it is no woman’s responsibility to keep a man in check and that he should always provide for and protect his woman.
She closes the live video stating, “When somebody disrespects you like that, it’s sometimes a lack of love. People assume it’s just a lack of love towards you, but a lot of people, when they’re moving around like that, they don’t really love themselves and sometimes they don’t even feel worthy of who it is they have and they don’t even know how to care for that. Sometimes you can’t do what you weren’t taught.”
Monica and Shannon secretly got married in L.A. of November 2010 and kept their marriage under wraps. In January 2011, they went public with their marriage and had a second ceremony for family and friends in July 2011.
Monica and Brown have a 5-year-old daughter, Laiyah Shannon. Monica also has two sons, 13-year-old Rodney and Romelo, 11, from a past engagement; Brown also has a son, Christopher, from a previous relationship.
City leaders are making this a major priority.
The complaints include slow and unreliable service as some of the biggest issues. The study was conducted by Coalition for Smarter Growth and the MetroHero app. ‘
Data was collected from 34 routes in nine top priority ridership area. They are 16th Street NW, Anacostia/Congress Heights, Seventh Street, 14th Street NW, Georgia Avenue/ H Street/Benning Road, Rhode Island Avenue, North Capitol Street, U Street and Wisconsin Avenue/Pennsylvania Avenue.
Here’s what they found 60 percent of buses were on time. Being on time means that they arrived within a 7 minute window of the scheduled time. On average buses traveled about 10 mph. Only one bus route got an B and that was the A7 that runs in Anacostia. Buses on that route drove about 12 mph. The route with the slowest travel times was along the 14th Street NW corridor. Buses only went about 8 mph. Some were even tracked as slow as 5 mph.
City leaders are making this a major priority. In fact, the city has added new dedicated bus lanes in parts of the metro with more to come. The ultimate outcome is that there is still alot more that needs to be done to prevent or stop riders from abandoning Metro bus all together. Some suggestions from the experts include increasing bus speed, combining bus stops and allowing all door entry and off board payments. Leaders say they are working on a number of ways to bring customers back to Metro bus.
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Today from 2 to 5 p.m. DC police will be at the 7’11 at Minnesota Avenue and Good Hope Road today handing out flyers.
Relisha Rudd was 8-years-old when she went missing in February but she was last seen on March 1, 2014, with a janitor from DC General Homeless Shelter. She was living there with her mother and brother. That shelter that had a number of issues has since been closed by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.
Today from 2 to 5 p.m. DC police will be at the 7’11 at Minnesota Avenue and Good Hope Road today handing out flyers. Rudd would be 13 years old and they have aged enhanced pictures of how she would look today. Kids under the age of 13 will be given free Slurpees.
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In a statement, the couple said Westbrook’s mission is “to spread positive ideas, art and products that entertain and empower the greatest number of lives.”
The Hollywood power couple on Wednesday announced the launch of a new media venture.
According to a statement, Westbrook Inc. will be a cross-platform holding company “formed to execute the Smith family’s global content and commerce business strategy.”
In a statement, the couple said Westbrook’s mission is “to spread positive ideas, art and products that entertain and empower the greatest number of lives.”
Westbrook Studios will serve as the studio home to all new premium TV and motion picture projects. It currently serves “Red Table Talk,” the Facebook Watch series featuring Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris.
The company will also develop projects as starring vehicles for Will Smith.
The award-winning Netflix series also became a showcase for actresses of color, thanks to nuanced story lines with depth that have often proved elusive.
While it was originally centered around the privileged white character of Piper Chapman (played by Taylor Schilling), the supporting characters — some quirky, some volatile, some comic, some tragic — became the show’s breakout stars.
The award-winning Netflix series also became a showcase for actresses of color, thanks to nuanced story lines with depth that have often proved elusive.
It’s no surprise that some of them went on to become the show’s biggest draws.
Uzo Aduba won the dramedy’s only acting Emmys, while Emmy-nominee Laverne Cox, Danielle Brooks, Samira Wiley and Dascha Polanco all gave masterful performances that lifted their careers far beyond life in Litchfield federal penitentiary.
As the hit dramedy winds down with the seventh and final season on July 26, those actresses take a look back at the profound impact the series had on their lives.
ADUBA (Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren)
A not-so-funny thing happened to Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba on her way to audition for a different part on the show: She was late.
She thought maybe the faux pas was the universe trying to tell her that acting wasn’t her destiny. Aduba, 38, had been trying professionally for about 10 years, with small victories, but she quit after her tardiness, thinking maybe a law career was the way to go as her parents, of Nigerian descent, preferred.
That’s when the life-changing phone call came. There was bad news: She didn’t get the part of track star-inmate Janae Watson. But there was also good: She was offered Crazy Eyes instead, though only for a couple of guest appearances. She wore the bantu knots that became the signature style of the character to the audition.
Thank goodness she didn’t listen to the universe. Aduba’s role was extended and she won two Emmys, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe.
Like Crazy Eyes sometimes does, she let the muses rule.
“My phone wasn’t ringing, with regards to film and television anyway, before our show came out,” she told The Associated Press. “It just felt surreal, I think, for a lot of us to even be having this sort of experience.”
Now, with her higher profile, she has a goal: “I am trying to tell the stories of the missing, the people and the voices that are missing in the tapestry.”
For so many in the cast, the Medfield, Massachusetts-raised Aduba said, “We had been living on the Island of Misfit Toys and being made to feel as though there was no place for us when the truth of the matter is space just needed to be made.”
WHAT’S NEXT: Upcoming projects include the film “Beats” and the FX series “Mrs. America.”
COX (Sophia Burset)
The LGBTQ activist didn’t quit her day job at the drag spot Lucky Cheng’s in Manhattan until after the first season of Orange wrapped. But it wasn’t long until she made history as the first trans person on the cover of Time magazine.
“I just cried,” she said.
The magazine’s story accompanying the cover on the transgender tipping point had her describing her childhood in Mobile, Alabama, growing up bullied and harassed for presenting as feminine. She came out as trans years later while working in New York City, where she took up acting.
Thanks to OINTB, where her character rode out cycles of acceptance, hatred and violence, Cox has used her star platform to educate the world and push for just treatment of LGBTQ people everywhere.
So much has changed for Cox in the show’s seven-year run.
“Seven years ago I turned 40 and I had not had the big breakthrough in my acting career that I had wanted. I was in tons of debt. I thought it was time for me to do something else,” she told the AP. “I was like, ‘I should go back to graduate school’ and I bought some GRE study materials from a friend of mine.”
Then she auditioned for Orange, “and here we are.”
Cox was the first openly trans person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category and the first to be nominated for any Emmy since composer Angela Morley in 1990.
For years at Lucky Cheng’s she’d tell co-workers she wanted to be an actor and win awards, “and they’d be like, yeah, right whatever,” Cox recalled. “A black trans woman in 2010 saying she wants to be a big star was like, ‘Yeah right, yeah cool.’ Who knew?”
WHAT’S NEXT: She has several projects pending, including the film “Promise Young Woman.”
BROOKS (Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson)
As the brash Taystee, Brooks showed the way not just for other actors of color, but for women of size.
“Cornbread fed, baby, cornbread fed,” she laughed.
The Augusta, Georgia-born Brooks was well on her way doing theater when “Orange” happened after she graduated with a bachelor’s from the Juilliard School.
Brooks is also a singer, earning a Tony nomination for Sofia (Oprah’s film part) in the 2015 Broadway production of “The Color Purple.” She dropped a music video in February for Black History Month featuring herself all glammed up and wet in a bathtub singing “Black Woman,” which includes the lyrics: “The world tells me there is space for me, if I cinch it up and I sew it in, the world tells me it’ll all be mine, with some lashes on and some lighter eyes.”
The song, Brooks told the AP, was “my way of healing myself” while encouraging others to accept who they are.
Brooks’ mom is a minister and her dad a church deacon. Church taught her a lot about how to present herself to the world and the importance of prioritizing self-love. Now, she wants to “show the industry, look what happens when you give people opportunity.”
The 29-year-old Brooks was working as a waitress in New York City (“I was a horrible waitress”) when her agent got her an audition for “Orange,” though initially only two episodes were promised.
“I almost said no to it because I didn’t get to read the script and when I saw the scene that I was going to be in I had to be topless. I was like, oh no. I’m from South Carolina. I grew up in a very religious household. I was nervous also about playing a stereotype, of the black woman who the world might consider sassy and loud and angry. To put that on TV, I was not sure about it.”
She’s obviously glad she did.
“It has completely changed my life,” Brooks said. She believes it also opened doors for nontraditional shows featuring full casts of color on TV.
“How much has the world changed, how much has Hollywood changed where you can have shows like ‘Pose,’ you can have ‘Insecure’ and ‘Atlanta’ and a plethora of other shows out there where the lead can look different from what we’ve seen before?”
WHAT’S NEXT: She appears in the film “Clemency” and is working on an EP. She is also expecting her first child.
WILEY (Poussey Washington)
Wiley was a bartender for two and a half years after she, too, graduated Julliard when she auditioned for Orange. There were no promises that lesbian character Poussey would be a recurring role. After she got the job, she stayed at Fred’s Restaurant in Manhattan for the first couple of seasons.
“I didn’t want to be stupid about it and quit my job and then end up nowhere,” she told the AP.
Like her character, Wiley is gay. Raised in Washington, D.C., Wiley’s sexuality was embraced by her liberal pastor parents, which she considers key to her success. She’s now an advocate for LGBTQ, immigration and prison reform causes.
Wiley, 32, was not publicly out in those early seasons of Orange. She credits Poussey with giving her the strength and confidence to come into her own, both as an actor and a gay black woman. Wiley appeared on the cover of Out magazine for its 20th anniversary to seal the deal.
“I think deep down, the both of us, Poussey and I, are just like really open and honest people with our hearts,” Wiley said. “There are real Pousseys out there, in prison, not in prison, being thrown away because people think they don’t matter.”
Wiley won three Screen Actors Guild Awards for Poussey. She went on to receive an Emmy nomination in 2017 for her portrayal of Moira in the Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale” and won an Emmy for that part the following year.
WHAT’S NEXT: Wiley appears in the film “BIOS” and is working in a comedy, “Breaking News in Yuba County.”
POLANCO (Dayanara “Daya” Diaz)
She had dreamed of becoming an actor as a child but thought her weight might hold her back, so she put herself through Hunter College instead, going to school as a teen mother raising a young daughter.
The Dominican Republic-born Polanco went on to earn a bachelor’s in psychology and worked in a hospital as she studied to be a nurse (and eventually had a second child, a son). But over time, she decided to pursue acting.
After minor roles in two TV series, she was cast in OITNB in 2012.
“I had three jobs at the time and I was also finishing my nursing clinicals,” she told the AP of life before “Orange.”
“We are the reality.” she added. “Hollywood has been very exclusive in who they consider an actor, who they want to depict on screens.”
Polanco, who is also a songwriter, now values her versatility as an actor who doesn’t fit the Hollywood mold, though the early years were nerve-wracking.
“We can all relate to that, not feeling enough. I was very fearful of going out to auditions and being told, well you have to lose weight, well your hair is curly,” she said. “You come across this discrimination and this prejudice and you don’t realize how much they affect you. … It’s learning how to embrace those scars and how we use it as foundation and not as identity.”
It’s not always easy. While acting and music are passions, “I’m still out here not getting roles,” Polanco said.
WHAT’S NEXT: She plays Cuca in the film version of the stage musical “In the Heights” and worked in the film “iGilbert.”
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Associated Press writers Ryan Pearson and Michael Cidoni Lennox in Los Angeles and Gina Abdy in New York contributed to this story.
Speed has not been ruled out as a factor in this case.
Officials say the SUV left the roadway around Midnight and went through the small park at the intersection of 21st Street and Pennsylvania Avenues in NW hitting the two victims. The truck hit the bench that the who were sitting on so hard that is completely destroyed the concrete and wood bench and another near it. Speed has not been ruled out as a factor in this case.
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Williams has now taken her talents on the road with the Bring It LIVE Tour. The tour has all new talent, choreography & video segments, dance battles, interactive elements and audience participation (with prizes). They will be touring across the country for the next several months.
Washington, D.C. (Wednesday, July 10, 2019) – Fresh off her widely popular reality dance show “Bring It,” Diana Williams, best known as ‘Coach D,’ stopped by our WHUR studios today to talk about how she inspires young girls during some of the most challenging times of their lives.
“It’s not easy. You have to remember these are pre-teen and teen girls with raging hormones and lots of attitude. But I love every minute of working with them and watching them grow,” said Williams.
Coach D is a no nonsense dance coach 
who motivates young girls to be their best in and outside the studio. Her tough love has been captured for 5 seasons on the hit Lifetime TV series that showcases Coach D and her Dancing Dolls.
Williams has now taken her talents on the road with the Bring It LIVE Tour, which was featured Wednesday, July 10th at the Warner Theatre. The tour has all new talent, choreography & video segments, dance battles, interactive elements and audience participation (with prizes). They will be touring across the country for the next several months.
Coach D sat down and talked with WHUR Digital Reporter Candice Adkins explaining why working with youth is what she is destined to do.
“Score A Better Future” is a free financial education event to help persons improve their credit scores.
We are talking money this morning, specifically your credit. I have details about a free community education and financial empowerment event coming up designed to help persons understand and improve their FICO score. My guest is Joanne Gaskin, VP of Scores and Analytics at FICO. She heads up the Score A Better Future
On Wednesday, July 17, FICO, the leading credit scoring company, together with Operation HOPE and consumer advocacy groups, will host “Score A Better Future,” from 6:00-8:30pm ET at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health. The event offers attendees the opportunity to learn the key ingredients in their FICO Score, and walk out with a roadmap for their future with free 1-on-1 counseling from accredited credit coaches from Operation Hope. More information here:
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What has caused a fracture in the relationship between police and the community? Is there a way to fix it?
Courts Side With Trump On DC Emoluments Case
(Washington, DC) — A federal appeals court is siding with President Trump in a emoluments case involving his DC hotel. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the lawsuit today filed by attorneys general from DC and Maryland. The lawsuit claims Trump is illegally profiting off the presidency through his luxury hotel in downtown DC. The three-judge panel said the attorneys general lacked legal standing that the president violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution. Trump still faces a similar lawsuit filed by Democratic members of Congress.
Bowser Says Trump’s Salute Emptied Security Fund
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser says President Trump’s Fourth of July event emptied a special fund used to protect the city. The fund is used to protect DC from terrorist threats and provide security at events like protests and state funerals. In a letter to the president, Bowser said the fund has now been depleted and is estimated to be running a six-million-dollar deficit by September 30th. Trump’s “A Salute to America” event, combined with police costs for demonstrations through the weekend, cost the DC government one-point-seven million dollars. Bowser also noted that the account was never reimbursed for seven-point-three million dollars in expenses from Trump’s 2017 inauguration. The mayor requested that the White House fully reimburse the fund.
Chris Brown’s latest album, “INDIGO”, is the number one album in the country this week.
Chris Brown‘s latest album INDIGO is the number one album in the country this week.
With major collaborations from artists like Drake, H.E.R., and Nicki Minaj; the 32- track album reached 98 million streams according to Billboard. Brown is one of many artists who offers bundle deals when purchasing his album. Concert tickets and merchandise are included with each sale.
Despite his personal issues, Brown is no stranger to having major support from his fans. In 2011 and 2012, he topped the charts with his albums F.A.M.E and Fortune.
Check out his latest music video below.
“I still couldn’t find peace. I started seeing a therapist. I was searching for answers, and although I felt like I was making progress, I still wasn’t ready to pick up a racket. “
Contributed by Taylor Ardrey
Tennis superstar Serena Williams opened up about speaking up against injustice in her professional career and seeking therapy to deal with the backlash from the 2018 US Open controversy in the August 2019 issue of Harper Bazaar. She showcased the cover on her Instagram with unretouched photos and essay filled with an open essay of raw emotions.
Williams recalls one of her early memories of her career at age 17 when she won her first Grand Slam. After her feat, she gained the confidence to move in with her sister, Venus, and pursue her career. With starting a intensive athletic carer at a young age and still remaining relevant, many would wonder what keeps Williams motivated. She states:
“I have been asked what keeps me motivated to continue playing tennis. To me, the answer is simple: I love the sport. When I’m giving speeches I always say how important it is to love what you do. If you don’t, then find something that speaks to you. Follow your passion. Of course, there are times when loving tennis is hard.”
The 2018 US Open sparked an abundance of controversy. Williams opens up for the first time about what really happened from her perspective.
“…..September 2018. It’s the final of the US Open, and I’m competing to win my 24th Grand Slam against Naomi Osaka. It’s the beginning of the second set, and the umpire thinks he spots my coach signaling me from the stands. He issues a violation—a warning. I approach him and emphatically state the truth: that I wasn’t looking at my coach. ‘I don’t cheat to win. I’d rather lose,’ I said. I walk back to the court and lose the next point. I smash my racket in frustration; he issues another violation and gives a point to my opponent. I feel passionately compelled to stand up for myself. I call him a thief; I again demand an apology. I tell him he is penalizing me for being a woman. He responds by issuing a third violation and takes a game from me. In the end, my opponent simply played better than me that day and ended up winning her first Grand Slam title. I could not have been happier for her.”
With the controversy after the US Open and the backlash Williams received, she went to a therapist to look for answers.
“I still couldn’t find peace. I started seeing a therapist. I was searching for answers, and although I felt like I was making progress, I still wasn’t ready to pick up a racket. Finally I realized that there was only one way for me to move forward. It was time for me to apologize to the person who deserved it the most. I started to type, slowly at first, then faster as if the words were flowing out of me.”
Williams then penned an open letter to her opponent Naomi Osaka to apologize for her role in the situation.
“Hey, Naomi! It’s Serena Williams. As I said on the court, I am so proud of you and I am truly sorry. I thought I was doing the right thing in sticking up for myself. But I had no idea the media would pit us against each other. I would love the chance to live that moment over again. I am, was, and will always be happy for you and supportive of you. I would never, ever want the light to shine away from another female, specifically another black female athlete. I can’t wait for your future, and believe me I will always be watching as a big fan! I wish you only success today and in the future. Once again, I am so proud of you. All my love and your fan, Serena.”
Osaka responded:
“People can misunderstand anger for strength because they can’t differentiate between the two,” she said graciously. “No one has stood up for themselves the way you have and you need to continue trailblazing.”
Faced with sexism, criticism and backlash throughout her entire career, Williams learned the importance of using her voice and speaking up for herself.
“I’ll admit, it was a long while before I picked up a racket again. There is only so much one person can take. As a teenager, I was booed by an entire stadium (I took the high road and even thanked those who didn’t want to see me win). I’ve been called every name in the book. I’ve been shamed because of my body shape. I’ve been paid unequally because of my sex. I’ve been penalized a game in the final of a major because I expressed my opinion or grunted too loudly. I’ve been blatantly cheated against to the point where the Hawk-Eye rules were introduced so that something like that would not happen again. And these are only the things that are seen by the public. In short, it’s never been easy. But then I think of the next girl who is going to come along who looks like me, and I hope, ‘Maybe, just maybe, my voice will help her.’”
Ultimately, Williams found the strength to continue because of her daughter. She then emphasizes that she won’t ever stop raising her voice against injustice. Earlier this year Williams debuted her #DreamCrazier Nike ad highlighting the issue of sexism in professional sports.
The tune comes at a pivotal moment for Nala, the character voiced by Beyoncé, in the film that comes out July 18. She also co-wrote the song.
The song, “Spirit,” was released Tuesday and should get an Academy-Award push for Academy Award consideration.
The tune comes at a pivotal moment for Nala, the character voiced by Beyoncé, in the film that comes out July 18. She also co-wrote the song.
It’s part of an album called “The Lion King: The Gift” that Beyoncé is executive producing and performing on along with other artists. It will be released digitally July 11, with the physical album coming July 19.
The collection is a companion to the main “Lion King” soundtrack, which consists mostly of songs from the animated film, along with a new number from Elton John and Tim Rice, who wrote the songs for the original.
The suit also alleges that Marriott Hotels are not properly disclosing the true cost of the hotel room online.
Racine wants the Bethesda based hotel chain to become more transparent about its pricing and fees. The official complaint was filed Tuesday against Marriott International Inc. stating that the lack of transparency violates the District’s Consumer Protection Procedures.
The suit also alleges that Marriott Hotels are not properly disclosing the true cost of the hotel rooms online. Racine called it “drip pricing”. Where after one books a room they can see an increase due to resort fees or amenity fees from $9 to $95 dollars a night. It directly affects consumers trying to price shop online by not having the total cost posted.
Racine wants the hotel chain to change how they do business, pay restitution to DC consumers and the fines associated with the act.
Marriott officials say they do not comment on current litigation’s.
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He was also responsible for the design of a number of libraries in the District of Columbia and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta.
In 2016 the well respected and talented architect was diagnosed with ALS. ALS stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. “A” means no. … Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body.
Freelon was 66-years-old. He was also responsible for the design of a number of libraries in the District of Columbia and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta.
The family is asking anyone who wants to honor Freelon instead of sending flowers she is asking that you donate to Northstar Church of Arts. It was found by the two last year.
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Diner En Noir is hosting an exclusive all-black attire event
It’s usually one of the biggest kept dining secrets in the DMV and everybody is usually waiting to find out when and where. It’s the Diner En Noir, an event designed to bring together the rich culture of the District. This morning I’m unlocking some of the secrets of this coveted event. My guest is Howard Cromwell – Founder and President of Diner En Noir
Based in Washington, Dîner en Noir Corporate is the team responsible for developing these fully-curated, 3-part, black attire dining experiences held in secret locations in cities across the U.S. Proceeds for the event benefit Congress Heights Community Development & Training Corporation & NE Performing Arts Group. More information here:
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“We are changing the course of history, hopefully, across this country by acknowledging that what has been defined as professional hair styles and attire in the work place has historically been based on a Euro-centric model — based on straight hair,” Mitchell said.
The law by Democratic Sen. Holly Mitchell of Los Angeles, a black woman who wears her hair in locks, makes California the first state to explicitly say that those hairstyles are associated with race and therefore protected against discrimination in the workplace and in schools.
“We are changing the course of history, hopefully, across this country by acknowledging that what has been defined as professional hair styles and attire in the work place has historically been based on a Euro-centric model — based on straight hair,” Mitchell said.
Stephanie Hunter-Ray, who works at a makeup counter, says she typically wears her hair braided or in an afro, but one day she showed up to work with it straightened and styled in a bob. Her manager told Hunter-Ray her hair had never looked so normal.
“It bothered me,” Hunter-Ray said in an interview at the hair salon she owns in Sacramento that specializes in natural hair styles. “What do you mean by ‘normal?’ Your normal is not my normal. My normal is my ’fro or my braids.”
Alikah Hatchett-Fall, who runs Sacred Crowns Salon in Sacramento, said she’s had black men come into her salon asking to have their hair cut off because they can’t find jobs.
The law, she said, “means that psychologically and mentally people can be at ease and be able to get the jobs they want, keep the jobs they want, and get promoted at the jobs they want.”
California’s new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, is significant because federal courts have historically held that hair is a characteristic that can be changed, meaning there’s no basis for discrimination complaints based on hairstyle. The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear the case of an Alabama woman who said she didn’t get a job because she refused to change her hair.
The issue burst into public view last December, when a black high school wrestler in New Jersey was told by a referee that he had to cut off his dreadlocks if he wanted to compete. California’s Democratic governor said the video was a clear example of the discrimination black Americans face.
“His decision whether or not to lose an athletic competition or lose his identity came into, I think, stark terms for millions of Americans,” Newsom said before signing the bill alongside Mitchell and half a dozen advocates. “That is played out in workplaces, it’s played out in schools — not just athletic competitions and settings — every single day all across America in ways subtle and overt.”
Though California is the first state with such a law, New York City earlier this year issued legal guidance banning discrimination against someone based on their hairstyle. The beauty company Dove is part of a coalition pushing for more hairstyle protections, and Mitchell said she hopes other states follow California.
Mitchell’s bill adds language to the state’s discrimination laws to say that “race” also includes “traits historically associated with race,” including hair texture and protective hairstyles. It further defines protective hairstyles as braids, twists and locks.
The term locks, or “locs,” is the preferred term to dreadlocks, which has a derogatory connotation.
At Hunter-Ray’s studio, Exquisite U, on Wednesday, her stylists and customers reflected on the new law.
Shereen Africa, who was having her hair re-braided by Elicia Drayton, said she used to work at a television station in Mississippi where a black anchor quit after facing resistance to wearing her hair in locks. Africa said she did not wear her hair in braids at the job, even though she wasn’t on air, because the environment wasn’t supportive of it.
“If I’m in a professional setting, I won’t wear my hair in certain ways,” she said.
An anchor at a different Mississippi TV station made national news when she said she was fired after she stopped straightening her hair.
“You want to go to work and feel free,” Drayton said. “You don’t want to have to feel like you have to put on a wig or you have to have your hair straight to please someone else.”
“Parents think they’re going to get a bonus because day care is gone,” says Court Creeden, a North Carolina-based financial adviser whose practice focuses on parents. “They quickly realize that all the expenses that come from school add up.”
“Parents think they’re going to get a bonus because day care is gone,” says Court Creeden, a North Carolina-based financial adviser whose practice focuses on parents. “They quickly realize that all the expenses that come from school add up.”
If the unexpected expenses are for the classroom, you might be tempted to say yes, even if they stress your bank balance. But if you can’t afford it all — or the asks seem excessive — here’s what to do.
PRIORITIZE EXPENSES
When working with a limited budget , you’ll have to choose what’s worth the cash.
“Sometimes kids do things because their friends are doing it. Then that may not be as high a priority as if it’s a requirement or related to college entrance examinations,” says Samantha Gregory, who blogs about parenting and finances at Rich Single Momma. She paid for her daughter to attend aviation camp because she felt it would bolster college applications.
If you want your child to build social skills, then activities with their friends may win out. The point is deciding what’s important, and then spending intentionally. Creeden asks his clients if “where they’re spending their money is in line with the life they’re trying to create with their family.”
Setting limits upfront can also help. “I always had a rule that for every term, (my kids) could only be involved in one activity,” Gregory says. This helps head off ballooning extracurricular costs — and burnout.
SEEK ALTERNATIVE FUNDING
If you believe an expense is worthwhile but don’t think you can afford it, you might have other options.
Blogger Kumiko Love builds an emergency fund for last-minute school costs before the year starts. And when her son wanted to start wrestling, she planned meals around ingredients she already had and sold an unused couch to afford the equipment. “Having my son be involved in sports is important to me, so I gave up certain ‘wants’ for the month to compensate,” says Love, who writes at The Budget Mom.
Public school parents might find assistance with some school expenses through their Parent Teacher Association, says Heidi Emberling, director of Parents Place, a family resource center in the San Francisco Bay Area.
If you can’t afford to donate to a fundraiser or classroom event, volunteer instead. “There are lots of ways to contribute, and money is only one of those ways,” Emberling says.
USE ‘NO’ AS A TEACHING MOMENT
If you simply can’t afford a school expense, etiquette and lifestyle expert Elaine Swann recommends an “on-your-own-terms no.” That might mean offering an alternative, such as a sleepover in place of a pricey class overnight.
When her kids were younger, Gregory would explain, “We’re going to be doing this in a few months, so we’re saving the money for that.” And she suggests discussing your priorities with older kids and involving them in the decision. Sometimes “they end up telling themselves no, so I don’t necessarily have to,” she says.
Worried this sounds too sophisticated? It might not be; kids who already have an allowance are primed for a talk about financial trade-offs, according to Emberling.
SET LIMITS WITH THE SCHOOL
Other times, you might have to tell a teacher or administrator “no.”
Gregory drew the line when she was asked to help furnish her child’s classroom with supplies. A parent-teacher conference is a great time to voice concerns, she says.
If you do participate in a fundraiser or other event, you can set a cap based on your budget. “It’s perfectly fine to say, ‘Here’s what I can do. You want me to buy three reams of paper? I can buy one,’” Swann says.
Most importantly, remember that once you’ve paid tuition — if you do — further requests for money are typically suggestions, Swann notes. After-school activities, fundraisers and other extras can be valuable, but are “not a requirement for your child to attend school,” she says.
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This article was provided to The Associated Press by the personal finance website NerdWallet. Alice Holbrook is a writer at NerdWallet. Email: alice.holbrook@nerdwallet.com. Twitter: @alicenerdwallet.
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“The main reason I really wanted to do it is the fight against cancer,” Morgan said in a recent phone interview, explaining that his grandparents and former wife, Sabina, died of the disease. “I have an opportunity to fight their cause and I’m all in.”
The star of TBS’ “The Last O.G.” will preside over Wednesday night’s show honoring the past year’s top athletes, performances and achievements. It airs live on ABC from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
“The main reason I really wanted to do it is the fight against cancer,” Morgan said in a recent phone interview, explaining that his grandparents and former wife, Sabina, died of the disease. “I have an opportunity to fight their cause and I’m all in.”
Besides the laughs, The ESPYS raise awareness and funds for the V Foundation for Cancer Research. It’s the charity founded by ESPN and the late basketball coach Jim Valvano at the first show in 1993. The cable sports network has helped raise nearly $97 million for the V Foundation in 26 years.
“We’ll have a great time, but the most important thing is Jim Valvano. I’ll never forget watching him at the ESPYS,” Morgan said. “We forget sometimes the cause, we enjoy being there, but we got to understand the reason why we’re there. It’s an opportunity to give back. I’m in service to others.”
Morgan said he’s a big sports fan, dating to his childhood in Brooklyn. As a youngster, he remembers watching father Jimmy and uncle Alvin Morgan play football.
As a teenager, he met Mark Breland when the 1984 Olympic welterweight champion brought his gold medal to their shared Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood and “all the kids running around touching the medal,” he said.
Morgan ran track in high school, competing in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and 55- and 110-meter hurdles.
“I was born into it,” he said. “I was told that my grandmother ran track against Wilma Rudolph in the Olympic trials and lost because she was pregnant with my dad.”
Last month marked five years since Morgan’s life-changing accident on the New Jersey Turnpike when the minibus he was riding in was rear-ended by a Walmart truck. The crash killed friend and fellow comedian James McNair.
“I’m 50 years old and I’ve been hit by a truck doing 75 mph,” Morgan said. “I thank god for every day.”
He said his charitable attitude isn’t the result of the accident.
“I’ve always been like that,” Morgan said. “My father survived Vietnam. He told me the only way out of the darkness is to be in service to others. That’s why I do comedy.”
He becomes the fifth “Saturday Night Live” alum to host The ESPYS, joining Seth Meyers, Rob Riggle, Dennis Miller and Norm Macdonald.
Bailey is half of the sister duo Chloe x Halle. She will star in the live-action version that will include songs from the 1989 animated Disney hit as well as new tunes from original composer Alan Menken and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Freeform posted an open letter on Sunday in support of Bailey after some on social media used the hashtag #NotMyAriel to object to a black woman portraying the red-headed mermaid princess of the animated film. But the network says “Danish mermaids can be black because Danish (asterisk)people(asterisk) can be black.”
Bailey is half of the sister duo Chloe x Halle. She will star in the live-action version that will include songs from the 1989 animated Disney hit as well as new tunes from original composer Alan Menken and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Bailey will join Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina in the film.
The issue is that the Supreme Court originally ruled that charging a fine for people who do not have insurance is a tax and that is within the guidelines of Congress and Constitutional. Well in 2017 Congress repealed the fine. A lower court stated that change should invalidate the entire law and that’s why the law is going before an appellate court today.
If the Affordable Care Act is ruled unconstitutional an estimated 20 million Americans will lose their health insurance and people with pre-existing health conditions will lose protection under the health care law.
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The former County Executive of Prince George’s County is well versed in health care.
The former County Executive of Prince George’s County is well versed in health care. Baker was also instrumental in getting the University of Maryland Medical System to take control of Dimensions. Dimensions was a private nonprofit that ran the county’s hospital for years amid years of controversy. He’s also credited with bringing a new hospital to the county which is scheduled to open in 2021 in Largo. The board is being reconstructed after an ugly scandal in the spring. It among other things involved a book deal made with then Mayor of Baltimore Catherine Pugh who later resigned for selling her children’s books to organizations that the city did business with.
Baker served as the leader of Prince George’s County for 8 years until he decided in 2018 to run for Governor under the Democratic ticket. He lost his runoff election to Benjamin Jealous.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has also named 11 appointments to the board. They all require Senate confirmation.
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Accused of creating and maintaining a network that allowed him to sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls.
(New York, NY) — Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is pleading not guilty to sex trafficking charges. New York U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman today charged Epstein for the sex trafficking of underage girls and also for conspiracy. Epstein is accused of forcing underage girls to perform sex acts on him at his mansion in Manhattan and creating a network allowing him to sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls. According to Berman, the victims were as young as 14 and were particularly vulnerable to exploitation. Epstein faces up to 45-years in prison.
“Well the last time I faced a fellow American I lost, so I definitely want to do well this time,” Williams said. “And yeah, she’s great on the grass. She took out the No. 1 player in the world who just won a grass-court tournament. I watched that match, so I’ll be ready for her.”
The 15-year-old American, who became the youngest player to qualify for Wimbledon’s main draw in the professional era, lost to former No. 1 Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 in the fourth round on Monday.
Gauff knocked out five-time champion Venus Williams in the first round, and then saved two match points in the third round to reach the second week of a Grand Slam tournament in her debut.
Playing on No. 1 Court, the second biggest stadium at the All England Club, Gauff had plenty of support from the crowd. But Halep, the 2018 French Open champion and a Wimbledon semifinalist in 2014, had the better shots. She broke Gauff five times and took advantage of 29 unforced errors.
Gauff did manage to save two more match points when serving at 5-2, but Halep won the next game to reach the quarterfinals.
Earlier, Serena Williams advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the 14th time, beating Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-2.
Even though she is short on matches this year, Williams is still big on grass.
The seven-time Wimbledon champion, who missed about a year of play while she had a baby in 2017 but returned to the tennis tour in 2018, entered the tournament without having played since the third round of the French Open — skipping the grass-court warm-up tournaments.
“I definitely haven’t had enough (matches),” said Williams, who had been dealing with an injured left knee. “I have more matches this week than literally the past five months. So, yikes.”
Williams reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, then retired from a match at Indian Wells, withdrew from matches in Miami and Rome, and then played at the French Open.
“I know that I can play, and now that I’m feeling better physically I almost feel a relief more than anything,” Williams said. “Like, OK, finally I can play tennis.”
Against Suarez Navarro, Williams won six straight games from 3-2 in the first set and broke for a 5-2 lead in the second. She easily closed it out from there.
Williams, who lost to Angelique Kerber in last year’s Wimbledon final, will next face Alison Riske, an unseeded American who upset top-ranked Ash Barty.
Williams’ last loss was also against American opposition, Sofia Kenin in the third round at Roland Garros.
“Well the last time I faced a fellow American I lost, so I definitely want to do well this time,” Williams said. “And yeah, she’s great on the grass. She took out the No. 1 player in the world who just won a grass-court tournament. I watched that match, so I’ll be ready for her.”
Riske ended Barty’s 15-match winning streak, and her chances of winning a second straight Glam Slam title.
Riske beat the French Open champion 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 and will play in the quarterfinals of a major tournament for the first time.
“I haven’t been starting out fantastic in all my matches, but I knew I had the confidence that if I could manage my service games I was going to get looks on her serve,” said Riske, whose best previous showing was reaching the third round at Wimbledon and the fourth round at the 2013 U.S. Open. “I had to play aggressive. I had to take it to Ash.”
Barty was playing her first tournament as the No. 1-ranked player, and she started off by winning points with her serve against Riske.
In the opening service game, the top-seeded Barty won all four points with aces. She won two more points in her next game with aces, as well. She finished the match with 12 of them.
But Riske took her chances when she got them, breaking Barty four times on four attempts, including to take a 5-3 lead in the deciding set before serving it out.
“I was sticking to how I wanted to play,” Barty said. “Then in the second set, I think my serve let me down. I let Alison get back into the match too many times, having looks at second serves.”
Also, No. 8 Elina Svitolina beat No. 24 Petra Martic 6-4, 6-2, Zhang Shuai defeated Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, Karolina Muchova beat No. 3 Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 7-5, 13-11, and Barbora Strycova came from a set and break down to beat Elise Mertens 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Svitolina won six straight games from 4-4 in the first set. Martic called for medical treatment on her left leg after the first game of the second set and her movement appeared to be hampered the rest of the way. She asked for treatment again at 4-1.
In the men’s draw, two-time champion Rafael Nadal beat Joao Sousa 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, No. 21 David Goffin beat Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (9), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, and Roberto Bautista Agut defeated Benoit Paire 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.
Later on “Manic Monday,” Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic were on the schedule as Wimbledon resumes after its traditional day off.
The allegations arise “out of a massive years-long fraud perpetrated by Iconix and its affiliates to amass a portfolio of trademarks under false pretenses, in the process defrauding its licensees and partners, and setting off a colossal accounting scandal the depths of which are still being uncovered,” the suit says.
The lawsuit accuses Iconix Brand Group Inc. of lying about its finances when it made deals with the rapper’s Roc Nation apparel company. There was no immediate response to a phone message Friday seeking comment from Iconix.
When Roc Nation entered into a brand partnership with Iconix in 2013, the defendant company was fabricating financial reports to falsely inflate its earnings, according to the suit filed Thursday in state court in Manhattan.
The allegations arise “out of a massive years-long fraud perpetrated by Iconix and its affiliates to amass a portfolio of trademarks under false pretenses, in the process defrauding its licensees and partners, and setting off a colossal accounting scandal the depths of which are still being uncovered,” the suit says.
It adds that the scheme “sent its share price from a peak of more than $400 per share in 2014, to less than a dollar today.”
Jay-Z, who’s given name is Shawn Carter, was questioned behind closed doors last year about the fraud allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission. At the time, his lawyers said they didn’t believe he had any relevant information to share with SEC investigators.
The suit says Jay-Z’s companies “have incurred substantial legal expenses in connection with, among other things, the federal government’s investigations into Iconix’s massive fraud.”
The plaintiffs are seeking payment of legal fees and unspecified damages.
His parents released two photos taken by fashion photographer Chris Allerton, including a black-and-white image showing the couple cradling a tranquil Archie between them, with the castle’s Rose Garden in the background.
The 2-month-old son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was baptized in the castle’s private chapel by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Church of England.
Palace officials said that, in keeping with royal tradition, Archie wore a lace and satin christening gown — a replica of one made for Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter in 1841 — that was also used for his cousins Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
He was sprinkled with water from the River Jordan at an ornate silver baptismal font that has been used in royal christenings for more than 150 years.
Archie, born May 6, is the first child of Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle, and seventh in line to the British throne.
His parents released two photos taken by fashion photographer Chris Allerton, including a black-and-white image showing the couple cradling a tranquil Archie between them, with the castle’s Rose Garden in the background.
It was accompanied by a color portrait taken in the castle’s Green Drawing Room of the young family surrounded by relatives, including Harry’s brother Prince William and his wife Kate; Harry’s father Prince Charles and his wife Camilla; Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland; and Jane Fellowes and Sarah McCorquodale, the sisters of Harry’s late mother Princess Diana.
Archie’s great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, did not attend the christening because of a prior engagement.
Meghan and Harry have faced criticism for declining to reveal the names of Archie’s godparents, and not giving the public a glimpse of the event — though that didn’t stop well-wishers coming to Windsor with Union Jack flags, banners and even a cake to mark the occasion.
Harry, whose mother Diana was pursued by paparazzi until her death in a Paris car crash in 1997, has long had a tense relationship with the media. The tension intensified after he began his relationship with Meghan, an American former actress who starred in TV legal drama “Suits.”
In May, Harry accepted damages and an apology from a news agency that used a helicopter to take photos of a secluded rural retreat that he and Meghan had rented.
Earlier this year the couple moved from central London to a more secluded home near Windsor Castle, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of London.
The royal couple’s decision not to allow media access to the christening sparked controversy in part because of the recent revelation that their Frogmore Cottage home was renovated with 2.4 million pounds ($3.06 million) of taxpayers’ money.
Royal fan Anne Daley, who brought a home-baked cake to Windsor, said she was “very hurt” by the level of privacy.
“That baby is Princess Diana’s grandson. We should be able to see the christening,” she said.
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This story has corrected a typographical error in the royal baby’s last name to Mountbatten-Windsor, not Mountabatten-Windsor.
“The world is now undoubtedly without one of its brightest lights, but his spirit will live on through the kindness and compassion of all who knew and loved him. We are utterly heartbroken,” the family statement said.
Boyce, who played Carlos de Vil in the “Descendants” movies, died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles, according to his spokesperson.
An official cause of death has not been announced, but his family released a statement Sunday saying Boyce “passed away in his sleep due to a seizure that was a result of an ongoing medical condition for which he was being treated.
“The world is now undoubtedly without one of its brightest lights, but his spirit will live on through the kindness and compassion of all who knew and loved him. We are utterly heartbroken,” the family statement said.
According to his bio on the Disney Channel, Boyce was born and raised in Los Angeles. He was a dancer who got his acting start in commercials, then television and film. Boyce starred alongside Adam Sandler in “Grown Ups” and “Grown Ups 2,” and other film credits include “Mirrors,” ″Eagle Eye” and the indie feature “Runt.” He also starred in the upcoming HBO series “Mrs. Fletcher.”
“Descendants 3” is scheduled for release in August.
His spokesperson said Sunday that Boyce was also a philanthropist who used his celebrity to advocate for those without a voice, including the homeless. Last year, he was honored for his work with the Thirst Project, bringing awareness to the global water crisis and raising more than $30,000 for the organization to build two wells in Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, in efforts to bring clean drinking water to the region.
In 2017, he received a Daytime Emmy Award with Disney XD for his participation in the series “Timeless Heroes_Be Inspired,” in honor of Black History Month. He appeared alongside his grandmother Jo Ann Boyce, one of 12 black teens known as the Clinton 12 who were the first to integrate into public school in Clinton, Tennessee, according to his Disney Channel biography.
A Disney Channel spokesperson released a statement Sunday saying that from a young age, Boyce dreamed of sharing his artistic talents with the world and was fueled by a desire to make a difference in peoples’ lives through his humanitarian work.
“He was an incredibly talented performer, a remarkably caring and thoughtful person and, above all else, he was a loving and dedicated son, brother, grandson and friend,” the statement said. “We offer our deepest condolences to his family, castmates and colleagues and join his many millions of fans in grieving his untimely passing. He will be dearly missed.”
Walt Disney Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Robert Iger tweeted Sunday: “The Walt Disney Company mourns the loss of #CameronBoyce, who was a friend to so many of us, and filled with so much talent, heart and life, and far too young to die. Our prayers go out to his family and his friends.”
Several of Boyce’s co-stars reacted to his death on social media Sunday.
Sandler tweeted : “Loved that kid. Cared so much about his family. Cared so much about the world. Thank you, Cameron, for all you gave to us. So much more was on the way. All our hearts are broken.”
“I came here to give you my love and to thank you for yours,” he said. “You ain’t gonna hear no rumors about us. I’m good.”
The 69-year-old music legend made the announcement after performing “Superstition” at the end of a packed British Summer Time concert in London’s Hyde Park.
He said he was speaking out to quell rumors and sought to reassure fans that he would be okay.
“I’m going to be doing three shows then taking a break,” he said. “I’m having surgery. I’m going to have a kidney transplant at the end of September this year.”
He said a donor has been found and that he would be fine, drawing cheers from a devoted crowd of tens of thousands that stretched out from the stage as far as the eye could see.
“I came here to give you my love and to thank you for yours,” he said. “You ain’t gonna hear no rumors about us. I’m good.”
He did not provide additional information about his kidney illness. There had been a recent report that Wonder was facing a serious health issue.
A representative for Wonder didn’t immediately respond to a request Saturday for details about his health. He has kept an active schedule, including performing recently at a Los Angeles memorial service for slain rapper Nipsey Hussle.
Wonder, who has received more than two-dozen Grammy Awards, has produced a string of hits over a long career that began when he was a youngster who performed as Little Stevie Wonder. His classic hits include “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” and “Living for the City.”
Wonder seemed in top form throughout the concert, performing a series of his hits and paying tribute to musical heroes including Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and John Lennon. He performed stirring rendition of the latter’s “Imagine” near the end of the show.
He fans reveled in the warm summer night — though a light drizzle fell near the end — and the career-spanning retrospective that evoked Wonder’s early days as a young Motown star.
He did seem less ebullient than in the past and made his health announcement in a somber tone with a severe look on his face. But he was smiling as he left the stage with the band playing the memorable conclusion of “Superstition” one final time.
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Associated Press television writer Lynn Elber in Los Angeles contributed.
Researchers believe for a boost to your mental health giving up alcohol altogether is what is needed.
The study included 10,386 participants who were nondrinkers or moderate drinkers (14 glass or less a week for women, for men it was 7 glass or less a week). They were compared with 31,079 people from the data collected by the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. The average age was 49 and 56% of the focus group were women. Researchers found that women who don’t drink any alcohol have an increased level of mental well being than those who even drink occasionally. Co-author Dr. Michael Ni who is a brain scientist at the University of Hong Kong stated that there is evidence “suggests caution in recommending moderate drinking as part of a healthy diet”. Researchers believe for a boost to your mental health giving up alcohol altogether is what is needed. “Global alcohol consumption is expected to continue to increase unless effective strategies are employed,” says Dr. Ni.
The study is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
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The driver who was going the wrong way on the beltway has been identified as 26-year-old Miguel Angel Solis Gomez.
22-year-old Ronet Aching of Upper Marlboro was killed early Sunday morning while traveling on the Inner Loop. Her vehicle was hit head-on near the Annapolis Road exit in Lanham.
The driver who was going the wrong way on the beltway has been identified as 26-year-old Miguel Angel Solis Gomez. Investigators believe he may have been under the influence at the time of the collision. He was injured and remains in the hospital this hour. Officials say charges against him are pending.
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No one was killed and arrests have been made in the case. A motif has also not been given out.
The incident happened just after midnight at the 7’11 on Martin Luther King Jr Road. Sources close say two of the victims suffered serious injuries. This is just one of three shootings over the weekend that injured a total of 6 people.
No one was killed and arrests have been made in the case. A motif has also not been given out.
Another man was shot a short time later in the 2800 block of 14th Street in NW. Another man was shot at G Street in Southeast. None of the victims have been identified and no arrests have been made in any of the separate shootings.
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“We believe the youth in our community are a powerful voice for change. That’s why we put the challenge to them to come up with practical ways to help us be a kinder and nicer community,” said WHUR General Manager Sean Plater.
Washington, D.C. ( July 8, 2019) – The WHUR 96 Days of Summer continues as we send dozens of youth for a fun-filled day at Kings Dominion. They are the winners of our “WHUR Kings Dominion Kindness Challenge.” At a time when so many people find themselves victims of rude or discourteous behavior, WHUR embarked on a campaign to spur kindness in the DMV. We asked 5th graders at schools in the District, Prince George’s County, and Alexandria to tell us how they go about their day being kind to others. The reactions were priceless. Here are some of the responses from youngsters at Garfield Elementary School.
Kindness is about helping others when help is needed
Kindness is being nice and grateful for what you have
Kindness is being fair and sharing
Schools submitted two-minute videos showing 5th graders exhibiting kindness, generosity, good citizenship, and great character. Their respective school superintendents chose three schools. The winners are: Garfield Elementary in SE, D.C.; Tulip Grove in Bowie, Maryland; and Douglas MacArthur Elementary in Alexandria, Virginia.
“We believe the youth in our community are a powerful voice for change. That’s why we put the challenge to them to come up with practical ways to help us be a kinder and nicer community,” said WHUR General Manager Sean Plater.
The winners received tickets to Kings Dominion, complete with parking passes, lunch, and fast passes to avoid long lines at the amusement park. The teachers received WHUR t-shirts, wristbands, and other goodies.
We love our youth in the DMV. So the next time you’re stuck in traffic or someone cuts you off on the roadway, think of our youth and BE KIND,” added Plater.
The new Howard University Hospital WIC facility is now open.
Did you know that many military families are struggling to make ends meet and are living well below the poverty line right here in DC? There’s a new Howard University Hospital WIC facility that has opened to help military families improve their health outcomes. My guest is Davene White – Director of the Howard University Hospital Cares Public Health Programs
Howard University Hospital has opened up a new WIC office at Joint Base Anacostia Bolling to help military families improve their health outcomes. The facility is located at 53 MacDill Boulevard (Building 53). For more information call: 202-450-1943
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Cori Gauff wins during the third round at Wimbledon.
Gauff, who is playing at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, won 3-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5 on Centre Court.
Gauff saved one match point while trailing 5-2 in the second set. She went on to hold serve but then faced another in the next game, set up by an ace from Hercog. The 28-year-old Slovenian player then double-faulted on the next point.
Gauff beat five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in the first round and 2017 semifinalist Magdalena Rybarikova in the second. Both of those matches were on No. 1 Court, the second biggest stadium at the All England Club.
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Marshall says that Bailey “possesses that rare combination of spirit, heart, youth, innocence, and substance — plus a glorious singing voice — all intrinsic qualities necessary to play this iconic role.”
The live-action version will include original songs from the 1989 animated hit as well as new tunes from original composer Alan Menken and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Some of the tunes include “Under the Sea,” ″Part of Your World” and “Kiss the Girl.”
Bailey will join Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina in the film, which will be directed by Rob Marshall, who helmed “Mary Poppins Returns.”
Marshall says that Bailey “possesses that rare combination of spirit, heart, youth, innocence, and substance — plus a glorious singing voice — all intrinsic qualities necessary to play this iconic role.”
Norton played at the University of Miami and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round in 2018. He spent much of last season on their practice squad. The Dolphins signed him in December.
Sports agent Malki Kawa confirmed the injuries in a tweet on Thursday morning.
Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Alex Camacho says the Ford F250 Norton was driving crashed into a concrete barrier and overturned early Thursday on State Road 836 near Miami. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews rendered aid to 22-year-old Norton, who was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.
Norton played at the University of Miami and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round in 2018. He spent much of last season on their practice squad. The Dolphins signed him in December.
Smollett’s attorneys argue federal court is the proper venue for the case because the actor, who lived in Chicago while filming the TV show, “Empire,” is actually a California resident.
The motion filed Wednesday and released to the media by Smollett’s representatives comes after the city sued the actor in April for the cost of investigating his allegations that he was a victim of a racist and anti-gay attack in downtown Chicago.
Prosecutors dismissed charges against Smollett related to making a false report. However, the Police Department and city officials maintain Smollett orchestrated the January incident and they’re trying to recoup $130,000 the city spent on police overtime.
Smollett’s attorneys argue federal court is the proper venue for the case because the actor, who lived in Chicago while filming the TV show, “Empire,” is actually a California resident.
The 6.4 magnitude quake struck at 10:33 a.m. Thursday in the Mojave Desert, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles, near the town of Ridgecrest, California.
The 6.4 magnitude quake struck at 10:33 a.m. Thursday in the Mojave Desert, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles, near the town of Ridgecrest, California.
Multiple injuries and two house fires were reported in the town of 28,000. Emergency crews dealt with small vegetation fires, gas leaks and reports of cracked roads, said Kern County Fire Chief David Witt.
He said 15 patients were evacuated from the Ridgecrest Regional Hospital as a precaution.
Ridgecrest Mayor Peggy Breeden said that utility workers were assessing broken gas lines and turning off gas where necessary.
A widely felt magnitude 5.4 quake before dawn Friday was the strongest aftershock thus far. Seismologists had said there was an 80 percent probability of an aftershock of that strength within a week.
The local senior center was holding a July 4th event when Thursday’s big quake hit and everyone made it out shaken up but without injuries, she said.
“Oh, my goodness, there’s another one (quake) right now,” Breeden said on live television as an aftershock struck.
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Kern County. The declaration means that the state will help the county and municipalities in it with emergency aid and recovery efforts.
Breeden noted at a news conference that other nearby governments have offered to help the recovery effort.
President Donald Trump said he was fully briefed on the earthquake and that it “all seems to be very much under control!”
Police and fire officials said at a news conference Thursday afternoon that they have enough resources so far to meet needs in the wake of the earthquake.
California Highway Patrol Lt. John Williams said officials have found cracks on several roads in the county, but overpasses and underpasses are in good shape.
“It almost gave me a heart attack,” said Cora Burke, a waitress at Midway Cafe in Ridgecrest, of the big jolt. “It’s just a rolling feeling inside the building, inside the cafe and all of a sudden everything started falling off the shelf, glasses, the refrigerator and everything in the small refrigerator fell over.”
Video posted online of a liquor store in Ridgecrest showed the aisles filled with broken wine and liquor bottles, knocked down boxes and other groceries strewn on the floor. Flames were seen shooting out of one home in the community.
Lucy Jones, a seismologist with the California Institute of Technology’s seismology lab, said the earthquake was the strongest since a 7.1 quake struck in the area on October 16, 1999.
“This has been an extremely quiet abnormal time,” Jones said. “This type of earthquake is much more normal … The long term average is probably once every five or 10 years somewhere in Southern California.”
Jones said that the 6.4 quake was preceded by a magnitude 4.2 temblor about a half hour earlier.
The epicenter was in the arid expanse of Searles Valley, a sparsely populated region.
“This is an isolated enough location that that’s going to greatly reduce the damage,” she said.
The quake was detected by California’s new ShakeAlert system and it provided 48 seconds of warning to the seismology lab well before the shaking arrived at Caltech in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena but it did not trigger a public warning through an app recently made available in Los Angeles County.
USGS seismologist Robert Graves said the ShakeAlert system worked properly.
Graves said it calculated an intensity level for the Los Angeles area that was below the threshold for a public alert. The limits are intended to avoid false alarms.
Glenn Pomeroy, the head of California’s Earthquake Authority, said the earthquake is “an important reminder that all of California is earthquake country.”
Pomeroy urged the estimated 2,000 people in the region hit by the quake who have California Earthquake Authority insurance policies to contact their residential insurance agencies as soon as possible. Information on how to file a policy claim is on the agency’s website: EarthquakeAuthority.com, he said.
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Rodriguez reported from San Francisco. Associated Press writer Rachel Lerman in San Francisco and AP Radio reporter Shelly Adler in Washington, D.C., contributed.
Some of the programs that will be impacted include money for summer jobs for the youth, pro bono lawyers for college students filing rape charges, redevelopment in low income area’s in the state and transit goals in Southern Maryland.
Hogan say’s he wants to hold the funds in the event the market takes a turn downwards. This decision could affect some 70 initiatives throughout the state. Hogan said that some of the very programs he supports would be affected as well but it needed. He has however, pledged to find funds to help purchase rape-kit testing.
If the Governor had not decided to hold the funds state agencies could have started using the money as early as Monday, which is the start of the fiscal year.
Some of the programs that will be impacted include money for summer jobs for youth, pro bono lawyers for college students filing rape charges, redevelopment in low income area’s in the state and transit goals in Southern Maryland.
Officials say they will continue to monitor agency budgets and see where they can find the money needed for vital programs.
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