https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:29:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/variety/entertainment/travel/d-c-cherry-blossoms-are-in-their-peak-here-are-the-best-places-to-see-them/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:29:44 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=23691 The weather is warming up in the Washington, D.C. area, and the well-known cherry blossoms are shining through. The National Park Service reports that the cherry blossom trees have entered stage six, meaning they are in peak bloom. In peak bloom, these Japanese trees have more than 70% of the blossoms fully open, creating vibrant light pink and white flowers that cover the branches. The cherry blossoms along the National Mall were proposed by travel journalist Eliza Scidmore, the first female board member of the National Geographic Society. After a visit to Japan in 1885, she proposed that cherry blossoms]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/trump-creates-information-vacuum-with-shutdown-of-reproductiverights-gov/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 04:34:08 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=18722 By Sabrina McCrear Howard University News Service WASHINGTON — The shutdown of  reproductiverights.gov is detrimental to public health and information, experts warn. “The removal of these resources is a real threat to the public’s understanding of reproductive rights at a time when the laws regarding reproductive care are so varied across the country,” said Sonia Suter, a health law professor at George Washington University with a focus on reproductive rights and justice. The government website provided vital resources for reproductive rights and health, abortion access and birth control, but President Trump shut it down Monday just hours after he was sworn]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/state-local/howard-students-challenge-the-school-to-prison-pipeline/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:53:59 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=17169 By Joy Young When Isabella Miller and other members of Howard University’s Youth Justice Advocacy program walk into the D.C. Youth Services Center, the group is immediately subdued by the severe atmosphere of their surroundings. Armed guards instruct students to take off their shoes, pass them through metal detectors, and pat them down to check for weapons. Then, guards usher them through the center to the living quarters, where students, not so different from themselves, wait in anticipation.  The Youth Justice Advocacy Program (YJA)  is a Howard University organization created to advocate for reformed youth justice policies. They also mentor]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/state-local/d-c-residents-voice-concerns-over-stricter-metro-regulations/ Sat, 13 Apr 2024 17:28:04 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=17155 By Joy Young Stricter regulations went into effect to combat fare evasion on the Metrorail, according to an announcement made by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) last month.  The guidelines, which went into effect on March 11, include a $100 civil citation to residents who do not pay their fare or the arrests of those who refuse to give Metropolitan Police officers their official name and address.  Before these regulations were implemented, residents who were apprehended were asked to either pay for the Metro or leave the station. The new Metro regulations come shortly after the Secure D.C.]]> https://hunewsservice.com/variety/lifestyle/beauty-networking-event-encourages-connections-among-professionals/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 20:29:29 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=16696 Akua Robinson set up the final details for the “Friends in Beauty” networking event. The makeup artist, podcaster, and now event host was alone as she set up the flowers to go on each table in the dimly lit floor of Johnny Pistolas, a restaurant tucked away in northwest Washington, D.C. A few hours later, makeup artists, photographers, and beauty professionals filled the room and occupied each table. For Robinson, this was the goal. Robinson, the organizer of the “Friends in Beauty” event, said, “Even though it is “Friends in Beauty,” we get so many different people here–people of all]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/howard-university-hosts-chat-and-chew-to-discuss-the-ongoing-battle-of-black-women-in-academia/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 23:38:39 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=16578 By: Autumn Coleman Participants gathered in the reading room of Founders’ Library, Howard University’s Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership hosted a “chat & chew” discussion about recent events involving Black women in academia.  The chat on Jan. 26 was based on the recent resignation of Harvard President Dr. Claudine Gay and the suicide of the VP of Student Affairs at Lincoln University, Antoinette Candia-Bailey.  “Oftentimes, we are talking about trauma,” said the center’s director, Dr. Cassandra Veney. “Usually, it’s after the fact, but there is all sorts of trauma before one even reaches ‘the academy.’” Attendees said that]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/state-local/washington-d-c/ward-2/eleanor-holmes-norton-updates-residents-on-congress-and-d-c-statehood/ Sat, 12 Feb 2022 14:43:19 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=13316 By Myía Borland Howard University News Service U.S. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton shared congressional updates and the status of the push for D.C. statehood during a meeting with residents of Dupont Circle on Wednesday. “Being in the majority is a whole lot better than how I’ve spent most of my time in the Congress in the minority,” Norton, a Democrat, said in her opening remarks during the monthly meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2B in Ward 2. Norton said she is working on getting three more Democratic senator to co-sign her D.C. statehood bill, called the Washington, D.C., Admission Act.]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/d-c-residents-oppose-pop-up-home-plans-claim-victory/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 13:46:55 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/d-c-residents-oppose-pop-up-home-plans-claim-victory/ https://hunewsservice.com/news/a-response-to-dcs-food-crisis/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:50:16 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/a-response-to-dcs-food-crisis/ https://hunewsservice.com/news/dick-gregory-honored-by-scores-at-memorial-service/ Sat, 16 Sep 2017 23:26:10 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/dick-gregory-honored-by-scores-at-memorial-service/