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  An Army Reserve officer and IT analyst from the District of Columbia has been crowned Miss USA 2016 after mounting a strong defense of women in combat roles in the military. Deshauna Barber, a 26-year-old from the nation's capital, gave the answer during the interview section of the pageant in Las Vegas on Sunday, June 5, 2016. When asked by judge Joe Zee whether … [Read more...] about Army Reserve officer Deshauna Barber crowned Miss USA 2016

Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead. Ali died Friday, June 3, 2016 at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications, a family spokesman confirmed to NBC News. He was 74. "After a … [Read more...] about Muhammad Ali, ‘The Greatest of All Time,’ Dead at 74

ASBC member EILEEN FISHER just launched their annual search for women entrepreneurs committed to using business for good. The EILEEN FISHER Women-Owned Business Grant program supports women entrepreneurs who are using business to create environmental and social change. In 2016, EILEEN FISHER will select up to 10 businesses and fly their leaders to NYC. Grantees will receive … [Read more...] about ASBC member EILEEN FISHER just launched their annual search for women entrepreneurs

Steadily increasing  rain and chilly wind greeted the Hamilton  family  and about 75 other protesters who gathered at noon on  April 30 at North 27th and West Center streets for a march downtown to Red Arrow Park to commemorate the second anniversary of the shooting of Dontre Hamil- ton, a 31-year-old man with a history of mental illness. Hamilton was shot 14 times on April 30, … [Read more...] about Protesters and Hamilton family commemorate second anniversary of Dontre Hamilton shooting