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Kellan Howell

Kellan Howell is a continuous news writer for The Washington Times, covering defense and national security. Originally from Williamsburg, Virginia, Kellan graduated from James Madison University where she received bachelor's degrees in media arts and design and international affairs with a concentration in western European politics.
During her time at JMU, she interned for British technology and business news website "ITPro" in London and worked as a freelance reporter for The Washington Guardian. She was also an executive editor of 22807, a new student magazine covering arts and culture in the JMU community.
Kellan can be reached at khowell@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Kellan Howell

TSA denies claim that Harriette Charney, 90, had to remove blouse and bra during airport search

The Transportation Security Administration is investigating an incident where a 90-year-old woman was forced to strip from the waist up after setting off airport body scanners.

October 29, 2015

MSF: Syrian airstrikes hit multiple hospitals, 35 dead, 72 wounded

The international medical charity Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French name Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said Thursday that an onslaught of airstrikes on hospitals over the past month in Syria have killed at least 35 patients and medical staff and wounded 72.

October 29, 2015

U.S. Army dismissed thousands of soldiers with mental health problems for ‘misconduct’: report

More than 22,000 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from brain injuries and mental health problems have been dismissed from the U.S. Army for "misconduct," an investigation by National Public Radio revealed on Thursday.

October 29, 2015

Federal Reserve refuses to charter a bank for pot sellers

The U.S. Federal Reserve has refused to charter a bank for marijuana businesses despite the U.S. Treasury issuing rules to allow banks to accept pot money last year.

October 28, 2015

CIA granted ‘secret level’ access to ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ filmmakers, foreign nationals: report

The CIA may have mishandled "briefings, interviews, visits and other support" given to the entertainment industry, says a previously classified report, now declassified and provided to Judicial Watch under a Freedom of Information Act request.

October 28, 2015

Military service members, families uncertain about their future: survey

Most service members joined the military at least in part because of the promised financial security. But they are becoming increasingly uncertain that these promises will pan out and such doubts are reducing willingness to stay in the military, according to an annual survey by Blue Star Families.

October 28, 2015

Activists to Congress: Twitter does not do enough to combat Islamic extremist propaganda

Compared to other social media outlets, Twitter has fallen far behind in the fight against Islamic extremism online, several activists told a Congressional committee on Tuesday.

October 28, 2015

Jihadi Jedis: Police find Darth Vader masks stashed in Islamic State terror cell in Turkey

Police in Turkey discovered a stash of Darth Vader masks when they raided an Islamic State cell in Diyarbakir on Tuesday.

October 28, 2015

Hillary Clinton campaign backtracks on VA remarks following backlash

Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign on Tuesday walked back the Democratic front-runner's weekend claim that issues with the Veterans Health Administration were not as "widespread" as Republicans and the media made them out to be.

October 28, 2015

Doctors Without Borders hospital bombed in Yemen

A Doctors Without Borders health clinics in Yemen was bombed in a Saudi-led airstrike on Monday, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit said.

October 27, 2015

Islamic State straps prisoners to ancient Palmyra columns, blows them up: report

Islamic State militants executed three prisoners in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria by strapping them to pillars and then blowing them up along with the ancient ruins, according to a new report from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

October 27, 2015

Moscow to U.S., allies: ‘Prove or deny’ Russia is ‘bombing civilians’

The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday summoned military attaches of the United States, NATO countries and Saudi Arabia to explain allegations that Moscow has been bombing civilian targets in Syria.

October 27, 2015

FBI warns police of anarchist plot to ambush cops in ‘Halloween Revolt’

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday issued a warning to police departments nationwide of a potential plot by an anarchist group to ambush cops on Halloween.

October 27, 2015

Obama weighing Pentagon suggestions for more ground troops in Iraq and Syria

President Obama's senior national security advisers have recommended measures that would move U.S. troops closer to the front lines in Iraq and Syria, officials have said.

October 27, 2015

Gen. John F Campbell picks Maj. Gen. William B. Hickman to head Afghan hospital bombing probe

Gen. John F. Campbell, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has appointed two-star Maj. Gen. William B. Hickman to lead a much-anticipated probe into the deadly bombing of a charity hospital in northern Afghanistan, his office announced Saturday.

October 24, 2015

Hillary Clinton: VA scandal “not as widespread” as Republicans claim

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton is taking fire from veterans groups over comments she made in an interview Friday saying the scandals at the Department of Veterans Affairs were "not as widespread" as Republicans have made them out to be.

October 24, 2015

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Kellan Howell

Articles by Kellan Howell

TSA denies claim that Harriette Charney, 90, had to remove blouse and bra during airport search

MSF: Syrian airstrikes hit multiple hospitals, 35 dead, 72 wounded

U.S. Army dismissed thousands of soldiers with mental health problems for ‘misconduct’: report

Federal Reserve refuses to charter a bank for pot sellers

CIA granted ‘secret level’ access to ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ filmmakers, foreign nationals: report

Military service members, families uncertain about their future: survey

Activists to Congress: Twitter does not do enough to combat Islamic extremist propaganda

Jihadi Jedis: Police find Darth Vader masks stashed in Islamic State terror cell in Turkey

Hillary Clinton campaign backtracks on VA remarks following backlash

Doctors Without Borders hospital bombed in Yemen

Islamic State straps prisoners to ancient Palmyra columns, blows them up: report

Moscow to U.S., allies: ‘Prove or deny’ Russia is ‘bombing civilians’

FBI warns police of anarchist plot to ambush cops in ‘Halloween Revolt’

Obama weighing Pentagon suggestions for more ground troops in Iraq and Syria

Gen. John F Campbell picks Maj. Gen. William B. Hickman to head Afghan hospital bombing probe

Hillary Clinton: VA scandal “not as widespread” as Republicans claim

Islamic State earns $50 million per month on oil sales

ACLU lawsuit against NSA mass spying dropped in federal court

Bristol Palin blasts ‘militant atheist’ Richard Dawkins over 9/11 comments

BLM illegally sold thousands of wild horses for slaughter: report