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Kellan Howell

Kellan Howell

khowell@washingtontimes.com

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

In this June 16, 2014, file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. (AP Photo, File)

Islamic State hands out rules for sex slaves in Iraq

The Islamic State has made clear its justification for the rape and enslavement of non-Muslim women and children with a color-printed pamphlet "Question and Answers on Female Slaves and their Freedom," being distributed in Mosul.

December 13, 2014
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Pope Francis: All dogs go to heaven

There's a spot for man's best friend in heaven, according to Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of 1.2 billion Catholics around the world.

December 13, 2014
A general view of the Eshkol power station in the coastal city of Ashdod, southern Israel, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. A top official at a U.S. energy company developing natural gas fields off the coast of Israel urged Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, saying the agency is vital to clinching development deals for American companies in the region. **FILE**

Ex-Im Bank called vital for U.S.-Israeli offshore oil project

A top official at a U.S. energy company developing natural gas fields off the coast of Israel urged Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, saying the agency is vital to clinching development deals for American companies in the region.

December 10, 2014
University of Virginia students walk to campus past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Rolling Stone is casting doubt on the account it published of a young woman who says she was gang-raped at a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity party at the school, saying there now appear to be discrepancies in the student's account. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) **FILE**

Rolling Stone backs off on explosive U.Va. rape story claims

The explosive account in Rolling Stone of a brutal gang rape at University of Virginia fraternity lost more credibility Friday as the fraternity '"vehemently" challenged key facts in the story and the magazine’s editor expressed doubts about the key source and apologized for “discrepancies.”

December 5, 2014
District officers carry the casket of former Mayor Marion Barry up the steps of the John A. Wilson Building, Thursday to be greeted by Mayor Vincent Gray and Council Chairman Phil Mendelson. Mr. Barry's remains were to lie in repose for 24 hours before a procession Friday to The Temple of Praise church. A viewing is scheduled Saturday at the convention center. (Associated Press)

Marion Barry remembered by mourners

Mourners filed into the District's city hall on Thursday to honor the late "mayor for life," Marion Barry, praising him as a champion for youth, elderly, and black communities in the District.

December 4, 2014
Homeless Korean War veteran Thomas Moore, 79, adjusts his hat while wrapped in a blanket on a sidewalk in Boston on Nov. 20, 2013. Moore, who said he accidentally killed his best friend with a phosphorous grenade during one firefight and spent months afterward at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, also said he has no interest in getting a government-subsidized apartment. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Despite Michelle Obama’s vow to end veteran homelessness, VA fails miserably

While first lady Michelle Obama has personally crusaded to end veteran homelessness, the Veterans Affairs marquee program to address the problem has stumbled badly in outreach to homeless veterans, failing to answer, check on or provide prompt service to tens of thousands who called its help line, an internal investigation found.

December 3, 2014