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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

Dr. Ben Carson has signed a petition calling for the destruction of the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Ben Carson plans ‘big announcement’ with PAC launch

Conservative superstar Dr. Ben Carson is set to launch his new campaign superPAC with a nationwide phone call announcement Wednesday night during which the former surgeon said he plans to make a major announcement.

September 10, 2014
FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2013, file photo, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice speaks during a news conference at the team's practice facility in Owings Mills, Md. Rice was let go by the Ravens on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released that appears to show the running back striking his then-fiancee in February. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Lawmakers condemn Ray Rice, support suspension

Politicians voiced support for the Baltimore Ravens' decision to cut running back Ray Rice from the team after video footage was released this week showing him punching his then-fiancée in an elevator.

September 9, 2014
FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2014, file photo, Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis presents her new education policy during a stop at Palo Alto College in San Antonio. Davis reveals in a new campaign memoir called "Forgetting to be Afraid" that she terminated two pregnancies for medical reasons in the 1990s, including one where the fetus had developed a severe brain abnormality. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Wendy Davis memoir discusses her abortions, ‘indescribable blackness’ that followed

In her new book set to go on sale Tuesday, Wendy Davis, the Democratic candidate in the Texas gubernatorial race, reveals that she had two abortions in the 1990s when she learned that both pregnancies had severe complications. Ms. Davis rose to Democratic fame when she filibustered against new state restrictions on abortion clinics.

September 6, 2014