For the entire month of May, Washington, D.C. is going pink! The D.C. Cancer Consortium (DCCC) has launched “D.C. Goes Pink,” a month-long campaign dedicated to increasing cancer awareness and promoting regular cancer screenings. Partnered with the D.C. Department of Health (DOH), the United Medical Center, and George Washington University, the D.C. Cancer Consortium’s mission […]
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AFRO Staff Writers
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Father of Two Found Slain in Michigan Park
Over 100 family members and friends gathered May 10 at the Michigan Park Recreation Center in Northeast D.C., the day before the funeral of a 29-year-old Northeast Washington man who was found shot to death May 5. Frederick “Ziggy” Booker, 29, of Eleventh Street, NE in the Michigan Park neighborhood , was found in a […]
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Police Seek Help in Laurel Double Homicide
Police continue their search for suspects and a motive in the May 2 slaying of a man and woman inside a South Laurel apartment, possibly as the woman’s disabled daughter slept nearby. The bodies were found in the Montpelier Crossing apartment complex in the 9600 block of Muirkirk Road in South Laure about 8:15 a.m. […]