48 year-old Linwood Barnhill, a former officer with Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Linwood Barnhill, 48, a former officer with Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) pleaded guilty June 20 to two counts of pandering (prostituting) of a minor and one count of possession of child pornography, law enforcement officials announced. The 24-year veteran, […]
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Citizen Opposition Increases to Rail Tunnel Expansion Under Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C. residents are decrying the District Department of Transportation’s (DDOT) seeming preapproval of CSX Transportation’s proposal to rebuild a tunnel in Southeast Washington before the completion of a federal environmental assessment of the plan. DDOT issued occupancy permits as early as December 2012 clearing CSX’s right-of-way to roads near the Virginia Avenue Tunnel pending […]
Posted inNational News
Republicans Block Passage of Bill Allowing Refinance of Student Loans
(AP Image) For the millions of Americans encumbered with college debt, relief was snatched away this week when Capitol Hill Republicans blocked measures that would have allowed borrowers to refinance their loans. House and Senate Republicans on June 11 stymied progress of the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, which would have allowed borrowers […]
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Fox News: Most Americans Support Voter ID Laws, Skeptics: Maybe Not!
A majority of Americans support voter identification laws, according to a recent Fox News poll. In the wake of the 2010 mid-term elections, during which Republicans swept into many state legislatures and governor’s mansions, voter ID requirements became a prominent and divisive issue. Thirty-one states have active voter ID laws, according to the National Conference […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Md. Health Lobbyist Group Backs District 45 Senate Candidate McFadden with Attack Ad
A Maryland health lobbyist group dove into the District 45 Senate race with a negative ad campaign against infamous political consultant Julius Henson, who is challenging Democratic veteran Sen. Nathaniel McFadden. The radio ad and flier were paid for by the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative, which wants the state tobacco tax increased from $2 to […]
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D.C. Court of Appeals to Allow Live Video Stream of Proceedings
The D.C. Court of Appeals is moving on up—in its use of technology. For the first time in its history, the court will allow a live video stream of its proceedings during oral arguments on June 17. “We are very pleased to utilize existing technology which will for the first time enable DC residents, and […]
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New Documents Shed Light on U.S. Spying on Mandela
American intelligence agencies spied on the late South African leader Nelson Mandela during his historic 1990 visit to the United States shortly after his release from a 27-year sentence for anti-apartheid activism. That revelation is but one of the findings from a batch of documents released by the FBI in response to a Freedom of […]
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D.C. Council Candidate Kelvin Robinson Pleads Guilty to Campaign Fraud Charges
Another Washington, D.C. political figure has been brought down by the federal investigation into the pay-for-play schemes of former District power player and businessman Jeffrey Thompson. Kelvin Robinson, a 2010 candidate for at-large and Ward 6 seats on the Council of the District of Columbia, pled guilty this week to a felony charge of conspiring […]
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Private Maya Angelou Memorial Service Set for June 7 at Wake Forest
A private memorial service for the late Maya Angelou, who died May 28 at the age of 86, will be held 10 a.m. June 7 at Wake Forest University’s Wait Chapel in Winston-Salem, N.C., the school announced this week. Due to limited seating capacity—the chapel seats 2,250 people—the family decided to reserve the service for […]
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Alabama Voters Need IDs or Friend-‘dentity’
Part 6 in a series detailing states’ efforts to keep citizens from voting. As Alabama voters trudged to the polls on June 3, many stepped into a new elections landscape, while for others, the view was all too familiar. In 2011, after Republicans took control of the state Legislature, they introduced laws that, some say, […]
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Black Press Icon Ray H. Boone Sr., Dead at 76
Raymond H. Boone Sr., a towering figure in the Black Press and founder, editor and publisher of the influential Richmond Free Press has died. He was 76. Boone died June 3 at his home after a months-long battle with pancreatic cancer, his family told the media. The Suffolk, Va. native obtained a bachelor’s degree in journalism […]
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A Journalist Remembers an Audience with Maya Angelou
I called her Winston-Salem, N.C. home promptly at our scheduled interview time, but an assistant asked, politely, if I would call back in just a few minutes. I gladly acquiesced, and, in that same spirit, when I called back waited patiently for her to make it to the phone. And then I heard her voice, […]