Marvin Palencia, 38, of Hyattsville, was found guilty by a jury recently of first-degree murder while armed and other charges in the slaying of a man in a downtown office building, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced in a statement. Palencia, who was also found guilty of two gun charges and tempering with evidence, […]
Category: NEWS
Posted inWashington D.C. News
D.C. Baptist Convention Weighs into Battle Against Large Retailers
Religious leaders have gotten into the fight against large retailers in the District of Columbia in support of ensuring residents of the city are making living wages. Rev. Patrick J. Walker, president of the Baptist Convention of the District of Columbia, said he is urging D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray to sign the Large Retailer Accountability […]
Posted inHealth
Medical Advances, Evolution Enhances African American Use of Bone Marrow
Fred Craig was 50 years old when members of his Washington, D.C. church convinced him to donate some of the innermost tissues in his bones to an unnamed recipient. The year was 2000 when a spring bone marrow drive at the Dupont Park Seventh Day Adventist Church added his name to the only donor registry […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Upper Marlboro Man Convicted in Conspiracy to Steal $1.4 million from Baltimore Housing Authority
A federal jury on July 24 convicted Daren Kareem Gadsden, aka “D,” 36, of Upper Marlboro, for conspiring to steal almost $1.4 million from a Baltimore City Housing Authority bank account, according to a statement by U. S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and other officials. “Daren Gadsden stole from the […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Scaffolded
Renovation is underway at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Northwest Washington to remove the controversial “drum major” inscription from the side of the structure. On a recent afternoon, the 30-foot statue, a likeness of King with arms folded emerging from a “Stone of Hope” was surrounded by scaffolding, some […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Still No Answers in Death of Hampton Freshman
As the new school year approaches, students from Baltimore to the Hampton Roads region of Virginia remember David Tolulope Esan, the Hampton University freshman who drowned in a campus swimming pool during a school-sponsored celebration in March. Esan, 17, a graduate of Western School of Technology and Environmental Science in Baltimore County, was attending a […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Beyonc Lands in D.C. during her “Mrs. Carter World Tour”
All hail to the queen, the Queen B, that is. After months of traveling the country, the “Mrs. Carter World Tour,” the most recent concert tour by singer/dancer/songwriter/actress Beyoncé, finally stopped in Washington D.C. for two sold-out performances on July 29 and 30 at the Verizon Center in Northwest Washington. At the July 29 concert, […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Woman Arrested in DC Cathedral Vandalism
WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. police say a woman has been arrested at the Washington National Cathedral in connection with vandalism there. Assistant Chief Peter Newsham said the woman was arrested in the area of the cathedral Monday after green paint was found splattered there. He said the woman would likely face charges of destruction of […]
Posted inBaltimore News
A Special Delivery Birth: 4:13 A.M. at the Corner of Calvert & Franklin Streets
Three days past her due date, a Baltimore mother-to-be gave birth in the front seat of her SUV to her second child, while she and her husband attempted to make it to the hospital in the early hours of July 27. Wendy and Gerard Talley, both 32, were enjoying a typical Friday evening at their […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Gentrification in Overdrive on DC’s 14th Street
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Great Recession and its messy aftermath will go into the record books for many things: jobs lost, household wealth destroyed, foreclosure auctions held. But the epic downturn is also the reason it’s so hard to score a table at Le Diplomate, the perpetually packed new French brasserie on 14th Street NW. […]
Posted inNational News
Justice Department to Press Texas to Seek Clearance of Election Changes
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced July 25 that the Justice Department plans to ask a federal court to require Texas to obtain approval from the federal government before the state can implement future voting changes. This “bail in” request is available under the Voting Rights Act “when intentional voting discrimination is found,” Holder said. “Based […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Police Arrest Baltimore’s Latest ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ for Execution-Style Shooting
Baltimore police July 25 arrested Capone Chase, 19, less than a week after naming the suspect “public enemy number one” for the execution-style shooting death of Ramon Rodriguez, 21. Chase was arrested without incident in the 1500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in the early morning hours, police said. Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said public response […]