Category: Washington D.C. News

Ivy Vine Charities, the nonprofit charitable foundation of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Omega Omega Chapter in Montgomery County, will host its 2014 Annual Benefit Golf Tournament to benefit higher education scholarships and the mission of Ivy Vine Charities May 2. The event will be held at Hampshire Greens Golf Course located at 616 Firestone […]

This month is full of red hearts for Valentine’s Day. It is also when attention is focused on heart disease, the leading cause of death for Black women in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Demonstrations throughout the country this month raised awareness for heart disease. The most widespread […]

Twenty-four people were slain in the District in the first 60 days of the year, a dozen more than were killed during the same time in 2013. The first to die was Claudia Hall, 51, of Northeast Washington, who was found dead Jan. 3 about 2:20 p.m. inside her home in the 300 block of […]

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) celebrated its 88th annual Black History Luncheon Feb. 22 at the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. The theme of this year’s celebration was “Civil Rights in America,” in honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This year’s luncheon […]

The D.C. Chapter of Jack and Jill of America held their 25th Anniversary of Jumoke celebration at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus, nown as THEARC, in Southeast D.C. Feb. 22. The event focused on community strength and artistic and cultural awareness. It offered children the opportunity to have a good time with other […]

A group of Howard University students received a $10,000 award on March 4 as part of the Ford Historically Black College and University Community Challenge Competition, which was designed to encourage students from HBCUs to conceive strategies that address sustainability challenges in African-American and Hispanic communities. “The Howard University students have demonstrated real commitment to […]

Yona Biru came to the United States after the military government takeover in Ethiopia resulted in a communist government. “I came to the U.S. with $12 in my pocket, including a $2 bill because I was told that was good luck,” Biru said. He worked hard, financing his education by working as a waiter. With […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Possession of less than one ounce of marijuana would no longer be a criminal offense in the nation’s capital under a bill approved Tuesday by the D.C. Council. If the bill becomes law as expected, the District of Columbia would join the 17 states that have decriminalized pot possession in some way. […]

If D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray gets his way, employment and commerce should soon be looking up in Washington D.C.’s Ward 8, the long-neglected southeast corner of the city, under an initiative called “forWARD 8: Investing in Our Future.” Under the initiative unveiled Feb. 26, Gray said he is calling for $2.5 million in the upcoming […]

U.S. Postal inspectors and D.C. police officers are investigating a brazen attack on a postal carrier as he went about his job in broad daylight Feb. 25 along a route where he has worked for years in Northeast Washington. It was about 4 p.m. and the carrier, whose name was not released because he is […]