Category: Washington D.C. News

Langley High School in Fairfax County, Va. recently suffered the deaths of two students just a day apart from each other. Fairfax County police discovered the first student, a 17-year-old male, in the afternoon hours of Feb. 3 after responding to a report of a body seen in a wooded area of Scott’s Run Nature […]

D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe said he was personally acquainted with a 77-year-old longtime city employee who died of a heart attack the same day he was denied care by officials at a Northeast Washington fire station. In an interview with Fox 5 News in Washington D.C., Ellerbe said his department continues to investigate the death […]

A coalition of Southeast Washington, D.C. residents said they were cautiously pleased following a Jan. 16 meeting with Mayor Vincent Gray to voice their concerns over plans by CSX Transportation to expand the Virginia Avenue Tunnel. “After hearing our concerns he said he would not allow a proposal that would endanger the health and safety […]

The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia has been tainted with allegations of police misconduct following two highly-publicized cases in which officers were accused of sexual abuse charges involving minors. In the wake of that scandal, department Chief Cathy Lanier faced tough questions during a D.C. City Council hearing on Jan. 24. Three […]

Beginning in February, D.C. residents will have the option of doing away with their old garbage and recycling cans. Mayor Vincent Gray recently announced that he had secured approximately $9 million in funding for the Department of Public Works to distribute new garbage cans and recycling containers to residents who receive trash and recycling collection […]

According to its motto, The Twelfth Street Christian Church is “a place of inspiration where you will discover something wonderful.” When it turned 100 recently, members celebrated the fact that their church has been inspiring people and helping in the community for an entire century. The church marked 100 years of service with a Centennial […]

Seven local environmental groups and businesses joined forces Feb. 3 in a new coalition, United for a Healthy Anacostia River, to advocate the cleanup of that polluted waterway and educate the public about its toxic content. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Anacostia estuary, a tributary of the Potomac River that drains an area […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia lawmakers took a long-awaited first step Tuesday toward decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, but not before watering down the bill to maintain criminal penalties for smoking in public. In the first of two votes on the bill, the D.C. Council voted 11-to-1 to make possession of up […]

African American engineers, mathematicians, and members of the science and technology community will converge on the nation’s capital in less than two weeks for the annual Becoming Everything You Are STEM Conference. The conference includes training, mentorship opportunities, workshops, and career fairs for professionals already in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields, and also […]

University of the District of Columbia Director of Athletics, Patricia Thomas has been selected to serve on the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Committee representing the East Region. “This appointment is a great honor for our Director of Athletics and for the University,” Interim President Dr. James E. Lyons said. “The NCAA Division II Women’s […]

Acclaimed vocalist Julia Bullock will make her Kennedy Center debut at the Terrace Theater on March 2. A prize winner of Bard Conservatory’s Concerto Competition, Bullock was the first recipient of the Mimi Levitt Scholarship at Bard College’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program, where she earned her master’s degree. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the […]

The Howard University Health Sciences (HUHS) officially marked the launch of its state-of-the art Simulation Center with a grand opening ceremony on Jan. 23. The 6,000-square foot facility, the first-of-its-kind with cutting-edge-cross-disciplinary design in the United States, will provide top training to more than 800 health sciences students and post-graduate trainees across 20 programs including […]