Category: Washington D.C. News

The multi-million dollar renovation of the Anthony Bowen YMCA has been completed and set for re-opening Sept. 9 after five years of overhauling. “The grand opening is set in stone,” said Jackie Dilworth, Director of Communications. In observance of 160 years of service as the first African American YMCA in the nation, the renovation of […]

A Capitol Heights man has pled guilty in connection with the abduction, robbery and assault of his pregnant girlfriend, according to a recent news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. According to the release, Christopher Devese, 22, pled on July 9 to kidnapping, assault with a dangerous weapon, robbery, and […]

Ronnie Moore, 48, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced July 23 to four years in prison on charges stemming from an incident in which he lured a woman into his car and then tried to sexually assault her, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. Moore pled guilty in May to assault with intent to commit […]

Dustin Metz, 30, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty on July 24 to possession of child pornography, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and other officials. Metz, who is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 17, faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of […]

Antoine Dyson, 42, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to a four-year prison term on charges stemming from a Capitol Hill robbery and a theft from an automobile in a downtown parking lot, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced July 25 in a statement. Dyson pled guilty in May 2013 to robbery and first-degree […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

D.C.-area activist Rocky Twyman had one message for the thousands of people he encountered July 29 in front of the Verizon Center: Beyonce Knowles is a demon and if you attend her concert, you are consorting with evil. The mission started earlier that day when Twyman gathered at the White House with several other citizens […]

Luigi Diotaiuti, an award-winning Washington, D.C.-based chef and restaurateur, has traveled the globe preparing his famed Italian cuisine for celebrities like George Clooney and dignitaries such as Hillary Clinton, yet if you ask him to name the capstone of his career, he’d tell you teaching cooking to Hyde-Addison Elementary School students in Northwest D.C. “I […]

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 […]