Category: Washington D.C. News

Maria N. Werts, 49, pled guilty May 21 to involuntary manslaughter and driving under the influence stemming from a traffic fatality where she struck and pinned a pedestrian to a tree, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced in a statement. Sentencing is scheduled for July 26, 2013. The plea agreement calls for Werts to […]

Julian Zapata Espinoza, aka “Piolin,” 32, pleaded guilty May 23 to the murder of U.S. ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila in Mexico. The court also unsealed the guilty pleas of three other defendants on related murder, attempted murder, racketeering and accessory charges, according to a […]

Memorial Day drew thousands of people to Arlington National Cemetery to pay respects to our nation’s fallen military men and women. Others came to visit loved ones. This place of peace and honor holds a special significance in our nation’s history. It holds a special place in Black History, as well, according to the cemetery […]

Alassane Traore, a senior at Friendship Collegiate Academy in Washington, D.C., has won a four –year scholarship, one of dozens of local students whose academic achievement and citizenship are being celebrated as they head toward graduation. Traore, 17, was awarded the Benjamin Templeton scholarship by Hanover College in Hanover, Ind., The scholarship, which is valued […]

Robert Paul Dickey, a well-known Washington D.C. pediatrician, was directed to spend Memorial Day weekend in jail following a brief D.C. Superior Court appearance May 23. Dickey faces possession of child pornography charges. As he walked into the courtroom, holding his oversized orange prison uniform up to his chest, he sat down with a slight […]

Over 80 Faith Leaders have asked the DC City Council to do more for the most vulnerable of the city’s poor in this year’s budget deliberations. Faith leaders have written and visited with City Council members urging efforts to alleviate poverty in the city. “It is our moral responsibility to speak out for human dignity […]

At the next legislative meeting of the Council of the District of Columbia, Councilmember Anita Bonds (D-At-large) will introduce legislation titled, “Senior Citizen Real Property Tax Homeowner Relief,” which will allow residents who have maintained residency for 25 years or more to be exempt from real property taxes, if the homeowner is aged 80 years or […]

A Southeast Washington pediatrician has been charged with possession of pornography depicting children, officials said. Robert Paul Dickey, 73, who runs his medical office out of his home, was charged after FBI agents who arrived at his office on May 8 found him on a computer looking at a website that features child porn. He […]

They came from points in the city where people aren’t enthralled with the boom that has led to an explosion in young, moneyed Whites who have changed the flavor of their neighborhoods and whose willingness, and ability, to pay sky-high prices for housing have left them wondering what they will do to live. For the 125-plus long-time District residents […]

Thirty-two Howard University undergraduate students from science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields will travel to eight countries this summer to conduct research projects as participants in National Science Foundation-funded Global Education, Awareness and Research Undergraduate Program (GEAR-UP). The program to increase global engagement of graduates in engineering and other sciences through study and research abroad […]

Christopher Young, 18, of Washington, D.C., must have really wanted a dog. So much so that he snatched one in an armed robbery, authorities said. But instead of a furry companion, he’s going to have burly friends in the pen as his buddies. He was sentenced to four years in prison for the canine caper. […]