Category: Washington D.C. News

WASHINGTON (HNS) – President Bill Clinton will deliver the Commencement address at Howard University on Saturday, May 11, on the Upper Quadrangle of the main campus, President Sidney A. Ribeau announced today. “We are thrilled that President Clinton has agreed to deliver this year’s Commencement address,” Ribeau said. “As a preeminent leader, humanitarian and advocate, […]

Candidates interested in winning over voters east of the river had a chance to speak directly to constituents at a Ward 8 Democrats Endorsement Forum held March 16 at the Imagine Southeast Public Charter School. Before the event kicked off, several people carrying signs and shouting support, rallied for D.C. Council member Anita Bonds, who […]

Audri Scott Williams walked thousands of miles to promote peace, now she’s on the move again, this time to bring attention to the environment. Williams, 57, is a little more than two weeks into a six-week walk from Washington D.C. to Tuskegee, Ala., her home. She struck out with a group of supporters March 1 […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service is updating its predicted peak bloom time for the District of Columbia’s cherry trees, now saying the peak bloom will come in early April. Officials had said the city’s famous cherry tree blooms would be at their best between March 26 and March 30. On Tuesday the National […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Gallery of Art plans to close its modern art galleries for three years to complete a $68 million renovation, adding new galleries and a rooftop sculpture garden. Federal funds will pay for renovations to the East Building’s infrastructure, totaling $38.4 million. Private donors are contributing $30 million to create 12,260 […]

To get a sense of just how much federal government spending influences the Washington metropolitan area, all you have to do is listen to the ads on an all-news radio station there. Instead of promoting happy hours and nightclubs, WTOP’s commercials are replete with buzzwords about cloud computing and fulfilling mission statements — pitches by […]

Four hundred Howard University students are planning to forego frolicking in the tropics or just resting and relaxing at home to work as volunteers in seven major U.S. cities as part of the school’s Alternative Spring Break program, officials said. Students raised $50,000 during a 12-hour radiothon held March 3 at the university’s radio station, […]

Former D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown said his campaign is gaining momentum for next month’s special election as he knocks on doors, visits churches and plans to attend a series of fundraisers scheduled before the March 10 finance reporting deadline. “Now that I’m cleared, people are focusing on my campaign,” Brown said in an […]

Shauna-Kay Creary, a student of the University of the District of Columbia was recently selected as a participant for the 2013 NCAA Division II Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships in the Long Jump event. Student -athletes qualified for the championships by reaching the automatic and provisional standards established for each event. “I’m elated with […]

Spingarn High School opened to fanfare among Washington Blacks in 1952. Named for Joel Elias Spingarn, the educator for whom the NAACP’s prestigious Spingarn Medal is named, the school boasts among its graduates NBA greats Elgin Baylor, who went on to serve 22 years as general manager of the L.A. Clippers, and Dave Bing, now […]

Rock Newman, one of the major political players in Washington during the 1990s, is back in town and attracted a powerful group of elected officials to the launch of his new radio program Feb. 23 at a small studio in Southeast Washington. Those who took to the microphone to participate in the first Rock Newman […]

Little Eriona Birts, 6, a first-grader at Friendship Public Charter School in Northeast Washington spent the afternoon of Feb. 16 playing games and eating pizza at a welcome home party at the Chuck E. Cheese’s in Largo, Md. It was a special celebration orchestrated by her father, Eric Birts, who had spent many frantic moments […]