Category: Washington D.C. News

They called it “The Cut,” named for Jessup’s Cut, the community that straddled the B&O Railroad track that ran along the East Coast. But most people who referred to the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup by that nickname did so because of the maximum security prison’s controversial and often violent history. Closed since 2007, […]

Three days after the incident, Damon and Kim Hall seem visibly shaken to discuss it. “I have never had anything like that to happen to me,” said Kim Hall, 36, an attorney for the federal government. “I’ve had, you know, small racist things that people say, but never anything like this. She was yelling racial […]

A judge on Monday upheld the convictions of seven men found guilty in a 1984 murder of a woman who was found beaten and sodomized in a northeast Washington garage. D.C. Superior Court Judge Frederick Weisberg said the men, who argued their innocence in court earlier this year, had failed to present any scientific or […]

Legislators who advocate abortion rights for U.S. women added another victory July 31 as a bill to ban the procedure in Washington, D.C. after 20 weeks of gestation, failed to clear the House of Representatives. The D.C. Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, (H.R. 3803), was introduced by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) and it failed, on […]

For much of his public life in the District of Columbia, Ward 8 Councilman Marion Barry has been a polarizing figure in the city. As his career winds down, the group of people who supported Barry in his early days continues to support him now. A poll released in July by the Washington Post shows […]

Washington has been called the Murder Capital and the AIDS Capital. However, the District of Columbia overcame the first label. Now, some AIDS experts say that it is beginning to shake off the second one, too. “I want to dispel an urban legend that D.C. is the worst in the world,” Gregory Pappas, M.D., Ph.D., […]

In late June, The District of Columbia Housing Authority held a graduation ceremony for 24 senior residents at Garfield Terrace, 2301 11th Street N.W. The seniors were the first graduating class from the Connected Living program that focuses on digital literacy. It provides training and offers seniors living at the community access to technology, programming […]

It’s dusk on a summer Friday and a misty rain has slowed pedestrian traffic on U Street, NW. But though walkers are few, most of the trendy bars and restaurants on the street are packed. At Indulj, a restaurant and lounge near the corner of 12th Street, the tables are full and the bar is […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1,000 people marched through downtown Washington on July 22 to call attention to the ongoing struggle against HIV and AIDS, the subject of an international conference beginning held in the nation’s capital. Organizers said the aim of the “Keep the Promise” march was to remind world leaders and policymakers that […]

On Friday, July 27th, Adams Morgan will celebrate the completion of the 18th Street Streetscape project that remade the commercial corridor between Columbia Road NW and Florida Ave NW. DC Mayor Vincent C. Gray along with Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham will join business owners and residents to commemorate the largest public investment ever made […]

The Silver Spring Library is celebrating summer with a used book sale and free family-friendly programs on August 11. The used book sale will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will include thousands of titles in categories such as fiction, history, art, mysteries, romance, literature, cooking, biography, children’s and manga, Japanese comics. Hardbacks […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — William Raspberry, who became the second black columnist to win a Pulitzer Prize for his widely read syndicated commentaries in The Washington Post, died Tuesday. He was 76. Raspberry had prostate cancer and died at his home in Washington, his wife, Sondra Raspberry, told The Post. A Post spokeswoman confirmed his death. […]