Category: Washington D.C. News

This year’s D.C. tax sale inventory is a substantial and varied one, with properties owned by developers, banks and large non-profits totaling millions owed. High-priced condos also lead the list of delinquent taxes. The annual tax sale, scheduled for July 18, has property liens ranging from less than $200 to more than $300,000. The Office […]

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Police in the District of Columbia plan to start a website seeking tips and leads about a suspect whose DNA is linked to the 1998 killing of a young scientist in Georgetown and to a series of violent rapes in Montgomery County in the 1990s, investigators say. They hope a website […]

D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s economic plan for Ward 8, which he announced on June 27, struck a sour note with some of his campaigns supporters. Activists claim Gray quickly abandoned campaign promises to include leaders from the area in key positions to oversee all projects and programs and to be part of the decision-making. […]

One hundred years ago this year, 10 men matriculating at Indiana University came together to found Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Beginning July 2, members of Kappa Alpha Psi converged on Indianapolis, Ind., for the 80th Grand Chapter Meeting and celebration of the organization’s 100th birthday. With events scheduled from July 2 to 10, it appears […]

Four attacks against Metro bus drivers in June prompted a D.C. union to propose the installation of optional bus safety shields on July 1 before a panel of transit officials. In a letter issued by the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, which has 11,000 Metro workers, President Jackie Jeter told bus operators that they “deserved […]

(Washington, D.C.) –Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced that he will hold a Ward 8 Community Summit on Saturday, July 9 at the Thurgood Marshall Academy and Savoy Elementary School Gymnasium to discuss the unprecedented changes taking place in the areas near the Anacostia and Congress Heights Metro Stations. The purpose of the summit is to […]

A dozen protestors locked arms and patiently waited on June 25 to be arrested in front of a restricted part of the White House. D.C. activists and leaders called on President Barack Obama to help a city tired of being used a bargaining chip among elected officials. “You know I support Obama, but how can […]

At a June 24 Capitol Hill hearing on security gaps and safety within the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), several D.C. officials emphasized one point: Effective crime fighting requires sufficient crime fighters. Metro Transit Police Chief Michael Taborn, Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier and Del. Eleanor Holmes (D-D.C.) in their testimonies all agreed that […]

“Call it what it was: gang violence, not parade violence,” said a D.C. lawmaker, urging the public to not associate last weekend’s shooting with the D.C. Caribbean Festival, a summer staple that took place on June 25. The violence left one person dead and three injured. Four hours after the costumed parade ended at 1 […]

The stark reality that Washington, D.C. still ranks highly among cities in the number of HIV/AIDS cases cannot overlook the progress the city has made to address heath epidemics. A new report by the mayor’s office and the Department of Health (DOH) suggested that efforts to slow new cases of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis and sexually […]

To bring attention to the lack of job opportunities for some District residents, a newly-founded coalition of community groups is taking its campaign door-to-door. Founded in April, OurDC, a coalition of community groups, neighborhood associations, faith organizations and labor unions, plans to advocate against what it says is blatant discrimination against D.C. residents when it […]

Strained with the same economic burdens as the rest of the country, the D.C. Caribbean Carnival will be a shorter affair this year. Still, that has not dampened the excitement that surrounds the annual festival. “Be very careful with those wings,” warned Jeanette Callender, vice president of Roots and Culture, in a strong Trinidadian accent, […]