Category: Washington D.C. News

WASHINGTON- Tons of teddy bears, flowers, pictures, balloons and signs that read, “We All Miss You,” line the front of a small check cashing store on the 2300 block of Benning Road, N.E., where a well-known merchant was slain over the weekend. On June 17, the block was swamped with cars, as the First District […]

It’s been a year since the tragic accident on Metro’s Red Line claimed the lives of nine people and injured several others. But for the surviving families, whose grief was only deepened by this week’s huge memorial service at the Fort Totten station in Northeast Washington, it’s incumbent upon Metro to not only make amends […]

Singer and actor Tyrese Gibson asked the students of Ferebee-Hope Community School Complex to stand in their red uniform shirts and receive accolades from their teachers and parents on June 16 when he visited the school’s 21st Century Community Learning Center Afterschool Program’s commencement ceremony. Dressed in a soft gray suit, Gibson set aside time […]

Mayor Adrian Fenty has announced assignments for the 22,000 District-area youth looking to get some work experience under their belts this summer. Participants range in age from 16 to 22, and according to the mayor’s office, approximately 68 percent of this year’s participants in the Summer Youth Employment Program are from Wards 5, 7 and […]

The District of Columbia City Council has paid yet another tribute to slain intern Alonte Sutton. The governing body decided recently to display a photo of the youth among other deceased Council representatives at the John A. Wilson Building. Sutton, 18, had worked last summer as an intern for At-large Councilman Michael Brown. He was […]

City Council Chairman Vincent Gray, a candidate in this year’s mayoral race, poses with members of the American Federation of Government Employees, which has endorsed Gray. See story on Afro.com.

The number of unsolved homicides in the District of Columbia since 1980 continues an upward spiral. And, according to a member of the grassroots organization, Peaceoholics, a lot of it has to do with the lack of civic involvement, coupled with a general distrust of law enforcement. “Some people don’t know the difference between practicing […]

The Washington Juneteenth Jazz & Arts Festival, honoring D.C. native Duke Ellington, will be held on June 17 at the West Minister Presbyterian Church. The festival is in conjunction with the 11th Annual Washington Juneteenth National Holiday Observance. The festival, sponsored by the National Association of Juneteenth Jazz Presenters, is also a part of “June […]

WASHINGTON — Howard University College of Medicine is number three among the 141 American medical schools in producing doctors that meet the nation’s new health care needs, according to a study by George Washington University released Monday. The study in the June 15 edition of the Annals of Medicine is the first ever to score […]

The Washington, D.C. mayoral election between incumbent Adrian Fenty and City Council Chairman Vincent Gray has already been a bumpy ride—and things may have just gotten bumpier. Another disagreement between the pair emerged during the week of June 7 when both were slated to address the 2010 graduating class of Dunbar Senior High School. According […]

Mayor Adrian Fenty recently teamed up with Department of Health Director Dr. Pierre Vigilance to announce the interim appointment of Dr. Nnemdi Kamanu Elias as a senior deputy director for the District’s HIV/AIDS Hepatitis Tuberculosis and STD Administration. Prior to assuming the post, Dr. Elias was the chief medical director for HAHSTA. She will serve […]

The federal attorney who was assigned to oversee last year’s fatal shooting of Trey Joyner has passed the case over to prosecutors in Philadelphia. Ron Machen had been under heat to solve the June 8, 2009 shooting, in which six U.S. Park Police officers were accused of shooting the 24-year-old in the back. The officers […]