Category: Washington D.C. News

Rapper Wale is “overjoyed” with the birth of his first child, a baby girl named Zyla Moon Oluwakemi. “What’s better than holding your fresh baby on ur chest and watching TV? Fatherhood is wavy,” the D.C.-area rapper wrote on Twitter. “I’m ridiculously proud of this creation.” According to TMZ, the arrival of baby Zyla caused […]

Metro’s nine-month maintenance surge will soon affect riders on the heavily traveled red line for the first time. Starting on August 1, trains will be sharing a single track in both directions between the Silver Spring and Takoma stations, disrupting the commute for thousands of Maryland residents. The single-tracking will last for one week. On […]

The District’s record heatwave, with temperatures lingering around the 100-degree mark, has spurred D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) to sign legislation requiring Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) to procure 50 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2032 for its customers in the city, and 5 percent of its electricity from solar cells. […]

The goal of traveling abroad to exotic locations and absorbing foreign cultures was not only attainable for twin sisters Janine and Jeanette Hewitt, but one they actively worked toward as tweens growing up in Washington, D.C.’s Ward 7. Now graduate students, the Hewitts have spent summers in distant locations for seven years, and despite the […]

Department of Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt along with other D.C. officials informed residents July 25 that special precautions were being put into place to protect all from the unusually hot climate conditions in the city. (Courtesy Photo) More than 500 residents and visitors to the District had to be treated for illnesses amid the […]

Two local Delta Sigma Theta sorority chapters and dc.gov held a discussion with D.C. residents on systematic social inequalities, such as the lack of affordable housing, insufficient healthcare, and inadequate incarceration. The event, organized by the Delta Washington, D.C. Alumnae and the Federal City Alumnae chapters, was held on July 19 in Northwest D.C. and […]

Chanelle Blackwell founded public relations firm CPBlack Media. (Courtesy photo) When Chanelle Blackwell of Stafford County, Va. finished Virginia Tech in May 2007, she said she wanted to practice law. So she moved to D.C. after college and went to American University Washington College of Law. “It was kind of an interesting journey,” she told […]

Authorities are still investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred on July 23, Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson Alice Kim told the AFRO. According to Kim, at about 7:50 p.m. July 23, an off-duty police officer heard the sound of gunshots in the 5200 block of Georgia Avenue NW. The off-duty officer went to investigate and […]

The District of Columbia’s Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) released a draft of climate adaptation protocols and procedures, and an assessment of the city’s most vulnerable areas. The action plan, Climate Ready DC, identifies current and future impacts of a changing climate on the District’s infrastructure, public facilities, and residents. According to the plan, […]

Cirque Italia, the first traveling WATER circus in the U.S., is scheduled to be in the area from July 28-31. The circus will be held at Potomac Mills Mall, 2700 Potomac Mills Cir. Ticket costs range from $10 -$50 and can be purchased at cirqueitalia.com/tickets. The show is for people of all ages.

The Kennedy Center, in partnership with the Dizzy Feet Foundation and Del.  Eleanor Holmes Norton(D-D.C.), invites everyone to celebrate the art of dance as it hosts the Northeast’s installment of National Dance Day on July 30 from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.The free, day-long celebration takes place on the Kennedy Center’s North Plaza, 2700 F […]

Pepco and its parent company, Exelon, are seeking to win the trust of District electric customers after asking the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia for an increase in the rates they charge their commercial and residential customers. On July 20, William A. Von Hoene Jr., the senior executive vice president and chief strategy […]