Category: Washington D.C. News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol and its office buildings were briefly locked down Tuesday after suspects nearby shot at District of Columbia police with a small machine gun. As police officers gather in the background, a car sits with its doors open near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2016. The U.S. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia lawmakers have voted to put a statehood referendum on the ballot in November. Tuesday’s unanimous vote by the D.C. Council is part of Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser’s strategy to pursue the “Tennessee model” for statehood. Tennessee became a state after it crafted its own constitution and then was admitted […]

The Northern Virginia Urban League Young Professionals Network is scheduled to host an event in response to recent police-involved shootings across the country on July 14 at the for Shiloh Baptist Church’s Worship Center, 1401 Jamieson Avenue at 6:30 p.m. The group encourages interested individuals to share their thoughts, talk about every day actions that […]

The Fellowship of International Christian Word of Faith Ministries is scheduled to host its Annual Convention on from July 12 to July 14 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, located at 801 Mt. Vernon Pl NW. The primary purpose of each annual convention is for pastors, ministers and congregations of like precious faith to […]

The Credit Builders Alliance is scheduled to hold its third annual Credit Building Symposium July 13 and 14 at the Loews Hotel, 1177 Fifteenth Street, NW. The symposium will explore the linkage between credit building and the broader issues of income inequality, poverty reduction, and asset building. Hundreds of nonprofit organizations involved in credit building […]

The Mayor’s Office on African Affairs invites you to the 2nd Annual Young African ConneXions annual Summit on July 15. The event is themed “Impact through Leadership, Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship,” and is scheduled to be held at the Howard University School of Business Auditorium, located at 2600 6th Street, NW from 5 p.m. […]

To address the concern about Zika virus prevention, the D.C.  Department of Health is scheduled to hold an outreach event on July 16, in all eight wards, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., to provide educational materials and mosquito protection kits to residents. The event will inform residents on the proper use of insecticides, how to reduce […]

A Black Lives Matter sign is held up near the Capitol as a protest march about police brutality arrived after having started near the White House, Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Paul Holston) Nearly 1,000 protestors of all ages and races marched from the White House to the U.S. Capitol on July 7, […]

With the potential for a new President that strongly supports statehood for the District of Columbia – both Clinton and Trump are supporters – as well as a new Congress expected in November, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has begun priming the pump to reinvigorate the D.C. Statehood movement. Following a meeting of the Constitutional Convention […]

Gary Butler is a former advisory neighborhood commissioner. (Courtesy Photo) Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray handily won the June 14 Democratic primary over D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander. However, former Ward 7 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Gary Butler wants to make sure residents have an option in the general election. Butler recently resigned his position as […]

The District of Columbia continues to rank first in the nation for reaching low-income children with summer meals. According to Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation, an annual analysis by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), more than 22,000 low-income children in the District received summer meals on an average day in July 2015 – […]

Authorities say a Metro Transit Police officer fatally shot a man who fired at officers near a Metro station in northeast Washington, D.C. D.C. police said, in a statement, July 5 that Metro Transit Police officers investigating a large crowd setting off fireworks near the Deanwood Metro station late Monday spotted a man holding a […]