Category: Washington D.C. News

A middle-aged man was injured by an off-duty police officer in Northeast D.C. May 29 after trying to steal a bag of crab legs, according to reports. Anhtuan Phu Pham, 47, was shot by Theodore Dyson, a 26-year veteran of the police force, who was working as a security guard in a Giant Food Store […]

Advocates of the Second Amendment celebrated an announcement May 26 that struck down the District’s gun law requirement to show “good reason” to get a permit to carry a concealed firearm.  However, the celebration may be short lived as city attorneys filed an immediate appeal. In a ruling last week, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, […]

D.C. Council member Jack Evans (Ward 2) is poised to represent D.C. at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. (AFRO File Photo) Democrats in the District of Columbia selected delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention scheduled for July 25-28 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. As part of the platforms, several political leaders said […]

In two separate skirmishes at the D.C. Central Detention Facility, five inmates sustained stab and puncture wounds from homemade knives and other weapons on May 26. According to Sylvia Lane, a corrections spokeswoman, three of the men were taken to hospitals and two were treated by a prison doctor, she said. None of the wounds […]

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) advocates for the District in the U.S. House of Representatives. House Republicans turned back a local effort to loosen federal control over the District’s budget on May 25. Lawmakers voted 240 to 179 to approve H.R. 5233, a bill that stipulates that the District does not have the authority to […]

The H Street Community Development Corporation (HSCDC) and the Edmondson and Gallagher Property Services (E&G Group) will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony to publicly open the Barrow Milestone Residential, 2321 4th Street NE, in Ward 5, on June 8 at 11 a.m. HSCDC and the E&G Group are District-area entities that are focused oneconomic development in […]

Students in the District of Columbia are required to complete 100 hours of community service before graduating high school. Most high school seniors meticulously keep track of their hours until they reach their goal, but for Robert Morina, a senior at Washington, D.C.’s Eastern High School, giving back to his community is second nature. Morina’s […]

27-year-old Capital Community News reporter, Charnice Milton. (Courtesy Photo) The family of a local reporter who was killed in Southeast Washington, D.C. a year earlier gathered May 27 to honor the anniversary of the woman’s death, and to urge witnesses to come forward in both her case and in the city’s other unsolved homicides. According […]

In an effort to prepare for what is expected to be the most active Atlantic hurricane season since 2012, Washington, D.C. area utility Pepco unveiled a state-of-the-art vehicle that will monitor storm developments and pinpoint areas where disaster assistance may be needed. On May 25, Pepco officials introduced the mobile command unit at its office in […]

According to Virginia Ali, co-founder of Ben’s Chili Bowl, early metro closures will have an impact on her customers and employees. The District of Columbia’s night life will likely suffer a loss of business as the Metrorail system reverts to shutting down at midnight each day for almost a year starting on June 3. On […]

A security guard was arrested and charged with assault after refusing to let a transgender woman use the restroom inside of a Northeast grocery store on May 18, according to D.C. police reports. Officials are charging Francine Bernice Jones, 45, with simple assault, a misdemeanor, after police said she pushed a transgender woman, Ebony Belcher, 32, […]

LaRuby May is the D.C. councilmember for Ward 8. Washington D.C. residents who have criminal records and reside in Ward 8 had the opportunity to clean the slate at an Expungement and Record Sealing Fair May 17 at the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center in Southeast. Initiated by Councilmember LaRuby May (D-Ward 8), the event attracted 500 […]