Category: Washington D.C. News

On any given weeknight, Khalil Lee is likely to be dancing around the house with his mother, Kisha. From two-stepping to Motown hits, and doing “the dougie” to rapping with Fetty Wap, the Flint Hill School senior knows how to have fun. Lee’s fun-loving personality follows him on to the field as well—according to the […]

Washington, D.C.’s homicide count stands at 28 following four slayings between March 16 and April 3, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Gabriel Carlos Turner was killed going to a bus stop after leaving his mother’s apartment. (Courtesy Photos/Metropolitan Police Department) Those 28 deaths are on track with last year’s pace; the city saw 29 […]

8-year-old Relisha Rudd (Courtesy Photo) A new two-day search in connection with the case of Relisha Rudd, a homeless D.C. child missing for more than two years, met with no success, authorities said. Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier on April 7 announced that the new search, which included members of the Metropolitan Police […]

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton firmly supports D.C. budget autonomy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) On March 18, D.C. Superior Court Judge Brian Holeman ruled that D.C.’s mayor and council have the right to control how locally-generated dollars are spent, not the U.S. Congress. The decision was based on a budget autonomy referendum passed by District voters […]

Paul Quander was a former D.C. deputy mayor for public safety and justice. (AFRO File Photo) Paul Alonzo Quander Jr. died on March 23 of cancer at the age of 61. He was one of the District’s most accomplished sons, serving as deputy mayor for public safety and justice from 2011-2015 under Mayor Vincent Gray (D), […]

Crafted to meet the changing political and social landscape where centuries-old laws were being dismantled, the Antioch School of Law, later the University the D.C. Law School, and now the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL), embraced the mantra “Challenge Authority” from its inception. Panelists celebrating the legacy of The Antioch […]

Ivanhoe Donaldson was SNCC activist and a Marion Barry close friend. (AFRO File Photo) Friends and colleagues of the late former District deputy mayor Ivanhoe Donaldson remembered his passion for civil rights, his keen political acumen, and his close relationship with the late Marion S. Barry. Donaldson, 74, died April 3 of cancer. Former D.C. first lady Cora […]

Toya J. remembers waking in to the emergency room of George Washington University hospital, not sure how she had got there or what was causing her extreme pain. A police report would later fill in the gaps of her memory, documenting what witnesses described as a violent attack against her by a group of young […]

Panelist Sean T. Wallace, supervising housing counselor at University Legal Services; William Fitzgerald Jr., of Long and Foster Real Estate; attorney Sandy Bellamy Thomas; Benjamin Banneker Development Corporation head; and attorney Johnny Barnes discussed preventing foreclosure and evictions. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) It is not uncommon in the District to find investors surveying neighborhoods […]

Participants in the Test My Breast 5-K Walk at Hains Point in East Potomac Park got a vigorous workout before and during the walk on April 2.

Charlotte and Jonny have been best friends since they were children. Now, as college students, they toy around with making their friendship romantic…or, not. Gradually, secrets and truths emerge in this unexpected love story from one of the writers of Showtime’s Masters of Sex. The performance will play at the Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Avenue, […]