Civil rights leader and former congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy has been released from custody after a judge recalled an arrest warrant for him. Fauntroy was arrested Monday at Dulles International Airport on an outstanding warrant for writing a bad check in Maryland. On Tuesday, a Maryland judge recalled that warrant and scheduled a new hearing […]
Police arrested a former D.C. congressional delegate and civil rights leader at Dulles International Airport Monday as he returned from four years overseas. Former D.C. delegate and civil rights leader Walter Fauntroy was picked up by border patrol Monday after arriving on a flight from Dubai to Dulles. The 83-year-old is wanted in Prince George’s […]
Pat Summitt, who built the University of Tennessee’s Lady Volunteers into a perennial power on the way to becoming the winningest coach in the history of major college basketball, has died. Summitt passed away Tuesday after battling early onset dementia, “Alzheimer’s type,” according to a statement from the Pat Summitt foundation. She was 64. “Since […]
They face charges of rape, murder, assault with a deadly weapon and DWI, among other crimes. On Sunday, they were all God’s children, minister Vinny Abbruscato, 61, said as he and others baptized 39 inmates at the Durham County jail. In two small wading pools set up in a secure parking lot, and under the […]
Kirk Franklin — gospel music’s biggest superstar took home the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award at the 2016 BET Awards held in Los Angeles. Upon accepting his award, he gave a touching speech – reminding the world that when you think you have hit rock bottom — just remember that Jesus is the Rock […]
D.C. police are looking for Sophia Proctor, 9, who has been deemed as “critical missing” by authorities and was last seen about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. She was also last seen at the 1000 block of 14th Street NW. Proctor is a young black girl, four feet eight inches tall, between 50 to 60 pounds, with […]
House Republicans sought to end an extraordinary day of drama and a 16-hour sit-in by Democrats in the early hours of Thursday morning by adjourning for a recess that will last through July 5. The move is an effort to shut down a protest that began Wednesday morning when Democrats took over the House floor […]
Officials say a second-grade student was left on his school bus and pried the bus door open to get out more than an hour later. Arnise Grinage says her 7-year-old son Antonio Grinage apparently fell asleep on his bus ride to The Children’s Guild D.C. Public Charter School on Monday morning and woke up to […]
The region has begun cleaning up after a round of powerful thunderstorms and sometimes-severe weather made their way through the area Tuesday night. Thousands of people are still without power in the area, particularly in Howard County, Maryland, where a tornado touched down for nearly 20 minutes Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service confirmed — an […]
The Memorial Bridge is one of the most historic, gorgeous, and well-traveled bridges linking Virginia to D.C., but it could shut down by 2021 if it doesn’t get a major safety overhaul, according to Virginia’s senators and the mayor of D.C. “We just had a sobering tour of America’s most iconic bridge,” said Sen. Mark Warner, […]