President Barack Obama said Saturday that the country is “a better place today” than when he graduated from college more than 30 years ago, citing his historic election as “one indicator of how attitudes have changed.” But gaps persist, he told Howard University’s Class of 2016, citing racism and inequality as examples. In a commencement […]
A federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital is due in court for an initial appearance. Eulalio Tordil, 62, of Adelphi is scheduled to appear in court Monday afternoon in Rockville, Maryland. He faces charges including first-degree […]
Police are searching for the gunman in a fatal domestic-related shooting at a Prince George’s County high school Thursday afternoon. According to Prince George’s County police, 62-year-old Eulalio Tordil, of Adelphi, followed his estranged wife, 44-year-old Gladys Tordil, onto High Point High School property in Beltsville, Maryland around 4:40 p.m. Police say Gladys Tordil had come to pick up her children who attend […]
Jordan Reed is sticking around in Washington, D.C., for just a little bit longer. The Washington Washington Football Team on Thursday announced that they agreed to a multi-year contract extension with Reed following his record-breaking season in 2015, in which he totaled 87 receptions for 952 yards and 11 touchdowns in 14 games. He has […]
The man who police say hijacked a Metrobus tried to attack the bus driver with pliers admitted to using synthetic marijuana and PCP before boarding the bus a block from his Deanwood home, court documents say. Keith J. Loving, 30, was ordered held without bail during a court hearing Wednesday afternoon. He is charged with […]
An Amber Alert has been issued for a 3-year-old boy whom police say is in “extreme danger” after his father beat his mother, then took him, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. At about 7 p.m. Wednesday, police say, Zion Clinton Amir Williams was taken by his father, 28-year-old Joshua Christopher Williams. Police say the child was last […]
Police were waiting for Deon Batty when he stepped off a Baltimore City bus traveling along a commercial strip near the public Douglass Homes on Valentine’s Day three years ago. When authorities asked Batty to empty his pockets, he pulled out a cellphone and handed it over. An officer dialed the number of a 77-year-old […]
A Metrobus driver is recovering after his bus was hijacked by an armed man in Northeast Tuesday morning. The incident is raising concerns over driver safety. It was a three-minute ordeal that threatened the safety of the Metro driver and his passengers and left a pedestrian dead. “There was a weapon of some sort that […]
The White House said Monday that President Barack Obama wasn’t offended by comedian Larry Wilmore’s use of a racial slur at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Wilmore concluded his remarks noting progress on race and how much it meant to him that a black man was president. He concluded: “Yo Barry, you did […]
Monday night’s thunderstorms have left at least one major road flooded, trees downed and thousands of people without power around the area. Beach Drive, in D.C., was closed between Route 410 and West Beach Drive due to flooding from Rock Creek. It was reopened shortly after 7 a.m. But flooding has also closed parts of Beach […]