Billy Paul, the Philadelphia based singer has died at the age of 81, his website and manager confirmed. Paul, born Paul Williams, is best known for the Philadelphia International hit “Me and Mrs. Jones,” written by the legendary Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Paul had been diagnosed with cancer and was hospitalized last week, according […]
A Florida man who landed a one-person gyrocopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington in 2015 as a stunt to protest the influence of money in politics was sentenced Thursday to spend four months in jail. In sentencing 62-year-old Douglas Hughes, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said he displayed a total lack of concern […]
The artist affectionately known as Prince is dead. He was 57. His publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, told The Associated Press that the superstar “died at his home this morning at Paisley Park.” The local sheriff said deputies found Prince unresponsive in an elevator late Thursday morning after being summoned to his home, but that first-responders couldn’t […]
Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew on Wednesday announced the most sweeping and historically symbolic makeover of American currency in a century, proposing to replace the slaveholding Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the former slave and abolitionist, and to add women and civil rights leaders to the $5 and $10 notes. Mr. […]
The safety of area fire and EMS workers is a top concern after one firefighter was killed and another was seriously injured in Temple Hills. The two had forced their way into a home Friday after being asked to check on a person inside, who opened fire. “We just never thought in our time that […]
Mayor Muriel Bowser’s has gone a step above normal and plans to raise the minimum wage in the nation’s capital to $15 an hour; also includes a wage hike to $7.50 an hour for workers who rely on tips. While this may hurt the small companies, it’s great for the individual workers. Great job Mayor […]
Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton swept to resounding victories in Tuesday’s New York primary, with Trump bouncing back convincingly from a difficult stretch in his Republican campaign and Clinton pushing tantalizingly close to locking up the Democratic nomination. “The race for the nomination is in the home stretch, and victory is in sight,” Clinton […]
Parking tickets and traffic tickets are big business in D.C., and officials are doing more to go after drivers who don’t pay their fines. Ticket payments that are late by 100 days are considered debts. “They can report you to the credit bureau,” said John B. Townsend II, spokesman for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “It can impact […]
Empire stars Trai Byers and Grace Gealey have tied the knot. The 32-year-old onscreen eldest son of Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) wed his 31-year-old girlfriend, who plays Lucious’s ex-fiancée Anika Calhoun. TMZ reported that the duo exchanged ‘I do’s’ in a private ceremony at a mansion on Grand Cayman Island on Thursday, with a very […]
This story is a sad situation from all sides; when Emergency Personnel is called to a resident and the homeowner shoots and kills one and injures another when the Emergency Personnel breaks into the home to render assistance is more than a sad situation, it’s a complete tragedy. Here’s the update on the Emergency […]