Microsoft Corp. has donated $1 million to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opens this fall after five years of construction. “The stories, art and culture of African Americans are vibrant and important narratives in our nation’s history,” said Fred Humphries, corporate vice president of U.S. government affairs for Microsoft. […]
Maryland’s second Republican governor in 46 years said Thursday that he does not think Donald Trump should be the GOP nominee for president and will consider voting for someone else if he does end up on the ballot in November. Gov. Larry Hogan, a moderate Republican in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1, told […]
(This Photo is just showing what Hijab looks like) The D.C. Public Library is investigating after witnesses said a Muslim woman visiting the Shaw Library was asked by a library police officer to remove her headscarf or leave. Jessica Raven said it happened about a foot away from her on Wednesday, and she called it […]
A viewing is being held for a plainclothes narcotics officer who was killed in a shootout at a Maryland police station. Prince George’s County Detective Jacai Colson was killed March 13 by one of his fellow officers after a man began firing at a police station in Landover. A wounded suspect, 22-year-old Michael Ford, was […]
A JetBlue flight attendant accused of using her credentials to attempt to get 70 pounds of cocaine through airport security in Los Angeles before flinging off her heels and fleeing, has been arrested in New York, authorities said. Marsha Gay Reynolds surrendered Wednesday to federal authorities at John F. Kennedy International Airport, though it wasn’t […]
The minimum wage, public safety and education were all topics D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser touched on Tuesday night in her State of the District speech. “The state of the District of Columbia is strong. These days are bright … our best days are still ahead of us, and we will get there together,” Bowser told […]
Howard University is hoping to quell student anger which erupted into a protest and campus sit-in Tuesday afternoon. The university is defending its response to an allegation by a student that she was raped by another student in a campus dorm. With hashtags including #NoMeansNoHU and #RapeAtHoward, students took to Twitter and other social media […]
Maryland State Police say an Iowa woman was driving drunk when she crashed into a state police cruiser parked on the shoulder of a highway with its emergency lights flashing. The Cumberland Times-News reports (bit.ly/1RdBk18) that 35-year-old Karen Keister of Des Moines, Iowa, was charged Saturday night after the collision on U.S. 40 near state […]
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump made a rare appearance in Washington on Monday to try to shore up support from a skeptical Republican establishment, deliver a highly-anticipated speech to a major pro-Israel lobby — and, while he was at it, boast about the new luxury hotel he’s building in town. Trump, under political attack from […]
Court documents say three students at George Mason University have been arrested after alleged bomb-making materials were found in a dorm room. The documents say George Mason University Police officers went to the room Wednesday night after it was reported that flames were shooting out of the window. Search warrants say police found a leafy […]