This morning, students will head to classes as they have always done. The football team will take to the field to prep for their game against Brigham Young University next weekend. But something is very different at the University of Missouri campus. Students on Tuesday woke up to what protesters call a small but important […]
Parking at a metered spot in the District of Columbia could become a pricey proposition, with a pilot project imposing fees up to $8 an hour. The Washington Post reports the District is implementing the program in its Chinatown and Penn Quarter neighborhoods. The base price of $2 an hour will go as high as […]
Black football players at the University of Missouri have joined calls demanding the ouster of the president of the state’s four-campus university system over alleged inaction against racism on campus. About 30 players made their thoughts known Saturday night in a tweet posted by Missouri’s Legion of Black Collegians. “The athletes of color on the […]
A man who flew a gyrocopter through some of America’s most restricted airspace before landing outside the U.S. Capitol earlier this year will plead guilty to a felony in connection with the incident, his lawyer said Thursday. Attorney Mark Goldstone said in an email that his client Douglas Hughes is expected to plead guilty to […]
WASHINGTON — The experience of driving on Interstate 66 from D.C. to Virginia can rattle even the most experienced of drivers. On any given day, it seems, motorists find themselves dodging potholes, avoiding drivers who don’t signal, maneuvering around construction sites or sitting for hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Many of the headaches drivers experience are […]
Even the NBA’s reigning defender of the year couldn’t stop Bradley Beal on Wednesday night. Beal made a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds remaining to punctuate his 25-point performance against Kawhi Leonard and lift the Washington Wizards to a 102-99 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. “It’s just me coming into my own I guess,” said […]
WASHINGTON — More than a hundred people, some of whom had been there for more than 24 hours, camped out in sleeping bags, deck chairs and blankets on the sidewalk on 14th Street, awaiting Wednesday’s 6 a.m. opening of the District’s first Chick-fil-A franchise. The chicken itself was only part of the appeal: The first 100 people in line […]
WASHINGTON — A 27-year-old man died early Sunday after being held in the custody of special police officers in Southeast D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department. D.C. police say around 4 a.m., officers were called to the area of Good Hope Road Southeast, near 23rd Street Southeast, to investigate a report of an assault at a […]
Election night in Virginia brought no major surprises and kept the state Senate and House of Delegates in the hands of Republican lawmakers. But several minority candidates made history in local races. Two of the most-watched General Assembly races in the region were won by Democratic candidates but the wins did nothing to give Gov. Terry […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — It’s Election Day in Maryland, and voters are casting their ballots for city mayors and council members. In College Park, whoever is elected mayor will make history: Councilwoman Denise Mitchell would become the city’s first black female mayor; Councilman Patrick Wojahn would be the first gay man to hold the office. Seats are […]