Moses Malone, a three-time NBA MVP and one of basketball’s most ferocious rebounders, died Sunday. He was 60. Det. Jeffrey Scott of the police department in Norfolk, Virginia, confirmed that Malone died in a Norfolk hotel room. He said there was no indication of foul play. Malone’s body was discovered when he failed to report […]
Rowan County, Kentucky, Clerk Kim Davis returns to work Monday, saying she will not issue any marriage licenses that go against her religious beliefs, but she left the door open for her deputies to continue to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, as long as those documents do not have Davis’ name or title on […]
WASHINGTON — Fig & Olive restaurant in City Center closed Thursday night amid concerns about an outbreak that hospitalized four people with salmonella-like symptoms. The D.C. Department of Health is trying to determine the source of the outbreak. Environmental and food samples have been collected.Twenty cases of possible salmonella have been identified, but one two have been confirmed. Three […]
WASHINGTON — The pope is just weeks away from his visit to D.C., and whether you plan to attend the events or not, chances are you will feel the impact when it comes to traffic. Officials on Thursday offered new specifics on major road closures when the pope is in D.C., saying that the pope’s […]
New York City police officers have mistakenly detained a former professional tennis player as he waited for a car to take him to the US Open. James Blake told the New York Daily News that a group of five plainclothes officers slammed him to the ground and held him for 15 minutes on Wednesday. The […]
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will lead the welcoming committee for Pope Francis when he arrives in Washington for a historic visit later this month. The White House says the Obamas will make the rare trip to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, just outside Washington, on Sept. 22 to formally welcome […]
A man has died after he was struck by a Metrobus in Northeast D.C. last week. Metropolitan Police Department says 64-year-old Reginald Rubin Burrell was leaving a Metrobus in the 2800 block of Bladensburg Road NE at about 6:20 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, when he lost his balance, fell against the bus and eventually to […]
NEW YORK — Somehow, 17 years after their first match and a 27th time facing each other in competition, Venus and Serena Williams have arguably never met with this much on the line — with history so squarely pinned atop the net between them. And that’s saying a lot: These are sisters who have made history […]
MARBLE FALLS, Texas — A San Antonio school district has suspended two football players from the team after one of them ran into the back of a referee watching a play and the other dove into the official, the district’s athletic director said Sunday. Northside Independent School District athletic director Stan Laing told KENS5-TV that the players […]
As the Labor Day weekend wrapped up, many area kids who have yet to go back to school are starting a new year. Most school systems are announcing changes ahead of students’ return, including new start and end times to the school day and an increase in school lunch prices. WTOP has collected announced changes from […]