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(Bristow, VA)  — DC area residents continuing the cleanup after severe storms and possible tornadoes damaged homes and toppled trees across the metro region on Wednesday .  There is no official confirmation yet on at least four possible tornadoes in the DC area, however, twisters were spotted near Bristow, Stafford, Triangle and Andrews Air Force Base.  […]

[[ note nature ]] (Washington, DC)  —   Four more women are now accusing a former DC teacher of sexual abuse. The women say Robert Weismiller had inappropriate sexual relationships with them while they were students in the 1970’s and 1980’s. The women join Ayana Blue, who claims Weismiller fathered her child while she was a […]

University of Maryland police officers arrested a 29-year-old English professor on the College Park campus on Wednesday morning after receiving a tip that he had an outstanding warrant in Baltimore for assault charges. Karl Zuehlke was handcuffed in front of his students right before English class was scheduled to begin, campus student newspaper the Diamondback […]

(Dulles, VA)  —  For the second time in weeks, an alleged heroin smuggler has been arrested at Dulles International Airport.  Federal authorities say Yomade Aborishade had ingested 100 heroin pellets, weighing about four pounds with a street value of 129-thousand-dollars.  Aborishade, who arrived at Dulles from Ghana, was taken to an area hospital and was charged […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Tens of thousands of government workers in the DC area are bracing for a government shutdown.  Nerves are high at federal agencies in downtown DC.  Outside the Environmental Protection Agency, workers told Channel 7 they don’t know how they’ll pay their bills.  The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association is concerned […]

There’s no getting around it. Washington, DC and its surrounding area was built on the back of the Federal government so the looming government shutdown will surely have a debilitating effect on the region’s workers. If no budget gets passed in Congress in time the federal government will be forced into furlough on Friday at […]

(Washington, DC)  —  The Prince George’s County school system has been fined over one-point-seven million dollars for improperly hiring hundreds of foreign teachers.  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division ruled that over a thousand foreign-born teachers had to pay fees that should have been paid by the Prince George’s County  School system.  The […]

The Washington D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial will be dedicated on August 28th, 2011. So far, they have raised $111Mil of the $120Mil goal! See how you can help below. As we celebrate Dr. King’s legacy and his vision of freedom and equality for all mankind, we encourage you to contribute to the […]

(Washington, DC)  — Mayor Vincent Gray is getting ready to deliver his first-ever State of the District address .  Mayor Gray will come to the podium tonight with a 31-percent approval rating.  While staffers say he’s expected to talk about the budget, Washingtonians may be more interested in hearing about the state of corruption in the […]

Gospel superstar Kirk Franklin paid a visit to Winston Chaney at the WYCB studios last week.