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(Washington, DC) — The District’s Ward Three Councilwoman, Mary Cheh and several other women were arrested last evening while protesting for DC rights on Capitol Hill. Cheh was part of a rally organized by DC Vote focusing on a bill passed by the House that would permanently impose a federal ban on using DC taxpayer […]
(Washington, DC) — DC Mayor Vincent Gray honored three freedom riders yesterday for their efforts to protest segregation 50-years ago. More than 400 civil rights activists boarded buses in Washington, DC in 1961 to challenge segregation policies as they traveled through the south. Abdul Aziz, Dion Diamond and Joan Mulholland were among those imprisoned in […]
(Washington, DC) — Those who live and work around the nation’s capital gathered to mark the death of Osama bin Laden on Monday. At the Pentagon, there was a quiet memorial as family and friends remembered those lost on 9-11, 2001. Meanwhile, security has been increased around Washington amid concerns over anti-American violence. DC Mayor […]
(Columbia, MD) — Speed cameras will soon be going up in Howard County after lawmakers there approved the measure on a four-to-one vote yesterday. A total of eight cameras will take pictures of drivers speeding through school zones beginning later this fall with two of them set up in mobile van units that can go […]
(Washington, DC) — DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier says the city is now under a heightened alert after the news that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by American Special Forces in Pakistan . Chief Lanier told WJLA-TV that there’s been no specific threat to the city, yet there is a heightened alert level right now […]
(Undated) –Celebrations have been breaking out across the nation following the death of Osama bin Laden. The news brought thousands of people to the White House overnight, where they waved American flags and chanted “USA!” In New York, hundreds gathered throughout the night in Times Square and Ground Zero. People attending baseball games in New […]
(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 […]