Winston Chaney
The Memorial Day holiday means a lot of changes to government services and getting around the area. Here are the major changes: The federal government will be closed, as will most local government offices in the D.C. area. No mail, except Express Mail, will be delivered. Most banks will be closed. Roads and major transit […]
Three inmates were taken to the hospital after a fight broke out at the D.C. Jail Thursday night. Some of the inmates at the D.C. Central Detention Facility suffered cuts and puncture wounds from a homemade weapon, or “shank.” Department of Corrections spokeswoman Sylvia Lane tells WTOP that five people were involved in the fight. They all suffered nonlife […]
Watching TV on a smartphone can pass the time during a long bus trip from the Washington area to New York City, but a local passenger was horrified to realize the driver of his bus was paying attention to the television program when he should have been keeping his eyes on Interstate 95. A local […]
Two Acquitted Officers in Freddie Grey Case — Turn The Tides — They Have Sued Baltimore’s Prosecutor
Two Baltimore police officers facing criminal charges in the death of a young black man whose neck was broken in the back of a police van have sued the city’s top prosecutor and an official in the sheriff’s office for defamation. Officer William Porter and Sgt. Alicia White filed the suit against Baltimore State’s Attorney […]
Under pressure to prevent people from sneaking onto runways and planes at major U.S. airports, authorities are cracking down — not on the intruders who slip through perimeter gates or jump over fences, but on the release of information about the breaches. A year after an Associated Press investigation first revealed persistent problems with airports’ […]
Beat the buzzer, visit the White House. White House officials said Tuesday that the Villanova men’s basketball team will visit with President Barack Obama next week. The visit comes nearly two months after Villanova won its first title since 1985, on a buzzer beater from Kris Jenkins against North Carolina. Obama’s love of hoops is […]
It looks like the Obama family has chosen a neighborhood to live in after Barack’s second term is over — welcome to Kalorama, Mr. President! The National Journal is reporting the Obamas intend to rent a home in Kalorama, a tony neighborhood in Northwest D.C. located between Massachusetts and Connecticut avenues popular with the diplomatic […]
After two trials and no convictions, Baltimore’s top prosecutor is facing criticism that she moved too quickly to file charges against six officers in the case involving a 25-year-old black man who died a week after he was critically injured in police custody, triggering riots a year ago. Even the judge overseeing the cases — […]
A violent attack last month on a Metro train has come to light Monday. A D.C. man is accused of sexual assault against a woman who had been sleeping on a Red Line train bound for Glenmont. Court documents indicate the incident happened on April 12 around 10 a.m. when the woman awoke on the train […]
If one was to use Donald Trump’s logic and wanted to “Make America Great Again,” we’d be taken back to the days when racially dicey language was part of federal laws. It’s a fact that laws have been written in this country with certain language that today would make us cringe, like: “Oriental” and “negro.” […]