Winston Chaney
Beginning next month, it will cost more to park at a metered space in the District. Parking rates at all of D.C.’s nearly 15,000 meters will be $2.30 an hour for commercial and passenger vehicles effective June 1, 2016. The change will be a 30-cent increase from the current $2 rate for premium-demand zones, which […]
Washington, D.C. is asking people to be wary of an email that says you have an overdue parking violation. D.C.- area residents have received emails that have “Notice of Overdue Parking Violation(s)” in the subject line. In the email, it says the recipient has past-due fines and a late fee will be implemented. Also, […]
George Zimmerman, the man who was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in 2013, is selling his gun. The 9mm pistol that Zimmerman, 32, said was used to shoot and kill Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012, is up for sale Thursday on gunbroker.com. “The firearm for sale is the firearm that was […]
Montgomery County police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a man who tried to sexually assault a 16-year-old girl in the Briggs Chaney area of Silver Spring last week. The suspect is described as an African-American man in his early 30s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 200 pounds. […]
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Tuesday he seriously considered ordering a shutdown of the entire Washington Metro subway system last week and may still do that if local officials don’t follow Transportation Department safety directives. “We have the ability to withhold (federal) funds from Metro. We have the ability to shut Metro down, and we’re […]
North Carolina State University’s victorious 1983 men’s basketball team finally got its day at the White House on Monday. Older but no less happy, team members debated with President Barack Obama whether the famous, game-winning dunk came after a shot or pass. At the time, the school wouldn’t cover the players’ transportation to Washington or […]
As the region’s problem-plagued Metro system continues its work to address serious safety concerns along the rail lines, it appears the delays and shutdowns may be wearing thin on riders. Newly released ridership numbers from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority are out and they show a 4.8 percent drop in people taking Metro compared to […]
Authorities say a Florida man was bitten by an alligator after he mistook it for dead. Orlando television station WESH reported Sunday that 41-year-old Bryan Rohm was bitten on the thumb and taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center for treatment. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office says Rohm and his son were on a boat Saturday […]
President Barack Obama said Saturday that the country is “a better place today” than when he graduated from college more than 30 years ago, citing his historic election as “one indicator of how attitudes have changed.” But gaps persist, he told Howard University’s Class of 2016, citing racism and inequality as examples. In a commencement […]
A federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital is due in court for an initial appearance. Eulalio Tordil, 62, of Adelphi is scheduled to appear in court Monday afternoon in Rockville, Maryland. He faces charges including first-degree […]