(Washington, DC) — Police have identified the man killed when someone opened fire Saturday near DC’s Caribbean Festival Parade. Forty-three-year-old Robert Foster, of the District, died at the hospital. Three others were being treated for gunshot wounds. Police are not confirming reports the violence may have been gang-related, but investigators also believe it had nothing to do […]
(Washington, DC) — A criminal investigation is underway after boxes of burial records from Arlington National Cemetery were found in an abandoned storage unit in Northern Virginia. The records were discovered June 10th and news of their recovery was made public during a U.S. House hearing yesterday. The 69 boxes contained copies of grave cards given to a contractor to help create a […]
(Falls Church, VA) — The husband of a Falls Church Council member is facing charges for alleged sexual contact with underaged girls. Charges against Michael Gardner include felony sexual battery for incidents that allegedly occurred in his home last weekend with three girls under the age of 13. Gardner’s wife is Robin Gardner, the former Falls Church mayor and current council member. […]
(Undated) — President Obama appears to be facing an uphill battle to win voter confidence ahead of next year’s election. A new Bloomberg National Poll shows only 30-percent of Americans say they’ll definitely vote to re-elect Obama in 2012. Thirty-six-percent say they definitely will not vote for Obama. Most Americans polled say the President will […]
(Washington, DC) — A federal appeals court has upheld a ban on using chalk to write messages on the sidewalk outside of the White House. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the District’s defacement statute banning the defacing or defiling of public or private property is constitutional. The law was challenged by […]
(Montgomery County, MD) — Three people are under arrest in connection with the armed robbery of an Olney Dunkin’ Donuts. Montgomery County Police say that 19-year-old Jose Ramirez, 18-year-old Augusto Silva and 19-year-old Guillermo Mata-Henriquez of Silver Spring are all facing charges in the robbery. According to police, Dunkin’ Donuts employee Mata-Henriquez staged the robbery […]
President Obama announced Wednesday his plans to withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, and a total of 33,000 by the end of next summer. “After this initial reduction, our troops will continue coming home at a steady pace,” Obama promised during the 13-minute speech from the White House East […]
A new poll shows that 44 percent of Americans believe the economy is worse off under President Obama than when George Bush was in office. The poll, conducted by Bloomberg, shows that the continuing lack of jobs available for the American public is causing alarming concern of the president’s economic direction. In an ABC News/Washington […]
Anderson Cooper called out President Obama on his Tuesday show for flip-flopping his stance on same-sex marriage. During his “Keeping Them Honest” segment, Cooper said “New questions are being raised about what the president actually believes about gay marriage and whether his public opposition to it is real or just political posturing.” He then narrated […]
A new op-ed on The Root written by Sherrilyn Ifill talks about Wal-Mart’s victory over female workers in a gender discrimination lawsuit and the implications of the decision. Did the Supreme Court tell Americans with this decision that the bigger a corporation is, the harder it will be defeat them in a case of this […]