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(Manassas Park, VA)  —  A Manassas Park man has been arrested on charges that he had sex with a 15-year-old runaway.  Twenty-six-year-old Hugo Ernesto Benavides Diaz is charged with two counts of carnal knowledge of a child, and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Manassas Park Police say Diaz had sex with the teen between December […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Charges have been dropped against a wheelchair-bound man who tussled with Metro Transit Police.  The State’s Attorney’s Office is reviewing the incident, which was caught on video.  It appears to show the officers lifting Dwight Harris out of his chair and forcing him face-down on the sidewalk.  The confrontation happened last week […]

(Washington, DC)  —  DC emergency crews rescued a man who fell into the Potomac River near Georgetown last night.  Fire and EMS spokesman Pete Piringer says the man had been taking pictures as he walked along the river’s edge near the Washington Harbour development when he fell in the water and was unable to climb […]

Spirituality vs. Religion The battle between progressive spirituality and traditional religion is exploding into mainstream culture like never before. And its outcome hinges on just one question: When it comes to navigating the spiritual life, who is the ultimate authority? The church? The guru? Or . . . you? According to Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Plan to add an extra 20 to 30 minutes to your trip on Metrorail this weekend.  Trains will single track around work zones on the Red, Blue, Orange and Green lines.  Crews will repair leaky tunnels, replace rail fasteners, and install new track.  All the work will be wrapped up in time […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Police say a pregnant woman appears to have been struck by a stray bullet in her Southeast, DC apartment.  The bullet went through the sliding glass door of the woman’s second floor apartment on First Street, Southeast near Atlantic Avenue, striking her in the leg.  The woman was rushed to the hospital […]

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. – Thirteen Montgomery County Public Schools high school seniorswill receive a collective $250,000 in Broad Prize college scholarships, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation announced today. The Montgomery County students received the scholarships because the district was a 2010 finalist for The Broad (pronounced like “road”) Prize, the nation’s largest education award honoring large urban districts that have […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Sheila Stewart 443-629-0108 Radio One DC Stations Teaming up with The DC 100 Black Men Promoting Health & Fitness Washington, DC- Radio One DC Stations (WPRS-FM/WMMJ-FM/WKYS-FM/WOL-AM/WYCB-AM) have teamed up with (The 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, DC Inc.,) for their Citywide Health Fair, Saturday, May 21st from 8a-12p at Spingarn High […]

(Washington, DC)  —  The District Department of Transportation says the number of pedestrians struck by vehicles in the city last year was the highest since 2005, and the second highest in the last ten-years.  In 2010, vehicles struck 768 people in the District, killing 14 of them.  DDOT pedestrian program coordinator George Branyan tells WJLA-TV that the […]

(Rockville, MD)  —  Montgomery County police have issued a warrant for a man accused of multiple sex crimes involving a minor.  The alleged offenses happened in Silver Spring over an eight-month period beginning in the spring of 2010.  Dwan Brooks, who is known to the victim’s family, faces charges that include second-degree rape and sexual abuse of a minor.  […]