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VIA WTOP: D.C. Police are looking for a man who they say robbed a bank, and then dropped his wallet while running away. The robbery happened at a TD bank in the 1700 block of Connecticut Avenue in Northwest around 7:45 p.m. on April 29. Police say the suspect handed a teller a note, and […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The District, Maryland and Virginia are nearly doubling their funding of a safety oversight group that monitors Metro, plus bolstering and reorganizing its staffing, after a federal audit found major weaknesses in the organization. The little-known Tri-State Oversight Committee laid out the plans in a response due Tuesday to a scathing […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Clack. Clack. Clack. White jumps black. “Crown me, mister! Just crown me! You don’t have a move on the board.” “Put him down. I put him there for a reason, for a season.” “You talkin’ way, way, way much too much trash!” “This is checkers, man! This ain’t no damn chess!” […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Officials at the National Zoo announced their latest addition: a scimitar-horned oryx born April 9 at their conservation center in Front Royal, Va. āBecause most of the species we work with are critically endangered or extinct in the wild, each offspring born here is a real treasure and a testament to […]
Kevin Nickelberry, who helped UNC Charlotte and Clemson to four postseason appearances, has been named head basketball coach at Howard University. “We are pleased to have a coach with the distinguished career and success of Kevin Nickelberry lead our men’s basketball program,” said Charles Gibbs, Director of Athletics. “This is an exciting day, not only […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The D.C. Council gave final approval to legalized medical marijuana today, but only after members agreed to make it easier for qualified patients to obtain larger quantities of the drug. The bill, which now goes to Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D), originally restricted chronically ill patients with a doctors’ recommendation to […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: A third 18-year-old was charged Tuesday in the slaying of well-known D.C. principal Brian Betts. Deontra Q. Gray was charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. According to charging documents, Gray “admitted that he was at Betts’s residence at the time of the murder.” Sharif Tau […]
Do you know what to do if you’re arrested? Under what circumstances can a cop stop you? What is probable cause? Listen live at 5pm today when Bernie McCain interviews Robert Davis in a new weekly segment “Watch The Cop.” Robert Davis is a former police officer with the New Orleans Police Department. He has […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: It’s five minutes to 7 on a wet March night, and, as I peek into classrooms while walking down the hall at the Dance Institute of Washington in Columbia Heights, I see several classes taking place at once. Girls in black leotards and pink tights hit pliĆ© after pliĆ© in Studio […]
VIA WTOP: More work near Telegraph Road will mean the Inner and Outer Loops of the Capital Beltway will be narrowed to two lanes approaching the Woodrow Wilson Bridge this week. The work will occur 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays through Thursday. On Friday, the work will occur from 9 a.m. to noon. The […]