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VIA MYFOXDC: Winter Storm Warning in effect from 10 am Friday to 10 PM EST Saturday. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow with near-blizzard conditions which is in effect from 10 am Friday to 10 PM EST Saturday. The Winter Storm Watch is no longer in effect. The […]
Join Bernie McCain and Gina Paige, President and Co-Founder of African Ancestry, Thursday February 4th at 5pm as we attempt to trace Bernie McCain’s African Ancestry during Black History Month. Founded in 2003 on years of research, African Ancestry, Inc. is an ancestry tracing company that pioneered African lineage matching in the United States utilizing […]
VIA MYFOXDC: A surge in violent crime is putting a popular D.C. neighborhood on edge. In the last two weeks alone, two people were robbed at gunpoint, and before that a cab driver was shot. The crimes are all happening before 10 p.m., police say. It’s is a section of Dupont Circle that is heavily […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Unemployment in the Washington region rose slightly in December, to 6.2 percent, according to government data released Tuesday, pushed up largely by an increase in the District’s jobless rate. The District’s unemployment level during the same period rose from 11.8 percent to 12.1 percent and probably was the chief factor in […]
The Black Sports Legends Foundation will launch its historic National Collegiate Film Festival Tour at Morgan State University at the beautiful new student center located at 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland, from February 6-7, 2010. The festival will pay special tribute and examine the lives of numerous national and local black sports legends […]
By Mark F. Gray In one of my recent on air conversations with former Georgetown guard and current broadcaster Mark Tillmon – during The SportsGroove Radio Show (M-F 7-10 ET http://www.woldcnews.com) – we talked about how good this year’s addition of the young pups could be. “If they can ever put two halves together and […]
Mark F. Gray Now that NBA Commissioner David Stern has taken the unprecedented step of suspending Gilbert Arenas and Javarris Crittenton for the rest of the season its time for this sordid disaster to come to an end. Since it appears obvious that the franchise is looking to take a wrecking ball to the roster […]
You’ll find them in every major city. They are the taxi cab and drivers. They are what get tourist to and from; local residents to work and back; some folks to the doctor and others to the supermarket. Some of us get to know the drivers very well from frequent use. To most of us, […]
Kate Conradt of Save the Children has been working in Haiti for the past 25 years. Kate joins Bernie McCain today to talk about what is need most for the children of Haiti after the devastating earthquake. WOL and Radio One-Washington, D.C. is trying to raise $50,000 dollars to support Save the Children of Haiti […]
(Washington, DC) — The U.S. Justice Department is being asked to investigate the Hyattsville Police Department amid allegations of racial discrimination against black police officers on the force. The Montgomery and Prince George’s County chapters of the NAACP are backing six black officers who work for the Hyattsville department, claiming they’re held to a different […]