VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Metropolitan Police Department Tuesday announced it has charged a suspect in the 1997 murder of a 25-year-old woman at her home in Adams Morgan. Frederick Edward Morton, 57, was arrested at a federal prison in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, where he’s been locked up since July on a violation of probation. […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Washington, D.C. has earned the top spot in the nation for the highest rates of sexually-transmitted diseases. According to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the District has a Chlamydia rate of 1,177 cases per 100,000 people, A Gonorrhea rate of 451.5 […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: A two-decade climb in fourth-grade mathematics achievement across the country ended this year, while eighth-grade performance edged upward, the federal government reported Wednesday. D.C. public schools posted sharp gains in math in both grades. Nationally, results from the 2009 federal testing led many politicians and educators to conclude that the United States […]
This morning George Parker, president of the Washington Teachers Union, appeared on FOX 5 to discuss the Washington, DC teacher layoffs and Michelle Rhee. Watch the video right here and share your comments on this volatile situation.
VIA WASHINGTON POST: The largest District nonprofit organization serving victims of domestic violence has lost nearly $500,000 in city funding, leaving it scrambling for new sources of money for its programs. Christel Nichols, president of the House of Ruth, said she received an e-mail Monday alerting her that the agency would not get nearly half […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Budget problems will force $40 million in budget cuts by D.C. Public Schools by the end of October. The move announced Wednesday could prompt teacher layoffs and increasing class sizes. The D.C. schools budget is estimated at $700 million, and the budget ax has fallen. It’s still uncertain of the effect it […]
VIA WUSA: WASHINGTON (WUSA) – Firefighters in the District are on the scene of a fire that a broke out in an apartment building in northwest Thursday morning. Pete Piringer, spokesperson for DC Fire and EMS, says the fire started in the 3rd floor hallway of a 5-story apartment building in the 5600 block of […]
VIA YAHOO!: NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Washington, D.C. has become the favorite area for wealthy young adults, with the nation’s highest percentage of 25-34 year-olds making more than $100,000 a year, according to a new analysis. Sixteen of the top 50 counties in the United States with the highest share of wealthy young people […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: The District is poised once again to become the battleground for a divisive social issue as the D.C. Council moves a step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage, an action that could force Congress and White House to take sides in the debate. After months of buildup and behind-the-scenes lobbying, a bill by […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON – Over 160 D.C. child care workers are losing their jobs and more than a dozen child care centers, mostly in Wards 6, 7 and 8, are being shut down. It’s a move by D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty’s administration to privatize the system run by the Department of Parks and Recreation. The […]
