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(Prince William County, VA)  —  A restaurant employee is under arrest for allegedly assaulting a co-worker and locking her in a walk-in freezer.  The 22-year-old victim told Prince William Countypolice that she and Rafael Perez Lazo were closing the Eggspectation restaurant in the Gainesville-area June 10th, when he followed her into the freezer.  The victim says he assaulted […]

Where were you last Friday Night????? If you weren’t at HALF NOTE (4881 Glenn Dale Road Bowie, MD.) then YOU MISSED A ‘MAJICAL’ TREAT!!! , and we have the video to prove it!

(Washington,DC)  —  Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings says his nephew, 20-year-old Christopher Cummings, was “an amazing young man” who was loved and admired by many. He was an “exceptional” student with a three-point-five grade point average at Old Dominion University.  Police in Norfolk say, at this point, they have no suspects nor motive in Cummings’ shooting death Friday at […]

A film by Washington, DC resident Regina Griffin, “Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story”,  has been selected as one of four documentaries to be screened at the Black American Film Festival in Miami, FL, July 6-9.  Her documentary directorial debut is a powerful story of the painful plight of biracial, bicultural, and illegitimate children  born to white German women and black American soldiers during postwar occupation Germany. For more information […]

(Undated)  —  Drinking large amounts of caffeine could lead to an increased risk of hallucination.  A new study out of Australia shows a major caffeine buzz can cause the imbiber to hear things that aren’t there.  Researchers brought nearly 100 participants to a lab and administered large doses of caffeine to some of them.  The researchers then […]

Looks like Lebron James lackluster performance in this year’s NBA playoffs is related to yet another off the court drama. Word on the street is that Rashard Lewis slept with Lebron’s girl Savannah while he was visiting South Beach. Here’s what I found out : I have a very reliable source who clubs and drinks […]

OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY ROLLS OUT THE LINEUP FOR ITS WASHIGTON, DC CENTENNIAL CONCLAVE (Washington, DC) An extraordinary number of high-ranking military men, well-known business men, accomplished entertainers, and exceptional pro athletes will join Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated in celebration of its Centennial Conclave slated for July 27th through 31st, at the Walter E. […]

(Upper Marlboro, MD)  —  Beginning this fall, students in Prince George’s County Public Schools will have to pay 50 dollars to play afterschool sports.  The new fees were announced yesterday with the school system saying it’s the only way to ensure the programs continue in the wake of budget cuts.  The 50-dollar fee will be […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Nine people, including five children, are hospitalized after a pair of school buses collided head-on in Northeast Washington yesterday afternoon.  A DC Fire and EMS spokesman says the accident involving a DC Public School bus and one from Prince George’s County collided on Eastern Avenue near Sheriff Road.  Of the four adults […]

(Manassas, VA)  —  A local high school basketball coach is charged with having sex with a student.  Prince William County Policesay 38-year-old Nsonji White had an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old student at Stonewall Jackson High School in Manassas in 2004 and 2005.  The woman recently contacted police, and officers arrested White yesterday.  White is on […]

The DC area will be under a heat advisory again today.  The National Weather Service says the advisory will be in effect from noon until 8 p.m.  The high temperature is expected to be in the mid to upper 90s with heat index values between 100 and 105.  Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments […]

(Washington, DC)  —  The DC area will be under another Code Orange air quality alert today.  The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments issued the alert ahead of what is expected to be a hot and humid day with poor air quality.  Those in sensitive groups like younger children, the elderly and people with asthma or heart disease […]