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(Annandale, VA)  —  Fairfax County police officers continue to investigate an apparent murder-suicide in Annandale.  Officers were called to a home in the 38-hundred block of Forest Grove Drive early Tuesday morning and found the bodies of 40-year-old John Jackson his 13-year-old daughter, Alexis in an SUV parked in the driveway. John Jackson was a […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Maryland U.S. Senator Ben Cardin is backing legislation to combat racial profiling following the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.  Cardin’s bill would link federal funding to anti-racial profiling policies.  Basically, local and state law enforcement could lose federal money if they lack the policies.  Trayvon Martin is the African American high school […]

WASHINGTON, DC – The NAACP DC Branch supports the March for Justice for Trayvon Martin led by School Without Walls students on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.  This march will begin at 12 Noon at School Without Walls Senior High School located at 2130 G Street, NW Washington, DC.  The march will lead up 22nd Street […]

No George Clooney didn’t go thugged out. The actor was arrested today by the Park Police while protesting human rights abuses outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington D.C. They look happy being arrested. Maybe because they brought attention to their protest and know they will be cut loose even before they even reach the gate. […]

So one of our listeners posted a Twitter photo of a foul anti-Obama bumper sticker that tells voters “Don’t Re-Nig” in the 2012 presidential election. The photo was taken of a truck they were driving behind in Virginia. We can’t tell if it’s a thoughtless oversight or a downright offensive pun calling President Obama the N-Word […]

WHAT: President Barack Obama will deliver remarks about American energy and highlight the important role community colleges play in partnering with businesses to provide innovative solutions to address the country’s energy concerns. WHO:   President Barack Obama Charlene M. Dukes, president, Prince George’s Community College WHEN:       March 15, 10:55 a.m. WHERE:      Novak Field House, Prince George’s […]

The Washington Washington Football Team made an aggressive push to improve their wide receiving corps Tuesday, adding two veteran pass catchers in the first hours of free agency to bolster last year’s ineffective offense, which is now expected to feature rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III. The Washington Football Team agreed to terms with wide receivers Pierre Garcon, formerly […]

Who: The Dorothy I. Height Education Foundation and the National Council of Negro Women (www.NCNW.org) What: A kick-off of the weeklong call for service marking the centennial birthday of civil rights, women rights and social activist Dorothy Height, who died in 2010 at 98 years. The 2-hour kick-off service will be a celebration of music […]

D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier shut down another club in D.C. thanks to a stabbing that sent one man to the hospital in stable conditions. Island Cafe (829 Upshur Street NW) in Petworth was officially shut down early this morning after one man stabbed another in the stomach around 2 a.m. The two were arguing. […]

DC Police are seeking two ‘persons of interest’ in connection with a shooting at an unusual location: inside a Northwest Washington IHOP Restaurant, crowded with early morning customers. Ridiculous, it’s really tragic”, says Claire Wiener, who sometimes stops by the IHOP at 14th and Irving Streets, in the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Police say the gunfire— around 6:30 […]

(College Park, MD)  —  Police say a student at the University of Maryland has been arrested after threatening on the Internet to go on a shooting rampage at the campus.  According to a statement by the University Police, the student posted statements on the Internet saying that he would be on a shooting rampage on […]

(Undated) — African American women are infected with HIV at a higher rate than other races, and the problem is much worse than health care providers had thought, according to a new study. Researchers from the New Jersey Medical School found that two-thirds of new HIV cases in the U.S. infect black women, although black […]