Beloved Washington D.C. principal dies suddenly, school community mourning According to Kaya Henderson, chancellor of D.C. public schools, Father John Payne collapsed of an apparent heart attack Thursday evening at the school. He was rushed to the hospital, but later died.
Washington D.C. to lead East Coast in tidal floods In 30 years, D.C. is expected to lead the East Coast in the number of tidal floods — nearly 400 per year, according to the UCS report, titled “Encroaching Tides: How Sea Level Rise and Tidal Flooding Threaten U.S. East and Gulf Coast Communities over the Next 30 Years.”
Washington D.C. taxicab survey finds 27 percent of drivers illegally refuse passengers The study found that D.C.’s cab drivers refused to haul 84 of the 308 riders who participated in the commission’s Anonymous Rider Program study, a violation that carries with it a $500 fine. Drivers are required by law to pick up anyone who hails them.
Prisoner Had Loaded Gun in Underwear at Washington D.C. Superior Court Isiah Bogan was arrested in Southeast D.C. early Tuesday for unauthorized use of a vehicle, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. After he was taken into custody, authorities say they found a loaded handgun in his underwear.
lessons learned from the Washington Navy Yard shootings Chief Cathy Lanier highlighted some of the challenging and unexpected take-aways from the shootings Monday with representatives from companies and universities interested in better preparing for an active shooter scenario.
D.C. Council to vote on medical pot, record sealing The council will vote Tuesday on a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana as they see fit. All 13 councilmembers have already signaled their support for the legislation. Currently, medical marijuana can only be prescribed in the District of Columbia to people suffering from a short list of conditions.
Inside Washington D.C.’s Fancy-Fitness Mania It was dawn, and DJ Daywalker was playing remixes of Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez at 140 beats per minute, trying his best to recreate the sounds of a Miami nightclub. But this was D.C., and no one actually stays out dancing until 7 a.m.
Scam targets Washington Post readers The Washington Post is alerting its subscribers to a scam aimed at getting the members to pay a third party for the renewal of the paper.
D.C. Mayoral Candidate David Catania Attends First Nationals Game An independent council member, Catania opposed the deal the city reached with Major League Baseball and the team’s owners to build a stadium for the Nationals. He said at a mayoral debate last month that he had never been to Nationals Park, but he said it wasn’t because of lingering bitterness about the stadium fight. Instead, he said he’s just not a baseball fan.
Six-acre portrait unveiled on Washington DC’s National Mall – video A six-acre face portrait is unveiled on Washington’s National Mall. The ‘face-scape’ was created by Cuban-American urban artist Jorge Rodriquez-Gerarda for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. ‘It’s not the face of America,’ he says, ‘it’s one of the hundreds of millions of possible faces that America has’
