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Four people were hospitalized Thursday after an apparent lightning strike hit Lafayette Square in the nation’s capital. According to the Washington Post, the incident took place a little before 7 p.m. just dozens of feet away from the White House. Fire department spokesperson Vito Maggiolo confirmed two men and two women were found in the park shortly after […]
Guy Reffitt was sentenced on Monday to just over seven years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, NBC News reports. Reffitt was found guilty in March on all five charges, including transport of a firearm in support of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. He was the first person […]
The student theater at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. is getting a new name. As announced by the comedian himself on Monday night, however, the theater will not be named after school alum Dave Chappelle. As the Washington Post first reported, Chappelle made the announcement during an appearance at a […]
A 22-year-old Washington D.C. man has been reportedly identified as the suspect who opened fire at Tysons Corner Center in Tysons, Virginia over the weekend. According to WRIC, the man, Noah Settles is wanted for attempted malicious wounding, use of a firearm while committing a felony, and three counts of firing a weapon in an occupied […]
A 15-year-old boy was killed and three adults were injured in a shooting in Washington, D.C. on Sunday at a concert. As USA Today reports, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said several hundred people gathered for an “unpermitted event” on Juneteenth called “Moechella.” Officers reportedly attempted to stop the event following a fight and another unspecified […]
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the former Proud Boys chairman, and other Proud Boys affiliates have been charged with seditious conspiracy over the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021. The Justice Department announced on Monday that Tarrio and four others have been hit with an indictment after already being charged with other conspiracy counts. Tarrio was arrested two days before the riot took […]
Pusha-T is extending some knowledge to his fellow DMV artists. The Virginia spitter—who recently declared his latest LP It’s Almost Dry as the rap album of the year—took to Instagram to share a message apparently in response to a top-10 DMV artists list, per HotNewHipHop. “Appreciate the love but let me speak on something: if you […]
The U.S. Capitol was the site of an arrest on Friday morning. According to a U.S. Capitol Police statement, a retired New York police officer was apprehended while parked close to the federal building, near Peace Circle on the West side of the Capitol, where he was sitting in a 2017 Dodge Challenger. He was […]
The father of 23 Rackz, a rising DMV rapper who was fatally shot last week, says he spent years trying to get his teenage son back on the right path. “Nobody could get him to stay off the streets,” Michael Johnson told FOX 5 about the late 16-year-old. “I’d go to work, and he’d be gone when I come […]
The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated out of an abundance of caution Wednesday after police identified an aircraft near Nationals Park prior to tonight’s baseball game as a “possible threat,” NBC Washington reports. The “possible threat” turned out to be a utility plane carrying members of the US Army Golden Knights who were participating in Military Appreciation […]
