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The DC Council votes 11-1 to decriminalize marijuana in the District,  There will be a second and final reading and vote on the marijuana decriminalization bill before the entire Council as early as Feb 18th, officials said. Yvette Alexander with the DC Council voted no. Alexander is concerned that it looks like we are headed […]

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A second woman has been charged with murder in the deaths of two children in Germantown, Md. Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Major Crimes Division arrested Monifa Denise Sanford, age 21, of the 19000 block of Cherry Bend Drive in Germantown after she was released from the hospital Saturday afternoon. Sanford has been charged with two […]

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Another radio advertisement will air advocating for a change to the Washington Football Team’s team name and mascot. The ad, called “Civil Rights,” will air on Martin Luther King Day in D.C., Denver and Seattle. In it, Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s delegate to Congress, says if King were alive today, he would support the effort […]

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Two Spotsylvania County parents were arrested for child neglect after their young children were found on the rooftop of their home. Police were called to a residence on Wakeman Drive in Spotsylvania County around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for reports of a 2-year-old and 3-year-old on the rooftop of a townhouse. Officers entered the home and retrieved […]

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Teleka Patrick, of Kalamazoo, Mich., went missing on Dec. 5 and hasn’t been seen since. The search for a missing Michigan doctor took a bizarre twist after a chart-topping gospel singer said the woman stalked him, prompting him to file a protection order against her. Marvin Sapp, a Grammy-nominated gospel crooner and Grand Rapids pastor, […]

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  Members of MIAKA — Men Interested in joining the exclusive sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated — are threatening to file a lawsuit claiming discrimination and homophobia, reports KollegeKidd.com. The men, all homosexual, have imitated everything AKA, from their signature calls and attire to their probate shows. but have been refused admittance because they are […]

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According to sources, at 130 am in a farmhouse in Brandywine Md owned by Pastors Tony and Cynthia Brazelton, a young aspiring male model was tragically killed by gunshot. According to Prince Georges County Police, there was a small gathering in the farmhouse with few people at the inside when they began playing with a […]

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The trial of a man involved in a high speed crash that killed a Prince George’s County Police officer last year has ended in a mistrial. One of the jurors told the judge via email Thursday morning that judging others was a violation of her religion as a Jehovah’s Witness. The Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s […]

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Former NBA player Dennis Rodman defended his trip with other basketball players to North Korea in an explosive interview Tuesday, saying he hopes his presence will open doors. “One day, one day this door is going to open because of these 10 guys here,” an emotional Rodman told CNN’s “New Day” during a satellite interview from […]

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The New York-based Satanic Temple on Monday submitted its designs for a monument that it aims to have placed at the Oklahoma Capitol next to the Ten Commandments. The sculpture will feature a 7-foot-tall goat-headed creature, Baphomet, as Satan, which will be flanked by two adoring children – one boy and one girl – smiling […]

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James Avery and Will Smith share no DNA, however since The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air‘s debut on September 10th, 1990, they have been inseparable from the national consciousness. Yesterday (January 5th), Will Smith spoke on Avery’s untimely death for the first time since the tragic incident. On his personal Facebook page, Smith shared a photo of himself […]

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Like it or not, you are about to take a ride on the extreme temperature roller coaster! Dress accordingly, because the ride won’t be over until late Tuesday. Overnight: Areas of Fog, Rain Temperatures: 40s rising into the 50s Wind: South 10-20 mph Monday: Rain and Snow Likely, Falling Temps Temperatures: 40s to 20s Wind: Northwest 15-25 mph Tuesday: […]