• Afro

    Upcoming meetings and events in the D.C. area

    Celebrate Earth Day with the National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. Enjoy musical performances, craft workshops, and face painting for kids 12 and under. Budget Oversight Hearing: Committee of the Whole Budget Over

  • Haley headed to D.C. but to a think tank

    MORNING NEWSBREAK  |  Former Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley of Kiawah Island announced Monday that she has joined the Washington, D.C.-based Hudson Institute, a conservative foreign policy think tank, as the group’s Walter P. Stern chair. The position was created in 2020 to celebrate former chairman Walter Stern, who was instrumental in making Hudson into […]

  • Foxtrot Hastily Shutters Stores in D.C. and Elsewhere

    Tuesday was an extra cold day in the freezer aisle of Foxtrot, a bougie grocery store chain with multiple locations in D.C. The grocery retailer abruptly shuttered all of their […]

  • D.C. Courts Pop-Up Businesses Ahead of WorldPride

    D.C. hopes PUPs, an expedited permitting process, will allow businesses to quickly set up shop to revitalize downtown ahead of 2025.

  • Suspect in IES fraud case scheduled for re-arraignment

    The former finance director for International Educational Services, or IES, is scheduled for a re-arraignment hearing on Tuesday morning in Brownsville federal court.

    • TMZ

    Kodak Black's Drug and Tampering Case Fully Dismissed

    Kodak Black can now place his recent drug possession case in his rearview mirror the last significant charge in the case was tossed out this week!!! Court docs obtained by TMZ Hip Hop show a judge just dismissed the remaining tampering charge…

  • Trump named as unindicted conspirator in Michigan election interference case

    Former President Donald Trump was named as an unindicted co-conspirator today in the investigation by the Michigan attorney general’s office into interference in the 2020 election.

  • Bowe Bergdahl is back in the news, thanks to a D.C. judge

    Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau, April 18, 2024 You may have figured that you’d heard the last of Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who deserted his regiment in Afghanistan and subsequently was convicted of the offense in a court martial at which he plead guilty. But the story of the ex-sergeant has taken a new […]

    • KHON2

    Mayor Blangiardi heads to Washington, D.C. to advocate for more homeless funding

    Mayor Rick Blangiardi leaves Friday for Washington D.C. To meet with officials from the Biden administration where he's expected to ask for more federal funding to help tackle homelessness in Honolulu.

  • Tata Electronics building hi-tech machines to make iPhone casing

    After becoming a significant player assembling enclosures for Apple iPhones in the country, Tata Electronics is now working to internally develop very sophisticated and complex high-precision machines used to produce the casing of these iPhone, sources told ET.The company has tied up with two Indian manufacturers to develop capabilities for it and plans to also export these complex machines in the future. So far, the Tatas imported these from China.The machinery can be used in the production...

  • Michigan judge threatens 'fake elector' lawyer with contempt for witness intimidation

    A Michigan judge warned that disparaging online comments about witnesses could lead to contempt charges, highlighting concerns about witness intimidation in a high-profile case involving so-called "fake electors." District Court Judge Kristin Simmons addressed the issue on Tuesday during a hearing. She pointed out that making negative comments about witnesses on social media platforms like Facebook could be seen as an attempt to intimidate. The case centers around 16 individuals, including...

  • D.C. Police Still Searching for Fire Extinguisher-Wielding Thief

    D.C.’s Wet Bandit continues to elude police.  Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to yet another robbery at a 7-Eleven Tuesday. It’s the fifth such incident at 7-Elevens in D.C. (and […]