With its foundation laid, the National Museum of African American History and Culture is starting to take shape on its five-acre site near the Washington Monument. ...

The concept of “friends with benefits” is not new, however, it is a concept that college students explore, according to a study by the Sexual Information and Education Council of the United States. ...

The Rev. Frank Page, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, was getting ready to work in the yard in the fall of 2009 when the phone rang. His daughter was on the line. ...

For Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, trouble seemed to come easy. His troubles began in 1997, when at age 12, he plead guilty to setting fire to the apartment of his grandmother ...

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has ordered T-Mobile to correct deceptive advertising that promised consumers no annual contracts while carrying hidden charges ...

For someone who seems to revel in being silent during the Supreme Court’s traditionally lively oral arguments, Justice Clarence Thomas’s out-of-court comments are extraordinarily revealing. ...

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Capital Bikeshare launched a new membership option in celebration of its 4 millionth trip taken, giving occasional riders the ability to purchase a key for quicker, on-the-go access to...

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) reintroduced a bill that would ban all abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks (with limited exceptions). ...

By all counts, the first debate between Black and White colleges took place in 1869. But it was Wiley College’s battle with the University of Southern California that inspired the 2007 epic movie. ...

As young as 5 years old, Twan Woods would wake up at night and hear his mother having a seizure. He would know exactly what to do. He would run...

What started as a senior class project has turned into an innovative social networking app for Howard University students. Ade Heyward, a Systems and Computer Science student ...

Howard University’s Journalism Department is working with news organizations to record reports of gunfire in D.C. neighborhoods. Using ]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 1.3043138 Technology D.C. neighborhoods. Using  Dominique Hobdy Technology http://www.districtchronicles.com/divine-intervention/president-barack-obama-mourner-in-chief-1.3043135 Tom Ehrich

Five men who know what it means to be president of the United States shared a stage in University Park, Texas. Then, the incumbent among them, flew to Waco, to mourn 11 first-responders ...

Run by the Tate family, Inspire BBQ, located along the H Street NE corridor in Washington, D.C., is a business that began over a decade ago with a top goal of training youth for the job market. ...

Suppose one of the key committees in Congress scheduled a hearing on one of the country’s most debilitating economic problems – the long-term unemployment – and none showed up? ...

Prince George’s County Public Schools officials are attempting to come up with ways to address the growing problem of bullying. ...

The legal team behind a lawsuit brought by community organization, Empower DC, to stop the proposed closure of 15 D.C. Public Schools, filed its final brief prior to the Friday, May 10 ...

Mayor Vincent C. Gray welcomed the second of three vehicles that will form the District’s streetcar fleet to the D.C. Streetcar Anacostia Test...

After countless efforts from PTA members and community leaders, Garrison Elementary School and Francis-Stevens Education Campus are no longer slated for closure. ...