By: Nikole L. Pegues

and nbsp;Hundreds of people swarmed the Southwest waterfront in Washington, D.C., Saturday for the Fireworks Light Up the Night family festival and fireworks spectacular. The event is a part of the 98th Annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, a weekl...

By: Kimberly Camps

As the season changes and temperatures soar periodically into the 70s, people in the northeastern United States have put the winter of 2010 behind them. Runners and retailers alike welcome the spring season. and nbsp;...

Facing a $189 million budget gap, the and nbsp;Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority considers cutting services or and nbsp;raising fares for bus, rail, parking and bike storage next year....

By: Courtney Edwards

The picture of black children playing, the image of black men and women at work, and the smile on Duke Ellington's face as he sits at a piano are just a few of the photos captured by the Scurlock Studio that are on view at the Smithsonian's Museum of Amer...

Eighteen dancers, some playing instruments or and nbsp;clapping, circle a young woman who squats while a young man gracefully swings his left leg over her head. Chanting in Portuguese, the dancers celebrate Brazilian and African culture through Capoeira....

Isa Farrington Nichols, the first target of John Allen Muhammad, known as the D.C. Sniper, is using her experience to combat an issue that laid the foundation for Muhammad's reign of terror: domestic abuse....

The sniper case is just one example of how innocent people's lives are put at risk everyday by having guns in the hands of the wrong people. In light of today's memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, this is a disheartening message for Americans....

Action. Romance. Historical facts. Humor. Teza has it all. The acclaimed independent film by and nbsp;Ethiopian-born Haile Gerima, a film professor at Howard University, has been packing the house at the Avalon Theater in Northwest Washington....

By: Polk

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The stories of the black Seminoles and the American Buffalo Soldiers are deeply threaded into the fabric of American history, but many have claimed that this history has not been accurately told. This problem was addressed at a recent celebration and nbsp...

By: Jan Ransom

I am happy to be back, said Sheila Brown, a community advocate and resident of Capitol Hill who recalled life in what used to be a drug- infested, crime-ridden community before Hope VI, a federal program created in 1992 by Congress and funded by the Depar...

By: Ronald Tolson Jr.

D.C. United and its fans are still in a state of limbo after three years of unsuccessful negations in regards to if and where a new stadium will be built for the Washington D.C. based soccer team. Since 2007, D.C. United has met with both D.C. and Marylan...

Ben Ali, 82, was like a father to Jimmy Hughes, 61. Nine years ago, Hughes said he didn't have his life together. It was Ali, who died Monday night, and his wife, Virginia, who helped Hughes get back on his feet. Since then, Hughes has been an employee at...

By: Sophia Adem

On Saturday mornings, Rodger White, 29, dresses up to do his weekly grocery shopping and to catch bargains on novelty items. White shops at Eastern Market, one of Capitol Hill's most famous attractions....