Pamela Smith named as DC police chief, first Black woman in role

D.C.’s mayor announced her pick for the next chief of the Metropolitan Police Department: Pamela Smith, who will the first Black woman to hold the role.

Howard University Students Evacuated Over Bomb Threat for 2nd Time This Week

An overnight bomb threat forced Howard University students to evacuate two residence halls early Friday for the second time during the fall semester's first week of classes. Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick said this was the eighth bomb threat to the university this year and called the threats terrorism.

Washington D.C. Mayor and Council take jabs at Trump over his cancelled military parade

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the city council took to Twitter to mock Donald trump after he blamed "local politicians" for the cancellation of his overpriced "mine is bigger than yours" military parade. Read their tweets below:

Yup, I’m Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington DC, the local politician who finally got thru to the reality star in the White House with the realities ($21.6M) of parades/events/demonstrations in Trump America (sad). https://t.co/vqC3d8FLqx

— MurielBowser (@MurielBowser) August 17, 2018

Town Council

Better late. Then: never.
Tanks but no tanks. pic.twitter.com/57WR28RMyU

— Council of DC (@councilofdc) August 17, 2018

Forbes top 10 cities for African American Economic Success

Here are the top 10 cities for African American economic success according to Forbes Magazine. One thing that jumps out at you immediately is the majority of the cities are in the southern region of the United States. Cities like Atlanta being #1, and Washington DC being on the top 10 list are no surprise but some of the other cities may actually surprise you.

1. Atlanta

2. Raleigh

3. Washington, D.C.

4. Baltimore (tie)

4. Charlotte (tie)

6. Virginia Beach-Norfolk, Va.

7. Orlando, Fla.

8. Miami (tie)

8. Richmond, Va. (tie)

8. San Antonio (tie)

Mayor Marion Barry dies at 78

Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry is dead, a hospital spokeswoman said early Sunday. He was 78.

Barry was elected four times as the city's chief executive and was a council member for Washington's 8th Ward at the time of his death.

Muriel Bowser elected mayor of Washington D.C.

Democrat Muriel Bowser fended off a challenge from two independents on Tuesday to win election as the seventh mayor in the District’s history.

With all precincts reporting, Ms. Bowser secured 53.9 percent of the vote to defeat independent David A. Catania, who took 35.3 percent and Carol Schwartz, who earned 7.1 percent.

Video: Full President Obama Speech At 2014 White House Correspondents' Dinner

Video: President Obama at the 2014 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, D.C. May 3, 2014.

Councilwoman Muriel Bowser defeats incumbent Gray in D.C. mayoral primary

Muriel E. Bowser, a low-key but politically canny District lawmaker, won the Democratic mayoral nomination Tuesday, emerging from a pack of challengers in a low-turnout primary to deny scandal-tarnished incumbent Vincent C. Gray a second term.

The 41-year-old D.C. Council member triumphed in the latest in a string of District elections to reveal a city unsettled over the shape of its future. Bowser’s win heralds many more months of uncertainty as she faces a substantial general-election challenger while a lame-duck Gray is left to steer the city amid the threat of federal indictment.

Bowser (D-Ward 4) moved deftly to capitalize on public doubts about Gray’s trustworthiness fueled by the still-unresolved federal corruption investigation into his 2010 campaign. Alone among seven Democratic challengers, she amassed a coalition that crossed demographic and geographic lines allowing her to outpoll Gray’s shrunken but steady base of African American voters.

Read more here: Councilwoman Bowser defeats incumbent Gray in D.C. mayoral primary