Police arrested Yared Geremew Mekonnen in 16th Street Heights on Sunday after a woman said he raped her, then wouldn’t let her out of his cab.
The D.C. Taxicab Commission suspended the license of a cab driver who was found guilty earlier this month of assaulting a customer.
There seems to be some healthy skepticism about the planned taxicab driver strike on Wednesday, which is set to commence at 6 a.m. on Halloween morning and last for 24 hours. How many drivers will really strike? Could it actually change Mayor Adrian Fenty’s mind about switching to time and distance meters? Is the fact that it’s planned for Halloween going to impact the number of drunk drivers out on the road? If D.C. taxi…
Well, D.C. How’s your Emergency Tuesday shaping up so far? It looks like there’s some more exciting Emergency Legislation on the table for the D.C. City Council this morning. Apart from the pay raises we mentioned yesterday, the council’s agenda for the day includes a total of, yes really, 40 emergency bills, including another that would provide for exemptions to the liquor license law that currently prohibits anyone from selling liquor within 400 feet of…
Halloween is Tuesday, which means this weekend was really the time for all of the –ists to celebrate. And whether they’re designing super-spooky costumes or talking about the super-spooky upcoming elections, we’d say that they’re doing a fine job of it. Austinist knows that few things in life are scarier than zombies, people with way too much money, and politicians who try too hard to be funny. Slightly less scary, depending on whom you…
Oscars, Oscars, Oscars! That’s the main event going on this weekend (care to leave your picks in the comments?) but there’s tons of other fun things out there. Check out this week’s Arts Agenda and Music Agenda for some suggestions, like the opening of the Modigliani exhibit at the Phillips Collection on Saturday (a portrait of his is at right), or the continuation of the Teenbeat reunion tonight (check out shesbitter.com for some pictures of…
