Former Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office)
**FILE** Former Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office)

Today’s Headlines – May 2, 2023

Judge Finds Officer Guilty of Aiding in Killing of George Floyd

Tou Thao, a former police officer in Minneapolis, was found guilty of aiding and abetting the second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd, according to court documents.

Inaugural Young Women’s Entrepreneurship Program Wraps with Expo

Just before the start of National Small Business Week, students at Elizabeth Seton High School showcased their budding entrepreneurial skills in the Young Womenโ€™s Entrepreneurship Program Small Business Expo.

As Deadly Fighting Continues in Sudan, Many Americans Remain Stranded

Despite extending a tenuous truce between the countryโ€™s top generals, massive explosions and gunfire continued to rock the Sudanese capital of Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman.

Bowser Set on Protecting K Street Transitway Project

Adjustments to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowserโ€™sย fiscal 2024 budget proposalย that defunds theย K Street Transitwayย and increases fees on rideshares going downtown have further emboldened the mayor and other local officials to press on withย plans to revitalize downtown D.C.

May 1 Celebrated as Inaugural DC Statehood Day

The DC Statehood PAC, with the support of D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, declared May 1 as DC Statehood Day, a first, at an event held at the National Press Club in Northwest.

Desmond Barnes was born in Washington, DC. He is the son of Washington Informer Publisher Denise Barnes. He has been a part of the Washington Informer family all of his life. He helps produce Sounds Of...