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Associated Press: March on Washington reconfigured to comply with virus rules

Editor Aug 11, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans, a national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to comply with coronavirus protocols in the…

DCist: Mutual Aid Volunteers Are Fundraising To Buy Laptops, Tablets, And PPE For D.C. Students…

Editor Aug 11, 2020
Through his work as executive director of Serve Your City, a D.C.-based nonprofit focused on local at-risk youth, Maurice Cook has seen students face huge educational barriers both before and after the COVID-19 crisis began.

WTOP: DC bookstores find new ways to serve community amid pandemic and social upheaval

Editor Aug 11, 2020
Anyone who has spent more than a passing moment inside a local bookstore knows each one carries a distinct personality.

WUSA9: ‘I don’t know when I’ll see his body’ | More than 100 days after inmate dies of…

Editor Aug 10, 2020
Fabian Tinsley's family learned of his death by reading about it online, 110 days after he had passed away while serving a 23-year prison sentence.

WTOP: DC, Montgomery Co. police unions react to recent reform legislation

Editor Aug 10, 2020
A recently passed police reform bill in D.C. has already sparked a lawsuit by a police union in the District. Now, an official with the Fraternal Order of Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, said his union is considering possible legal…

Washington Post: Shootings in District surge as officials confront mass shooting that killed 1,…

Editor Aug 10, 2020
At least 570 people have been shot in the District this year, a spike of 45 percent over the same period last year that is driving up homicides and frustrating residents and leaders alike.

Washington Post: D.C. police union seeks court injunction to stop release of body-worn camera…

Editor Aug 10, 2020
The D.C. police union filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to stop the District’s decision to make public the names of officers who use deadly or serious force and their body camera footage within five days of an incident.

Washington Business Journal: Krispy Kreme to open Columbia Heights store

Editor Aug 10, 2020
Doughnuts are returning to DCUSA.

DCist: After One Killed And Scores Injured At Weekend Gathering In D.C., Residents And Officials…

Editor Aug 10, 2020
When Chioma Iwuoha, a Ward 7 community organizer and leader, saw a large gathering amassing on her block in the Greenway neighborhood on Saturday, she knew how she could help.

DCist: After Spikes In July, Some Of The Region’s Coronavirus Metrics Plateau

Editor Aug 10, 2020
After last month’s spikes in coronavirus cases numbers around the region, some metrics are ticking downward.

Associated Press: DC officials condemn ‘horrific’ mass shootings at cookout

Editor Aug 10, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in the District of Columbia are calling for community input to catch the perpetrators of a mass shooting at a crowded block party over the weekend that left one person dead and 20 others, including a police…

DCist: Capital One Arena To Be Used As D.C. Polling Place For November Election

Editor Aug 10, 2020
In normal times, it’s a place you can watch basketball, hockey, monster trucks, Disney on Ice, Celine Dion, or Tool. But now the Capital One Arena will have a new purpose: polling place.

DCist: D.C. Police Union Sues District, Aims To Block Release Of Body-Camera Footage

Editor Aug 10, 2020
The DC Police Union is seeking an injunction that would block Mayor Muriel Bowser from publicly releasing the body-camera footage and names of police officers who have “committed an officer-involved death” in the nearly six years since the…

Washington Post: D.C. children from low-income families disproportionately test positive for…

Editor Aug 10, 2020
A new academic study of a D.C. coronavirus testing site showed children who were economically disadvantaged or members of a racial minority group were more likely to become infected early in the pandemic.

Petula Dvorak in The Post: D.C. General is being demolished. New, small shelters are opening. Is…

Editor Aug 10, 2020
These scenes in the nation’s capital should be triumphant.

WTOP: At least 4 shooters, 100 rounds fired at fatal Southeast DC party

Editor Aug 10, 2020
There were at least four shooters and more than 100 rounds fired in Sunday’s deadly Southeast D.C. shooting, police Chief Peter Newsham said Monday.

DCist: D.C. Removes Delaware (And Its Beaches) From List Of ‘High-Risk States’

Editor Aug 10, 2020
D.C. has added five states to its list of “high-risk states” and removed three, bringing the total number of states with travel restrictions to 29. Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Minnesota were added to the existing list, and…

DCist: Park View Coffee Shop Once Known As Colony Club Reopens As Doubles

Editor Aug 10, 2020
The Park View coffee shop and bar once known as Colony Club is back with a new name. The establishment, which has been closed since the coronavirus pandemic hit D.C. in March, reopened over the weekend as Doubles.

WTOP: DC updates high-risk coronavirus states list, removes Delaware

Editor Aug 10, 2020
D.C. updated its list of high-risk coronavirus states Monday, removing Delaware — whose beaches are a top destination for summer vacationers from the Washington area.

Washingtonian: Would DC Statehood Also Give the Trumps Control of Three Electoral Votes?

Editor Aug 10, 2020
There's a wrinkle in the statehood bill that could give new power to whoever lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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