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Washington Post: From Metro funding crisis to telework’s rise, transportation is in historic turmoil

Editor Aug 10, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic and the recession it generated have disrupted transportation plans in the Washington region more than any events in memory, officials and analysts say.

Washington Post: In college towns and neighborhoods, permanent residents brace for students’ return

Editor Aug 10, 2020
Although most — and in many cases, all — of their classes will be held online, students at District-area universities are still flocking to neighborhoods in and around the city, stoking fears — and questions — of permanent residents who…

Washington Post: ‘Dangerous, degrading and dehumanizing:’ Prosecutors say men lured vulnerable teens…

Editor Aug 9, 2020
Months after a federal jury found a man guilty of sex trafficking and forcing women to prostitute in the Logan Circle and Shaw neighborhoods, authorities have arrested another suspect in connection with the case.

WUSA9: ‘This is more like a marathon’ | The need for food relief in DC intensifies amid…

Editor Aug 9, 2020
As the need for food relief intensifies, area charities are working to meet the persistent needs during a global pandemic.

WUSA9: Eleanor Holmes Norton helped organize the first March on Washington. 57 years later,…

Editor Aug 9, 2020
D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton shares her intimate perspective on the March on Washington then and now.

WTOP: DC fire dept.: Units were sent toward wrong site in Potomac River drowning

Editor Aug 9, 2020
When additional EMS units were sent to help in the search for three men who had fallen off a boat into the Potomac River earlier this month, they were initially given an address that was more than four miles from the actual scene.

WTOP: 1 dead; at least 21 people, including off-duty DC officer, shot at Southeast DC party

Editor Aug 9, 2020
A 17-year-old is dead — one of at least 21 people, including an off-duty D.C. police officer, who were shot during a large public gathering in Southeast early Sunday morning, according to police.

Washington Post: At least 21 people shot, one fatally, at a party in Southeast Washington

Editor Aug 9, 2020
A 17-year-old is dead and an off-duty police officer is fighting for her life after at least 21 people were shot when a dispute broke out early Sunday at a cookout attended by hundreds of people in Southeast Washington, authorities said.

DCist: One Killed, 21 Injured In Shooting At Southeast D.C. Gathering

Editor Aug 9, 2020
One person was killed and at least another 20, including an off-duty cop, were injured in a shooting shortly after midnight Sunday at a gathering with hundreds of people in Southeast D.C., according to police.

Washington Post: Stephen F. Williams, longtime federal appeals judge in D.C., dies of coronavirus at…

Editor Aug 8, 2020
Judge Stephen F. Williams, a member of the powerful Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for more than three decades, died Friday of complications from the coronavirus, his family and court officials said.

DCist: The D.C.-Area Lebanese Community Is Organizing Relief Efforts For Beirut. Here’s How To Help

Editor Aug 8, 2020
Washingtonians with connections to Lebanon are organizing relief efforts to help Beirut, which was devastated by a massive chemical explosion.

WTOP: Isaias causes bacteria levels to soar in some DC area rivers and creeks

Editor Aug 8, 2020
D.C. area rivers and creeks are seeing an increase in bacteria after Tropical Storm Isaias swept through the region earlier this week.

WTOP: Permanent sportsbook at DC’s Capital One Arena moves closer to completion

Editor Aug 8, 2020
While there is a sportsbook of sorts open at Capital One Arena in the District now, work is still underway to build a much bigger, permanent venue in the space that was once occupied by the Greene Turtle at 6th and F Streets.

Washington Post: The story behind Isherwood Street NE and the neighborhood around it

Editor Aug 8, 2020
Isherwood Street NE is in a compact neighborhood south of Benning Road NE called Rosedale. Rosedale is just west of the larger Kingman Park neighborhood.

Washington Post: For a D.C. park to be reborn, 63 trees must die before others take their place

Editor Aug 8, 2020
The bright August sunlight revealed an arboreal massacre in downtown Washington’s largest park.

WTOP: ‘Black Broadway’: Segregation and U Street headlined DC theater’s chat with experts

Editor Aug 8, 2020
A D.C. theater company brought local experts together to discuss the history of U Street and how it has changed through the years.

Washington Post: Howard, Johns Hopkins, Princeton universities to conduct semester online as public…

Editor Aug 7, 2020
Howard University will conduct the fall semester online, a reversal of its earlier plans to offer some in-person classes, the university announced Friday.

WTOP: Howard University moves to online undergraduate classes for fall

Editor Aug 7, 2020
Howard University in D.C. is moving to online instruction for undergraduate classes this fall.

Washington Post: D.C. pays millions to place the homeless in hotels to avoid covid-19. But many…

Editor Aug 7, 2020
Within a span of a few months, Charles Odom went from prison to a D.C. homeless shelter to the hospital, suffering from heart problems and shortness of breath.

Washington Post: Get your mailbox ready: 24 people are vying for one D.C. Council seat

Editor Aug 7, 2020
Prepare for the onslaught of mail.
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District Links: Council unanimously approves key FY 2027 budget legislation; White House criticism of Smithsonian…

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The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to approve a revised version of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act after incorporating a series of amendments offered by councilmembers.

District Links: DC Council set for final vote tomorrow on FY 2027 budget legislation; Trump administration renews…

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson this morning distributed the latest version of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act, which is slated for final consideration at an additional legislative meeting…

District Links: DC touts two-year-old FEMS transfusion program as lifesaving success; record fireworks show brings air…

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The DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is hailing the success of its two-year-old program that enables paramedics to administer whole blood to critically injured and medically unstable…

Kathy Patterson: The mayor and council are killing a key commission created after 9/11

Jul 1, 2026 146
The DC Council created an expert advisory panel in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This year the mayor and council have agreed to kill the District’s Homeland Security Commission despite…
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