Washington Post: Proud Boys leader Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio sentenced to five months in jail
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, a national leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right group with a history of violence, was sentenced Monday to five months in jail for two crimes, including setting fire to a stolen Black Lives Matter banner during a…
WTOP: ‘Righting the wrong’ — 61 years later, headstones from Black cemetery returned
More than 50 historic headstones that marked the final resting place for some of the District’s free Blacks and slaves were supposed to end up at a cemetery, in Prince George’s County, Maryland, 61 years ago, but ended up in the Potomac…
Washington Post: Third Street Tunnel in D.C. closed Monday after water leak damages road
Officials don’t have an estimate for when the tunnel will reopen but say closures will be in place through Monday evening
Washington Post: Black cemetery headstones were used as scrap. Now area leaders are ‘righting a…
KING GEORGE COUNTY, Va. — The broken remnants of headstones representing 55 lives — some famous, some forgotten — lay on rough wooden pallets Monday as the leaders of Virginia, Maryland and D.C. spoke of atonement.
Associated Press: Historic headstones of DC African Americans relocated
KING GEORGE, Va. (AP) — Dozens of headstones from a historic African American cemetery in the nation’s capital that were used as erosion control along the Virginia shoreline of the Potomac River are being relocated to a memorial garden in…
City Paper: Leaders at Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS Hesitated to Tell Families About Staff…
The positive COVID-19 tests and issues with the building’s HVAC system prompted one employee to alert the D.C. Auditor.
City Paper: How a Washingtonian’s Hobby Got Cited In An Insurrection Hearing
Five days before the Capitol insurrection, the writer of Washington Tunnels sent a tip to the FBI.
City Paper: Summer Heat Can Lead to Adverse Health Reactions for Residents Across D.C.
Summertime heat waves do not treat all D.C. residents equally.
Associated Press: Proud Boys leader who burned BLM flag gets 5 months in jail
The leader of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced to more than five months in jail on Monday for burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in downtown Washington and bringing two…
DCist: Proud Boys Leader Gets Five Months In Jail For Burning Church’s Black Lives Matter Banner,…
Proud Boys leader Enrique “Henry” Tarrio was sentenced Monday to more than five months in jail for burning a Black Lives Matter banner that his group stole from a historically Black church and for an unrelated weapons charge for carrying…
Washington Post: D.C. Medicaid patients could lose access to doctors at MedStar, the hospital system…
D.C.'s deputy mayor for health said that MedStar, the hospital system that most often treats D.C.'s low-income patients, plans to end its contracts with two insurers that cover most of the D.C. residents enrolled in Medicaid, meaning those…
Washington Business Journal: Skyland Town Center lands Japanese spot as its first full-service…
The developers of Skyland Town Center in Ward 7 have signed a full-service restaurant to join the handful of fast-casual spots and other retail tenants.
Washington Business Journal: Covid is ‘unrelenting with children’: Children’s…
Covid-19 vaccinations have stopped local hospitals from getting overwhelmed. But Children’s National Hospital has a different story.
Washington Business Journal: D.C.’s &pizza ramps up growth as the Covid-19 pandemic wears…
D.C.-based &pizza plans to continue expanding its footprint locally and beyond the D.C. region as the Covid-19 pandemic has created new opportunities for retail tenants across Greater Washington.
DCist: Sinkhole In D.C.’s Third Street Tunnel Causes Multiple Road Closures
A sinkhole in the southbound lane of the Third Street tunnel at Fourth Street and New York Ave. NW caused multiple street closures around the area Monday morning.
Washington Post: A new collection of photographs helps put go-go music in the picture
You’re supposed to be quiet in the library. At a go-go show? Not so much. But the shouts have joined the “shhhh”s at the D.C. Public Library, courtesy of a new photo collection. Nearly 2,000 photographs taken by Chip Py at area go-go shows…
Press Release: District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia Repatriate Historic African American…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 23, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Kata Hall (MD)
Grant Neely (VA)
Addressing an injustice of six decades ago, Virginia returns…
Allister Chang and Devon Winsor: DC’s new literacy plan — a great framework, ready for action
In 2019, only 30% of fourth grade students in DC performed at or above the proficient level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress exam in reading, ranking us 47th nationally. This does not even account for subsequent COVID-19…
WTOP: Sinkhole shuts down 3rd Street Tunnel and nearby streets
Commuters headed through D.C. on Monday morning have more than the usual gridlock to deal with: there’s a sinkhole at the 3rd Street Tunnel that has closed the tunnel completely.
Washington Post: Third Street tunnel in D.C. closed ‘until further notice’ due to sinkhole
D.C. police also closed several other roads near the tunnel