Gregg Pemberton in The Post: Second-guessing D.C. police officers’ actions won’t make anyone safer
On Aug. 8, D.C. police officers confiscated an illegal gun from a person believed to be selling drugs on the street in a neighborhood experiencing high crime. Soon after the arrest, a 45-second video of the arrest was posted to social…
Chip Py in The Post: The privilege of photographing D.C.’s official music
It was November 2011, and the “Godfather of Go-Go,” Chuck Brown, and his band chartered a tour bus to go to the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Va., to open a show for George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic. I had been photographing Brown,…
WTOP: 2011 quake repairs at National Cathedral may take another 10 years
In 2011, a rare 5.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the D.C. region, damaging the Washington National Cathedral. Ten years later, repairs are slowly being done but it may be another 10 years before all damages are fixed.
Washington Business Journal: 9:30 Club, Anthem owner to strengthen vaccination policy in the fall
One of the D.C. area's biggest live entertainment companies will strengthen its vaccination policy for attendees this fall.
Washington Blade: D.C. Jail drops policy of placing trans women in men’s facility
But ACLU proceeds with lawsuit anyway
Press Release: Bowser Administration and Golden Triangle BID Celebrate Grow Golden Businesses…
News Release — Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development
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August 20, 2021
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Press Release: AG Racine Calls on Justice Department to Better Regulate Ghost Guns to Improve Public…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
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August 20, 2021
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Continues OAG’s Efforts to Help Address the Proliferation of Ghost Guns in the District as MPD…
WTOP: IMP venues tighten vaccine policy, negative COVID-19 test no longer an option for most
The operator of several of D.C.’s largest clubs has made their venues’ vaccination requirements even stricter: negative COVID-19 tests will no longer be accepted as a means of entry for most ticketholders.
Washington Post: Public health officials anticipate smoother rollout for coronavirus vaccine booster…
Officials in the greater Washington region say the rollout of booster shots to millions of vaccinated people will be much different from the early days of the coronavirus vaccinations, when doses were in short supply and people scoured the…
Washington Post: Washington Monument closed — again
The Washington Monument was closed Thursday, the fourth straight day it has been shut down to visitors.
DCist: As Families Look To The Start Of School, COVID Cases Are At Levels We Haven’t Seen Since…
Coronavirus case rates and hospitalizations in the D.C. region have continued to worsen in recent weeks, rising to levels not seen since last spring just days before some area school systems return to in-person classes for the new academic…
Washington Post: D.C. eyes Georgetown parcel for future gondola landing site — and a potential home…
The D.C. Council set aside $10 million in its 2022 budget to acquire property at a former Exxon gas station
Washington Post: A decade after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake, Washington National Cathedral is halfway…
The heads of Old Testament prophets lie on the ground near the south entrance of Washington National Cathedral, scaffolding surrounds the central tower and, upon close inspection, parts of the ornamental limestone exterior are cleaner than…
Washington Business Journal: MidCity is finally ready to start redeveloping Brookland Manor. Some…
Through many years of legal challenges and community outcry, MidCity Financial Corp. has pledged that it would deliver a transformational project at Brookland Manor that makes room for existing residents. Now, the developer finally has the…
Washington Post: D.C. teen, 15, fatally stabbed during high school dismissal as father waits to pick…
A 15-year-old high school freshman was fatally stabbed during a fight that started when one student bumped another after classes were dismissed Wednesday at a Northeast Washington charter school, according to a D.C. police detective who…
Virtual exhibits transform traditional museum experience with longer exhibition times, interactive…
With just the movement of a computer mouse, a silver pitcher covered with two winged camels and foliate patterns is viewable from all angles and at various scales. This Central Asian artifact, made in the late seventh or early eighth…
Press Release: AG Racine Announces Settlements In Three Lawsuits Against Real Estate Companies that…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
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August 19, 2021
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Office of Communications
Settlements Require Companies to Pay Nearly $50K in Penalties, Conduct Fair Housing Training,…
Street Sense: UMC drafts budget while hospital finances remain in trouble
United Medical Center (UMC), the only general hospital east of the Anacostia River and the only public hospital in Washington, DC, is developing its first budget since coming under new management in May. Spending details won’t be made…
Street Sense: Franklin Park opening in September with public bathrooms and improved accessibility
Franklin Park in downtown D.C. is set to reopen in September with overhauled greenspaces, a children’s garden, and high-quality restrooms, according to a DowntownDC BID presentation from July 28. The five-acre lot bound by I and K streets…
Street Sense: Park evictions disrupt housing placements and send residents scrambling
For the 15 or so unhoused people who made a home at Burke Park, on 12th St. NW and Massachusetts Avenue, the area offered convenient access to necessities like laundry services, and the chance to be around people who understood their…