WTOP: Conflict of interest? Company hired to review troubled DC crime lab wins new contract with…
In late May, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she was bringing in a forensic consulting firm to perform an independent review of the city’s troubled crime lab, which had just seen its accreditation stripped and is the subject of a…
Washington Business Journal: Hilton strikes deal to bring its upscale Curio Collection to NoMa
Hilton Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: HLT) has struck a deal to bring its Curio Collection to the Central Armature Works project in NoMa, where another luxury hotel had been planned for 2.4-acre Metro-adjacent site.
Colbert King in The Post: The emergency on our hands
As the terrified fans and ballplayers scrambling for cover at Nationals Park on Saturday evening discovered, the District’s gun violence, quaintly called a “public health crisis” by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and D.C. Council judiciary…
WTOP: ‘It’s embarrassing’ — ANC commissioners react to the shooting near Nats Park
A D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for the area surrounding Nationals Park experienced the chaos of the shooting himself, and said Sunday that something has to be done to address gun violence in the District.
Washington Post: On heels of tenure debate, non-tenured faculty at Howard U. decry working…
Spurred by an anonymous open letter, instructors are reigniting calls for change.
Washington Post: Lawsuits challenge D.C. law allowing kids to get vaccines without parental…
Two lawsuits filed in D.C. federal court this month challenged a city law passed last year that allows minors to be vaccinated without their parents’ knowledge, saying the legislation violates religious liberty.
Washington Post: Nationals-Padres game suspended after shooting outside Nationals Park
Saturday night’s game between the Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres was suspended after multiple gunshots were fired outside Nationals Park in a chaotic scene that ended with fans on the field and in the dugouts. The shooting…
Amber Harding: DC must take action to avoid shifting from a public health emergency to a…
Mayor Muriel Bowser has decided not to extend the public health emergency past July 25. As a result, the DC Council had to scramble to phase out or extend many of the legal protections that were tied to the public health emergency,…
WTOP: DC police ask for help to ID vehicle used in shooting death of 6-year-old
D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee, flanked by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser at a Saturday afternoon news conference, asked for the public’s help to identify a silver sedan used in a Friday night drive-by shooting that left six-year-old Nyiah…
Washington Post: Police search for killer of 6-year-old girl remembered for her energy and smile
She liked to mimic her grandmother, so a week ago, Nyiah Courtney got her hair braided.
DCist: 6-year-old Girl Killed In Congress Heights Shooting
A 6-year-old girl was killed in a D.C. shooting that also injured five adults Friday night, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
District Links: Bowser stops short of announcing a third mayoral bid; Nellie’s statement…
Anyone expecting Mayor Muriel Bowser to use her appearance on Friday's "Politics Hour" to announce she'll be running for a third term didn't quite get what they wanted — but she did drop another in her series of hints.
Metro Weekly: Community organizers react to Nellie’s statement in response to protests
Collective Action for Safe Spaces and Harriet's Wildest Dreams accuse bar of seeking to evade accountability and protect its bottom line.
Washington Post: Nellie’s apologizes to woman dragged down stairs by security, hires community…
Nellie’s issued an apology Friday to the 22-year-old Black woman who was seen in a viral video being dragged down the stairs of the sports bar by security in June.
Washington Post: D.C. Council member’s communications director arrested in domestic violence case
The communications director for D.C. Council member Vincent C. Gray (D-Ward 7) was arrested Thursday night and is among four people charged in a domestic assault that left a man injured, according to the lawmaker’s office and D.C. police.
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Washington Blade: Mayor joins Whitman-Walker in groundbreaking for new building
Health organization to open largest-ever facility at St. Elizabeth’s East
Washington Post: Advocates push to extend services for students who aged out of special education…
Special education lawyers and advocates are pushing D.C. officials to provide an extra year of special education services to students who aged out of these programs during the pandemic, arguing that these young adults did not receive the…
WTOP: Howard University prepares for a big return to post-pandemic life
Several high-level actors, authors and journalists have joined the faculty of Howard University for the fall semester, but the provost said that’s only one reason enrollment is surging.
WTOP: Nellie’s Sports Bar hires activist to focus on concerns of LGBTQ+ people of color
After closing for about a month following the emergence of a video that captured a woman being dragged by security personnel, Nellie’s Sports Bar in D.C. said that it has hired a longtime activist to help staff with diversity, sensitivity…
Washington Post: Black Lives Matter Plaza construction begins Monday with lane closures
Construction to make Black Lives Matter Plaza a permanent art installation will begin Monday, with 16th Street NW between H and K streets closing to vehicle traffic.