Washington Post: D.C. officers crash patrol cars during apparent racing, department spokesman says
Four D.C. police officers faced suspensions of their law enforcement powers after the drivers of two marked patrol cars crashed while apparently racing each other along a street in Northeast Washington, according to a department spokesman.!-->…
Press Release: D.C. to Pay $1.6 Million to Settle Claims from 2017 Inauguration Day Demonstrations
News Release — ACLU of the District of Columbia
Settlements Resolve Lawsuits Alleging False Arrests and Excessive Force
April 26, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Suzanne Ito
WASHINGTON - The ACLU of the District of!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: Norton Requests Botanic Garden Display Hemp Plants
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
April 26, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Congressman Earl Blumenauer!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Washingtonian: Glenn Close’s “Da Butt” Moment Was Pre-Planned? Who Cares!
DC music owned the Oscars.
7News: DC Police say they’re investigating 4 officers for racing, crashing their patrol cars
Four officers with the Metropolitan Police Department are under investigation and being placed on non-contact status after the department says they "may have been racing the vehicles, resulting in an accident."
DCist: Glenn Close Shouts Out Go-Go At The Oscars And Dances To ‘Da Butt,’ Causing Locals To Lose…
Glenn Close didn’t take home the Oscar for best supporting actress last night, but the 74-year-old Hollywood legend ended up stealing the show — and upending 2021 bingo cards across the region — when she danced to D.C. go-go band E.U.’s!-->…
WTOP: Georgetown’s Racial Justice Institute aims to address school’s inequities
It’s a story that reflects our country’s painful past.
WTOP: ‘It’s been extremely frustrating’: Mail delays impact DC neighborhood
A Northeast D.C. neighborhood is dealing with significant postal service delays, with some residents saying more than a month has gone by since they’ve gotten important mail like medications and stimulus checks.
Washington Post: Donald Trump makes his debut in National Portrait Gallery’s presidents exhibition
When the National Portrait Gallery reopens May 14, visitors will have the first opportunity to see a President Donald Trump portrait in the popular America’s Presidents exhibition.
Washington Post: How Glenn Close became a DMV hero by shouting out go-go legends at the Oscars
The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony was starting to get a little speech-heavy Sunday when Questlove announced he and comedian Lil Rel Howery were going to play a trivia game with the evening’s nominees. “Quest is going to play a song from a!-->…
Associated Press: Glenn Close knows all about ‘Da Butt’ in Oscars’ game
The premise for an interlude at the Oscars was simple: Questlove played a song and a chosen celebrity had to guess if the tune was ever nominated for or won an Oscar.
Fox 5: DC cop cars totaled after officers drag race in NE, says commander
Two D.C. police cars were totaled after officers decided to drag race each other, according to an internal email obtained exclusively by FOX 5’s Lindsay Watts.
WUSA9: Adams Morgan art walk aims to draw customers for businesses still struggling from pandemic
Close to a dozen different artists displayed their work in shops throughout the neighborhood
Robert Barton in The Post: I was sentenced to 30 years to life at 16. I shouldn’t have been sent…
I grew up on some of the meanest streets of D.C., the child of a man who rotated through prison and abandoned me and my mother. The few visits I had with him taught me the wrong kind of lessons. When my mother sent me to him for a!-->…
WTOP: An expert shares ways to combat hate and extremism
Part of D.C.’s Attorney General Karl Racine yearlong initiative called The People v. Hate: Standing Up for Humanity, a recent chat discussed community awareness of hate and extremism.
DC-based producer snags Academy Award nomination for Pixar film
Washington, DC, may bring home an Oscar this Sunday.
Mike Capbarat, currently a producer for the DC-based storytelling studio Duke & Duck, is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film as a producer of “Burrow” from!-->!-->!-->…
Washington Post: When it opened in 1927, the Capital Garage was the largest U.S. parking structure
On March 12, 1927, a crowd of several hundred spectators gathered outside a new 10-story building at 1320 New York Ave. NW. They were there to watch an automobile race — not around the building, but up it. This was possible because the!-->…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Fearing homelessness, a D.C. teen looked into her family’s options. What…
Jessica Amaya Torres knew she needed to write an essay for her high school English class, but she was finding it hard to concentrate on homework.
Washington Post: 130 Metro escalators will be replaced in overhaul program that begins Monday
The next phase of a major Metro escalator replacement program begins Monday in downtown Washington as construction crews begin replacing the moving staircases at the Gallery Place station after more than four decades of use.
Washington Post: Residents say Postal Service delays are leaving mailboxes empty in Northeast D.C.
Residents of Northeast Washington’s Carver-Langston neighborhood say they are weeks into a U.S. Postal Service delivery slowdown.