WTOP: DC Water offers up to $5K to dry out basements after flooding from overwhelmed sewer system
Financial help is being made available to D.C. homeowners who had sewage backups Sept. 10, when the city’s sewer system was overwhelmed by record rainfall in a short period of time.
DCist: WAMU Leadership Tried To Oust Reporter Accused Of Sexual Harassment. American University…
JJ Yore, then the general manager of local public radio station WAMU, faced more than 100 of his employees at a tense companywide Zoom meeting in late July. The subject was a recent DCist investigation that uncovered numerous sexual…
Washington Times: Eisenhower memorial near National Mall to be dedicated after 21 years of…
It took less time for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to defeat Nazi Germany as supreme commander of the Allied armies in World War II than it did to design and construct the memorial to him that will be dedicated Thursday in Washington.
Washington Post: Federal officials stockpiled munitions, sought ‘heat ray’ device before clearing…
Hours before law enforcement forcibly cleared protesters from Lafayette Square in early June amid protests over the police killing of George Floyd, federal officials began to stockpile ammunition and seek devices that could emit deafening…
NPR: Military Police Leaders Weighed Deploying ‘Heat Ray’ Against D.C. Protesters
Hours before federal police officers cleared a crowded park near the White House with smoke and tear gas on June 1, the lead military police officer in the Department of Defense for the D.C. region asked if the D.C. National Guard had a…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: ‘How do you convince someone to change?’ asks a group of senior D.C.…
A 77-year-old woman has been watching from the bay windows in her Southeast Washington home.
WTOP: DC Council committee hears stories of struggle for unemployment benefits
D.C. residents detailed their hardships in fighting to get their unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic to a council committee Wednesday.
DCist: Workers Call For Major Changes At D.C.’s Overwhelmed Unemployment Office
Hours spent on hold. Months of delays. Confusing forms offered only in English and Spanish. These were among the dozens of problems District workers reported Wednesday during a hearing on D.C.’s unemployment benefits system.
DCist: New Report On St. Elizabeths Hospital Details Increased Use Of Restraint And Seclusion On…
St. Elizabeths, the District’s only public psychiatric hospital, has ramped up its use of restraint and seclusion on patients in recent years, according to a report on the Southeast facility, released Monday by Disability Rights DC.
DCist: ‘COVID-somnia’ Is Messing With Locals’ Sleep. Here’s What Some Are Doing To Fix That
Kevin Ford’s first night of intense sleep troubles came in early June.
DCist: Newly Adopted Pets Brighten Dark Pandemic Days For Washingtonians
Kelly Granger decided she wanted to adopt a dog in February 2020. The first American case of COVID-19 had just been diagnosed, and she was listening to “The Coronavirus Goes Global,” an episode of the New York Times podcast The Daily.
DCist: ‘I Have To Keep Creating’: Six Months Into The Pandemic, D.C. Musicians Are Finding Ways To…
When D.C. group The JoGo Project starts a call-and-response song with a virtual audience, it’s a little underwhelming.
Washingtonian: Kennedy Center Announces Its First In-Person Concert Since Lockdown
Renée Fleming and Vanessa Williams will sing to a real audience in a completely transformed opera house.
City Paper: DCHA Board Delays Budget, Redevelopment Votes, Thwarting Agency Director
Two failed resolutions and a delayed budget vote point to shaky confidence in Director Tyrone Garrett.
WTOP: Kennedy Center announces first in-person shows since pandemic closure
After being closed for six months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Kennedy Center has announced the return of live performances to its Opera House.
WTOP: DC Water: Ongoing project could’ve prevented Northeast sewage flooding
As DC Water prepares for a virtual town hall Wednesday night with residents affected by raw sewage flooding their homes last week, the water authority’s chief operating officer said ongoing construction projects should prevent similar…
DCist: Need A Test, Get A Test? D.C. Residents Say It May Not Be That Simple
Samantha Blake went to get a coronavirus test at the fire station on Sherman Avenue NW in early September as a safety precaution before visiting her parents in Delaware. “I haven’t seen them since Christmas,” she says. “It’s the longest…
DCist: Gone Fishing: D.C. Area Residents Turn To Bait And Tackle To Pass Time During The Pandemic
Mizanur Rahman, 47, has been going to East Potomac Park three times a week since losing his job in March due to the pandemic. There, instead of watching planes land at Reagan National Airport, as many visitors do, he angles for catfish in…
Washington Post: A D.C. sports betting app was supposed to raise millions for the city. It’s off to…
The legalization of sports betting in D.C. has yet to deliver the windfall to the city treasury that officials promised, with the project hobbled by the coronavirus, legal challenges that slowed the launch of the industry and flaws in the…
DCist: D.C. Has Seen A Major Drop In Routine Childhood Vaccinations This Year
While experts race to develop an effective COVID-19 vaccine, D.C. has seen a drop in routine childhood vaccinations in the wake of the pandemic.