Washington Post: Catholic University to limit campus housing, in-person classes as coronavirus…
Catholic University will invite fewer students to campus this fall as the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the country, the school’s president announced Friday afternoon.
ESPN: Capital One Arena ready to take cash bets at box office
The box office at Capital One Arena in Washington is being transformed into a sportsbook, complete with betting windows and self-serve kiosks, and will begin taking cash bets Friday, a first for an American sports venue.
WTOP: Business owners fight to bring back Adams Morgan ‘streatery’
There are growing calls to bring back a popular pedestrian zone in D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood.
DCist: D.C. Releases Body Camera Footage From Three Police Killings Of Black Men
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday released footage from body-worn cameras linked to the high-profile killings by police of three Black men in 2018 — Marqueese Alston, D’Quan Young, and Jeffrey Price. Two of the incidents were fatal…
UrbanTurf: Zoning Commission Unanimously Approves WhyHotel at 481-Unit Coast Guard Headquarters…
Last fall, the development team behind the conversion of the Buzzard Point Coast Guard headquarters into a mixed-use residential project applied to convert some apartments into temporary WhyHotel units. This week, the Zoning Commission…
WTOP: DC police release body cam footage from 3 officer-involved deaths
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser authorized the release of edited body camera footage from three officer-involved deaths Friday.
Washington Post: Attendees at D.C. rally for racial justice should follow travel order, mayor says
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said Friday that people planning to attend an August rally for racial justice should follow the District’s guidance for travelers, including a self-quarantine order for visitors from coronavirus hot spots.
Washington Business Journal: Kramerbooks will stay put for at least three more years
Dupont Circle institution Kramerbooks & Afterwords Café will remain in its current location for at least three more years — and owner Steve Salis now says it’s likely the bookstore and café will be in its Connecticut Avenue NW digs for…
City Paper: A Couple and Their Baby Fight the City for Their Right to Emergency Shelter
Despite relaxed verification rules during the coronavirus pandemic, the family wasn't given shelter.
Press Release: Bowser Administration Preparing for Potential Impacts from Hurricane Isaias
News Release _ Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 31, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Rebekah Mena (HSEMA)
Information on How to…
Chamber Dance Project looks to build audience connections with virtual season kicking off tonight
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, DC’s Chamber Dance Project had a list of scenarios for its seven-week performance season starting in June: “What if the theater can’t open? Could we perform outside? Can we rehearse? Can we bring into the…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: fellowship, arts fests and Freedom Plaza
Community is the central theme in this edition of the DC Lineup. After all, as we move from July to August, we’re all in the unrelenting heat together.
There will be scattered thunderstorms for much of the weekend, July 31 to Aug. 2,…
Washingtonian: George Washington University Cuts 7 Athletic Programs, Citing Pandemic
Men's tennis and indoor track are among the programs it will cut to help manage a $200 million shortfall.
Washington Post: D.C. neighborhood votes to remove plaque honoring white supremacist senator
In exclusive Chevy Chase, where Connecticut Avenue spills from Montgomery County into the District, a 60-foot sandstone fountain honors Francis G. Newlands, a U.S. senator from Nevada and the neighborhood’s founder. An inscription reads:…
Washington Post: A modern canal boat is headed to the C&O in Georgetown. It will be powered by…
The 80-foot-long boat, which is expected to make its debut next year, is part of an effort to revitalize the historical neighborhood and its one-mile stretch of the waterway.
WTOP: Lunch crowd gone, 90% of food trucks leave DC, struggle to survive
If it feels like you can’t find a once-ubiquitous food truck in the nation’s capital these days, there’s good reason — they’ve left.
Skip Strobel in The Post: RFK deserves better than another stadium
Statues are coming down and names are being changed around the country. At Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, the monolithic statue of George Preston Marshall, founder of the Washington professional football team and a segregationist, was…
WTOP: Meeting virtual learning challenges for at-risk DC students in Southeast
The challenges for D.C. students who now know they will be attending school entirely online in the fall are compounded for children and families who do not have enough devices or adequate internet access to succeed in learning virtually.
Washington Post: Documenting John Lewis’s last public appearance
John Lewis’s last public appearance wasn’t supposed to be public.
Washington Times: D.C. Public Schools to start school year with online instruction
D.C. Public Schools students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade will be learning remotely this fall, starting Aug. 31 and through Nov. 6, officials announced Thursday.