Daryl James in The Post: Appeals court schools D.C. day-care police
Toddlers don’t come to Ilumi Sanchez with questions about world geography or algebra. They mostly want hugs, snacks and playtime in a nurturing environment. For more than a decade, Sanchez has exceeded expectations at her home-based…
DCist: Protesters Called On The D.C. Council To ‘Defund The Police.’ Did That Actually Happen?
As protests against police violence picked up steam nationwide in early June, one of the consistent demands from Black Lives Matter demonstrators came in three words: Defund the police.
DCist: Presenting The Most Cursed Places In D.C., According To Locals
This was an ill-fated year almost from the start, but on Thursday, locals noted on Twitter that plenty of places in D.C. were giving off bad vibes well before 2020.
Washington Post: In D.C. wards hit hardest by covid-19, sending kids to school is a risk some…
At Capital City Public Charter School in Northwest Washington, three students’ parents have died after contracting the coronavirus. Many more grandparents and relatives of the school’s nearly 1,000 students, most of whom are black or…
DCist: Why Are So Many COVID-19 Test Results In D.C. Lost, Damaged, Or Inconclusive?
In mid-June, Gabby Costabile wasn’t showing any symptoms, but she still wanted to get a COVID-19 test out of precaution, as she was returning to the Sirius XM office where she works part time as a producer. She went to the free walk-up…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: skates, sculptures and outer space
Culture, fun and learning are themes in the DC Lineup for this weekend, July 10 to 12.
Skies will be partly cloudy on Friday and Saturday and then mostly sunny on Sunday. Temperatures will range from 72 to 94 degrees, according to the…
Press Release: Norton, Beyer, Wexton Call Out Park Police for Stonewalling Investigation into 2017…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 10, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), and Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)…
Washingtonian: Just a Roundup of Some Truly Cursed DC Places
Because everything is awful, so why not celebrate it!
WTOP: Bowser says DC councilman who asked her to fire police chief is ‘lame duck’
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser used the term “lame duck” Thursday as she brushed off a councilmember’s call for her to fire the District’s police chief.
Gail and Paul Casey in The Post: D.C.’s failed investigation into our son’s death is a tragedy. So…
No parent should have to be responsible for doing the investigation into their child’s death, but that’s exactly what we had to do when the D.C. police and the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia willfully failed to…
Washington Post: For Eleanor Holmes Norton, new urgency for long-fought battles
As Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton walked through Lincoln Park the other day, a stranger stopped to call her a hero. Another asked when Congress would ever grant D.C. statehood.
WTOP: DC’s Kennedy Center unveils anti-racist initiatives
The Kennedy Center in D.C. has unveiled new initiatives to support anti-racism within the institution.
Washingtonian: The Kennedy Center Announces Anti-Racism Initiatives With #BlackCultureMatters, the…
The arts organization is making moves to affirm that it is an "anti-racist institution."
Washington Post: D.C. police arrest man, seek additional suspects in killing of 11-year-old at…
D.C. police on Thursday arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of Davon McNeal, the 11-year-old boy who was struck in the head by a bullet fired at a Fourth of July stop-the-violence cookout in Anacostia, according to authorities.
WTOP: Police arrest suspect in deadly DC shooting of 11-year-old boy
Police have arrested a suspect in connection to the fatal shooting of 11-year-old Davon McNeal at an anti-violence cookout in D.C. on July Fourth. Three suspects are still wanted, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday.
DCist: Man Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of 11-year-old Davon McNeal, Police Search For More Suspects
An 18-year-old man was arrested Thursday in the fatal shooting of Davon McNeal, the 11-year-old boy who was struck by a bullet in the head during a community cookout on the Fourth of July, D.C. police said.
DCist: Even In Phase Two, Pandemic Policies Are Keeping Doulas Out Of Hospital Rooms
Savannah Babino is due to give birth at any moment. She’s prepared as best she can for the event, planning to have her mother, her sister, and her fiance nearby as she brings her second daughter into the world.
Washington Post: Metro board to consider making bus rides free for low-income residents
The Metro board on Thursday asked its staff to look into proposals for free or reduced-fare travel for low-income Metrobus riders, adding momentum to initiatives by D.C. officials to provide residents with free transit.
Washington Post: Kennedy Center to commission anti-racism works, expand programs for black artists…
The Kennedy Center and its resident opera and orchestra will commission composers and librettists from around the country to respond to local racial crimes and violence as part of an effort to promote anti-racism.
Washingtonian: Andy Harris Wants to Block a DC Referendum on Magic Mushrooms
The Maryland congressman blocked full cannabis legalization in DC. Now he vows to thwart attempts to "decriminalize nature."