Tuesday, July 21, 2020 (Washington, DC) – Mayor Muriel Bowser sent a letter to leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives calling for Congress to provide full and equitable funding for the District in the next tranche of federal coronavirus funding. The Mayor’s full letter is below. The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader […]
Monday, July 20, 2020 Due to Extreme Heat, District’s Public Testing Sites to Operate on a Modified Schedule on Tuesday, July 21 and Wednesday, July 22 (WASHINGTON, DC) – Due to dangerously hot temperatures, the District’s public COVID-19 testing sites will operate on a modified schedule on Tuesday, July 21 and Wednesday, July 22. Firehouse
Monday, July 20, 2020 New DHCD Headquarters to be Part of Phase Two of MLK Gateway on Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, SE (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will enter into a new lease in historic Anacostia keeping its headquarters in an east
Monday, July 20, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situational Update for Monday, July 20, 2020
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If your social media feeds are anything like mine, you can’t get very far in them without catching wind of the latest celebrity being “cancelled” or seeing someone propose who the next one to cancel should be. Twitter hashtags and the influence of widespread movements for accountability, namely #MeToo and the current cries for accountability
D.C. has always been a top attraction for tourists. People come for the cherry blossoms, the White House, the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, Embassy Row, and the country’s largest Catholic church. Then they discover the bookshops, a thriving LGBTIQ+ community, and a cornucopia of international cuisine: Somali, Ethiopian and Eritrean, and West African, along with a rich blend of
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Sunday, July 19, 2020 The Metropolitan Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 34 year-old Olga Ooro, who was last seen in the 300 block of Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, in the evening hours on Thursday, July 16, 2020. Olga Ooro is Missing Under Suspicious Circumstances. She is described as a black female, with a dark brown complexion, 5’9”
Sunday, July 19, 2020 Detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Major Crash Investigations Unit are investigating a traffic crash that occurred on Saturday, July 18, 2020, in the unit block of 51st Street, Southeast. Preliminary investigation revealed that at approximately 10:30 pm, the operator of a single motorcycle was traveling northbound in the unit block
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Friday, July 17, 2020 The Metropolitan Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 43-year-old Keith Johnson, who was last seen in the 1800 block of Tobias Drive, Southeast, on Monday, July 13, 2020, at approximately 8:00 am. Keith Johnson is Missing Under Suspicious Circumstances. The vehicle Mr. Johnson was last known to be operating was located
Friday, July 17, 2020 Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department\’s First District have announced an arrest has been made in reference to a Burglary Two offense that occurred on Thursday, July 16, 2020, in the 500 block of 8th Street, Southeast. At approximately 6:50 am, the suspect forcibly gained entry to an establishment at the
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