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Rachel Looker
Foggy Bottom group holds document-shredding event to protect against data theft
Although recent statistics reveal document theft to be a fading means of stealing information, residents feel shredding personal records provides some security.
Megan Ruggles
One smile at a time: Dupont crossing guard spotlights more than just school route safety
Thomas Tate has been brightening people’s days at the corner of New Hampshire and R Street for nearly 15 years.
Heidi Kirk
At Wah Luck House, Chinatown community takes care of its own
The adult day care center at the Wah Luck House gears up for its official opening next month while doubling down on care services.
Vanessa Montalbano
Freedom Forum joins The Atlantic as tenants in Morris Adjmi’s newest property on Water Street
The Freedom Forum’s announcement comes a year after the high-profile sale of its landmark Pennsylvania Avenue property, The Newseum, to Johns Hopkins in the face of financial troubles.
Aneeta Mathur-Ashton
Animals at the National Zoo seek herd immunity
Keepers are making progress vaccinating animals deemed high-risk for infection from Covid-19.
The Wash spoke with zookeepers across the campus to confirm information about the shots.
Alec D'Angelo
Dave Thomas Circle, a confusing jumble of intersections, is dead at 36
The result of a gap in the L’Enfant Plan, Dave Thomas Circle was never meant to be born.
Alice Berry
Nearly 1,500 Chevy Chase residents weigh in on future of local library
County leaders said they are pleased by the volume of public input. They plan to review comments later this month before deciding which building plan to add to the County Executive’s budget.
Lauren Berryman
New initiative to raise DC’s tipped minimum wage gathers steam, despite familiar criticism
Advocates to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers in Washington, D.C., are gathering signatures three years after D.C. Council rejected a similar proposal. The new proposal, Initiative 82, aims to incrementally...
Nick Trombola
How U Street restaurants are preparing for Omicron in DC
Along D.C.’s nightlife strip, the service industry is taking the Mayor’s new mask ‘recommendation’ seriously with news of the first positive cases of Omicron in the DMV.
Caroline Cliona Boyle