A Washington D.C. Without Marion Barry Felt Unthinkable Before This Week After all, D.C. without the mayor-for-life was unthinkable, so I didn’t think it’d ever come to pass. He’d been shot, arrested, overused drugs and booze, and elected to office (which can’t be good for your health) more or less every four years since the District got Home Rule, and he was still around. Love Barry or hate him—and a lot of people in D.C. did one or the other, if not both—but you couldn’t ever count him out.
Washington DC City Council to take up $300M DC United stadium A bill before the council would remove a controversial proposal to trade away an aging municipal building as part of a land-swap deal for the stadium. The District would have received cash and land at Buzzard Point in Southeast Washington under the deal.
Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. unveils $2 billion museum face-lift The Smithsonian unveiled a plan Thursday to give museums and gardens along the south side of Washington’s National Mall a $2 billion face-lift, creating more welcoming entrances, improving connections between the museums and refurbishing the iconic Smithsonian Castle.
Washington DC Mayoral Election in Graphs Muriel Bowser won a landslide victory on Tuesday night, winning the mayoralty by nearly 20 points over her closest rival, David Catania. But her support varied sharply across D.C.’s geography.
Washington D.C. hiker killed in fall in South Dakota identified The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office says 50-year-old Ronald Emery, of Washington, D.C., died Thursday at an area near Rapid City known as Falling Rock.
Assault suspect escapes from Washington DC psychiatric hospital Kenneth Clayton got away from the Tenleytown location about 10:40 a.m., according the office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice. He was not armed at the time of his escape, but officials say Clayton may be dangerous.
Washington DC election board reports theft of voter books A D.C. Board of Elections spokeswoman says thieves stole digital voter books from a polling site ahead of Tuesday’s election.
Woman’s body found in burning Washington DC building Police say the homicide branch is investigating, but the cause of the death is undetermined. Police initially said the death was being investigated as a homicide. The woman’s body was taken to the medical examiner’s office for an autopsy. No other details were released.
Washington DC high school mourns loss of teen killed in Beltway crash Dominik Pettey, 17, was a senior at Gonzaga College High School, where he was also a hockey player. Pettey was killed early Saturday when the car he was traveling in on Interstate 495 was hit by another vehicle. The vehicle he was in had pulled over onto the side of the road because of car trouble, and another vehicle veered off the road and struck it.
Robert Griffin III Has “Alienated Himself” From Redskins Locker Room Robert Griffin III will start for the Redskins on Sunday against the Vikings after missing six weeks with a dislocated left ankle. According to a report from ESPN, multiple sources in the organization believe that Griffin starting over Colt McCoy, who led the Redskins to two straight wins, “is an owner- and general-manager-driven decision.”
