Council Wants to Change Street Names to “DC No Taxation Without Representation Way” Here’s a clunky mouthful: The D.C. Council introduced legislation today to change the names of the streets surrounding the U.S. Capitol to “D.C. No Taxation Without Representation Way.”
D.C. Police discover third body in Shaw rowhouse District of Columbia police say they have found a partially buried body in the back yard of a row house in the Shaw neighborhood where a week-old corpse was discovered in an attic last week. Police revealed the recovery of the second body Tuesday. They’re trying to determine if it is that of 23-year-old Delano Wingfield, reported missing by his grandmother June 3. An autopsy concluded the man was beaten to death.
U.S. Patent Office Cancels 6 Redskins Trademarks The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has cancelled six Washington Redskins trademarks, ruling that the polarizing moniker is “disparaging to Native Americans.”
D.C. ranks highly on safe places to live The District ranked highly on a recent survey of safest states (and D.C.) to live in. The District came out as the fifth safest after Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Hawaii, according to WalletHub, a financial website.
4 of 5 metro lines to be delayed this weekend Metro says that beginning at 10 p.m. Friday and continuing through system closing on Sunday, trains on the red, orange, blue and yellow lines will be affected. Metro says that trains on the orange, blue and yellow lines will operate every 20 minutes all weekend.
David Catania Wants to Halt D.C. ‘Yoga Tax’ He says phasing in a reduction in business taxes over six years rather than five will make the expanded sales tax unnecessary.
Washington Among U.S. Finalists for 2024 Olympic Games The U.S Olympic Committee officially announced Washington, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco as potential hosts. Los Angeles is the only city of the four that has previously hosted, having done so in 1932 and 1984.
Father’s Day events around the DC area It’s a few days away until we celebrate fathers, grandfathers and father figures for being in our lives and being who they are. But what do we do with them? How do we treat our dads to a day they will enjoy and know they are appreciated? Well every dad is different, which makes this even more difficult.
#DontTaxWellness Coalition protests against D.C. gym tax A handful of yoga, fitness and health advocates who call themselves the #DontTaxWellness Coalition showed up on the steps of the Wilson Building Thursday morning to protest a controversial tax the D.C. Council recently approved – a 5.75-percent sales tax increase on fitness centers in the district.
Person killed in shooting in Southeast DC neighborhood A young man was killed after gunfire rang out in a Southeast D.C. neighborhood where a number of D.C. police officers live.
