- An English professor and celebrated fiction author at the University of Virginia retired after a board determined that he had inappropriate sexual contact with one of his students. [Post]
- D.C.’s subreddit staged a coup and took down an AMA thread from the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security, which one user called a ‘fly-by-night, unaccredited, National Security grad school funded by sketchy ultra-right-wing interest groups.’ [Washingtonian]
- Police are investigating the death of a 5-month-old boy in Southeast. [FOX 5]
- That hellish commute on Orange Blue Silver Tuesday evening? It was due to a water leak. [WTOP]
- 2019 will be Rolling Thunder’s last ride. [Post]
- A civil lawsuit against Prince George’s police alleges discrimination and retaliation. [NBC Washington]
- Where to eat on Christmas day in the city. [Eater]
- A man who used to deal drugs in the city is now one of its “violence interrupters,” tasked with helping settle disputes before someone gets hurt. [Post]
- Yep: it’s gonna rain again. [NBC Washington]
- A Maryland man admits to trying to frame his wife as a terrorist. [WTOP]
- ICYMI: Map: Here’s where native Washingtonians live (and don’t live) in the District,
- ICYMI: What’s going on with all of Mike Isabella’s restaurants?
- ICYMI: Santa Claus wears water skis.
- This day in DCist: These Southwest D.C. neighbors were engaged in a war of flyers post-presidential election.
DCist’s photo of the day from the Flickr pool.
Natalie Delgadillo