Natalie Delgadillo- After a dozen years in Penn Quarter, Proof is closing. [Washingtonian]
- Graduate students at local universities are fighting to improve their working conditions. [WCP]
- The Caps lost their seventh straight game on Wednesday night. [WTOP]
- “Don’t hold 800,000 people hostage over your demands:” Federal workers occupy the Hart Senate Building in protest of the shutdown. [WAMU]
- Trump has apparently agreed to delay his State of the Union address after Pelosi said he would not be able to have it in the House of Representatives. [FOX 5]
- That large sinkhole on 17th Street NW is still getting repaired, with no real estimate for when the work will be finished. [Post]
- Police are investigating the death of a man found outside near 6th Street and Constitution Avenue outside. [FOX 5]
- It’s rainy and relatively warm today, but get ready for a rapid temperature drop. [CWG]
- Marriott sold its longtime headquarters to the developer of a retirement community. [WBJ]
- Construction companies in wealthier parts of the city open up offices in Wards 7 and 8 in order to win lucrative contracts that give preference to businesses east of the river. [WCP]
- Kevin Durant came home to open The Durant Center in Suitland. [Post]
- ICYMI: D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine introduced legislation to make clergy mandated reporters of child abuse.
- ICYMI: Gritty is coming to the Capitol.
- ICYMI: Did you know there were almost two arches in Chinatown?
- This Day in DCist: Human Rights Watch released a damning report claiming that D.C. police officers bullied and ignored the victims of sex crimes.
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