- Alleged white supremacists were planning to start a “full-blown civil war” at Monday’s gun-rights rally, prosecutors said. [Post]
- Morgan Wootten, the legendary DeMatha Catholic High School basketball coach with the highest career winning percentage in the country, has died at 88. [Post]
- Teammates of former NBA player Delonte West are offering their support after a video of him shirtless in handcuffs went viral, and the officer who leaked the video has been suspended. [Post]
- The Virginia Senate voted to scrap Lee-Jackson Day and make Election Day a holiday. The bill will now move to the House. [WAMU]
- Minibar’s general manager, Jhonatan Cano, is taking his talents to Bresca and Jônt [Washingtonian]
- A former vice president at American University has been charged with sex crimes after attempting to meet a cop posing as a 15 year old. [Post]
- Monumental has officially applied for a sports betting license at Capital One Arena, and D.C. Lottery plans to launch its betting app in March. [WBJ]
- The last D.C. Council’s legislative period saw the highest number of unfunded bills passed in its history: 71 (out of 90). [Blade]
- A former councilmember is all about the marijuana in Jamaica. [Twitter]
- Dan Snyder is showing signs of wanting to build a new Maryland stadium for the Washington football team, as long as gambling is allowed there. [Post]
- On MLK Day, Mayor Bowser promoted D.C. statehood and introduced Bill Clinton to Miranda. [Twitter]
- ICYMI: Republican Virginia delegate says he’d support giving Alexandria and Arlington to D.C.
- ICYMI: Upshur Street’s Petworth Citizen will close and reopen as a bookstore-bar hybrid.
- This Day in DCist: Bei Bei meets snow and doesn’t quite know what to make of it.
Elliot C. Williams