Elliot C. Williams
- Local basketball players are mourning the loss of Kobe Bryant, sharing memories they had with the player, who, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, passed away in a helicopter crash Sunday. [Twitter/Instagram]
- D.C. police have arrested two people in connection with a fatal stabbing at Union Station on Sunday morning. [Post]
- A Clarendon dry cleaning business is closing its doors—and can’t promise that customers will get their clothes back. [ARLnow]
- A monthly “concierge-style” car subscription service that delivers electric vehicles to customers’ driveways has launched in D.C. [Cheddar]
- Lorton, Va. has a new museum that honors 72 suffragists, a century after women got the right to vote. [WAMU]
- A group of women at the D.C. jail participated in a mock trial for the first time, as part of Georgetown University’s Street Law Program. [Post]
- The Lunar New Year parade saw fewer people than usual. “I don’t know if the coronavirus is why they stayed away, but maybe,” said one participant. [Post]
- Trump’s Space Force official seal, which looks oddly similar to Star Trek’s Starfleet Command logo, seemed to catch the Pentagon off guard. [Washingtonian]
- A new 75-seat establishment, “Never Looked Better,” is coming to 9th Street NW. [Popville]
- The post office where survivors of the Virginia Beach mass shooting reunited has been named for Ryan Keith Cox, who gave his life to save his co-workers. [WTOP]
- The D.C. area is home to a lot of Olympic-level swimmers. Here’s why. [WCP]
- Three people were shot in less than two hours on Sunday in D.C. [NBC4]
- ICYMI: D.C is installing corrals for all those errantly parked dockless scooters.
- ICYMI: In crowded race to replace David Grosso, an ANC commissioner is the first to qualify for public financing.
- This Day in DCist: Two kindergarten teachers led a protest against Betsy DeVos.
