Colleen Grablick
- Walmart donated $5 million to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the company’s second large gift to the museum. [WBJ]
- The National Institute of Health headquarters in Bethesda is working on a coronavirus vaccine. [WUSA9]
- The new owner of a Maryland home sold at a foreclosure auction found the previous resident’s dead body inside. [NBC4]
- Virginia lawmakers completed the final step in approving the Equal Rights Amendment. [WAMU]
- City documents revealed that the owner of the D.C. building that collapsed two weeks ago failed to install a covered sidewalk. [WAMU]
- Former Georgetown basketball coach reflects on Kobe Bryant’s impact on the university’s basketball program. [NBC4]
- D.C. residents reported receiving calls from telephone scammers posing at D.C. police. [WTOP]
- After a small fire, brand-new pasta spot Reveler’s Hour will likely be reopened by next week. [Eater]
- The Department of General Services is in the middle of repairing D.C. firehouses that were apparently in disrepair. They’re calling it “Winter Blitz.” [WTOP]
- Jeff Bezos hosted his first party in his D.C. mansion, or rather “The Amazon Embassy.” [Washingtonian]
- ICYMI: The controversy over the McMillan development project, explained.
- ICYMI: A Washington Post reporter was suspended after sharing a tweet about Kobe Bryant’s rape case hours after his death.
- This Day in DCist: Protesters at Dulles Airport welcomed international arrivals after President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
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