- Scientists with the National Zoo helped facilitate the first successful in vitro birth of two cheetah cubs. [Post]
- A Prince William County elementary school now has a drone in every classroom. [WJLA]
- “Step back, man proposing”: A marriage proposal on the Metro. [Fox 5]
- A person was struck by a Red Line train in Montgomery County early this morning. [Fox 5]
- A list of all the D.C. restaurants that have called it quits so far in 2020. [Eater]
- Virginia lawmakers voted to end a holiday honoring confederate leaders Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. [WTOP]
- Could the D.C. Defenders beat Washington’s NFL team? Experts weighed in. [Washingtonian]
- A Maryland man entered an Alford plea for charges of sexually abusing a guinea pig. [WJLA]
- George Mason University hired the school’s first black president. [NBC 4]
- The National Park Service completed the major renovation of the Iwo Jima Statue. [WAMU]
- As D.C. looks towards a presidential inauguration in 2021, the city still awaits millions of dollars from the Trump administration. [WUSA 9]
- ICYMI: Wilford, the heavy heartthrob, found his purrrfect forever home.
- ICYMI: The new National Children’s Museum opened yesterday.
- This Day in DCist: H Street businesses celebrated the long-awaited launch of the D.C. streetcar.
Colleen Grablick