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- The Smithsonian names Cynthia Chavez Lamar as National Museum of the American Indian director, making her the first Native woman to lead a Smithsonian museum. [El Tiempo Latino]
- Meet D.C.’s other essential workers. [WCP]
- A federal grand jury charged two men for crimes on airplanes flying into Dulles International. One is accused of assaulting a flight attendant and another allegedly groped a passenger. [Post]
- Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order ending mask mandates in schools. [WTOP]
- Montgomery County students are expected to walk out of class today, demanding virtual learning amid the latest COVID-19 wave. [WUSA9]
- A woman in Columbia Heights was fatally shot Wednesday night in a car while two children were present. [Post]
- Harry Thomas Jr., who just dropped out of Ward 5 council race to run for D.C.’s shadow delegation, plagiarized campaign materials. [WCP]
- The wife of D.C. police officer Jeffrey Smith, who died by suicide after responding to the Capitol insurrection, is pressing D.C. to grant a request to recognize his death. [Post]
- A D.C. man was charged copays he never should have owed for PrEP medication. [Axios]
- Capital Weather Gang explains why their forecast for snow was wrong.
- Today is expected to be the coldest day all winter (so far). [CWG]
- ICYMI: Expect road closures today because of the anti-abortion rally, March For Life.
- ICYMI: There will also be a protest against vaccine mandates on the National Mall on Sunday.
- This Day in DCist: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan called on public school systems to return to in-person learning.
