Police departments across the country have been investigating—and in some cases, disciplining—officers for their potential involvement in the violent and fatal insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Anne Arundel is the latest district to change course as coronavirus cases rise.
Deputy Police Chief William Lowry will step in as interim chief starting August 1.
The suspension comes amid a local push for police reform, including measures like body cameras and a civilian review board.
Former Editor-in-Chief Ryan Avent writes a weekly column about neighborhood and development issues. Sometimes I imagine that the vicious territoriality residents of this or that place occasionally display when comparing their home enclave to another is a sign of something positive, a rootedness and sense of belonging, maybe, to the neighborhood or city or state one calls home. If that’s the case, then residents of the cities of Baltimore and Washington must be some rooted…
Mindgutter brings us a stunning night-time HDR shot of a building on the UMD campus. Like DCist Heather, I’m a complete astrogeek, so the inclusion of the conjuction of the Moon and Venus is a total bonus. I also like that, if you look closely, you can see a security camera in the cupola. Big Brother — and the Moon — is always watching. In the comments on the photo’s Flickr page, Mindgutter asks…
On Saturday D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Notron and Mayor Adrian Fenty reached a quick agreement with Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) to remove the hold the senator placed on the District schools takeover plan on Thursday. “We have a handshake agreement. That’s what old friends can do,” Norton told the Post. Cardin had said he placed the hold as a political maneuver to pressure the District to negotiate on a long-standing disagreement involving the District’s plans…
It’s Friday, D.C., and if you live in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, you may have suffered a lengthy power outage yesterday after a manhole exploded and injured a Pepco worker in the area. The worker suffered second degree burns but will recover. If you’re a bit of a science geek like us, you immediately began Googling something like “How exactly do manholes explode?” after you read the above story, so allow us to save you…
Forgive our light content so far this morning, faithful readers, but we were forced to flee DCist Headquarters about 2 hours ago in search of the welcoming embrace of friends with working electricity and Internet access. Not only is much of the Shaw neighborhood currently experiencing intermittent power outages, but one surge may have permanently damaged this editor’s lap top (cue the tiny violins). Only time, or a certified PC technician, will tell. Now happily…
We start off this Monday morning with the very sad news that Star Foster, a co-editor of sister site Phillyist, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday morning. Phillyist will be going dark for a few days out of respect for Foster, who was with the site since its inception. Here at DCist, and across the -ist network, we offer our condolences and thoughts for her friends and family. Gallaudet Taps New President: The board of…
