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Kaela Cote-Stemmermann Is City Cast DC’s New Food and Culture Reporter
City Cast DC is undergoing an unprecedented expansion of its local newsroom, hiring a team of journalists to create original reporting ab...
"Downright scandalous:" Inside the NSFW text messages that got a top D.C. police official put on leave
An internal report shows ex-executive assistant chief Andre Wright repeatedly sent crude texts and mocked colleagues.
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Police Chief: 13 Top Officials Face Termination Amid Crime Stats Scandal
The DC DispatchMay 4Multiple D.C. Police Leaders Face Termination Over Crime Data Manipulation
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DC, ExplainedMay 4The Obama musical returns Washingtonians to an old, hopeful DC
DC Life HacksApril 30Your Guide to DC in May 2026
Events
Wednesday, May 13
- 🧘 HIIT Class: Wellness Wednesdays at Milian Park (Mount Vernon Triangle)
- 🦖 CiNoMatic: “Jurassic Park” at Alethia Tanner Park (NoMa)
- 🧶 Spinning a Yarn: Crochet Circle at Phillips@THEARC (Shipley)
- ☺️ Sound Healing Meditation at National Museum of Women in the Arts (Downtown)
- 🐞 Science on Tap: Libraries of Insect Life at Wonderland Ballroom (Columbia Heights)
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