Washington DC

Washington DC

"There's no one that wants it more than [Lapierre] and he's so determined and so focused,"

I think obviously that's part of life, and there's other stuff to think about too, but I think I've always been pretty good at focusing on what I can control and what I can do out there. This league is tough, and a lot goes on, and I think I've always just kind of stayed in my lane and worried about the task that I'm worried about. I don't think that'll change. My mentality won't change. And certainly just as excited as ever.

The Washington Wizards are in the midst of a long awaited and much needed rebuild. General manager Will Dawkins has made his strategy moving forward pretty clear at this point. Between the variety of attempts to surround the young talent on the roster with viable veterans, Washington has made it obvious that having a mentor and veteran presence on their team is a point of emphasis.

Brittany, VP of corporate communications at NBCUniversal, and Jon, head of state and local government partnerships for Uber, met at a The Weeknd concert at Capital One Arena and immediately bonded over being fellow midwesterners—she from Minnesota and he from Wisconsin. They met up for coffee later, and then shared a first dinner date at Iron Gate—where they'd eventually have their rehearsal dinner.

That guy's the heart and soul of this team,

A man walking his dog along the Potomac River in Northern Virginia on Sunday found what appears to be an airplane seat and a tray table among other airplane debris. The National Transportation Safety Board is now examining the debris, which is believed to be from the mid-air collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in January that killed 67 people. Andrew Guevara, who lives near the trail along the Potomac River, said he spotted the airline seat cushion while walking his dog.

Washington DC's mayor, Muriel Bowser bowed to Donald Trump's military occupation of the nation's capital on Tuesday, signing an executive order that formalizes cooperation with federal forces even as residents push back against the deployment. The Tuesday order establishes the Safe and Beautiful Emergency Operations Center borrowing from Trump's own branding to institutionalize collaboration between city officials and various federal agencies including the FBI.

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A woman was stabbed in Washington D.C. on Wednesday while National Guard troops dined directly across the street. The victim, whose identity has not been released to the public, was stabbed on the 700 block of H Street Northeast around 3:47 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

It was a regular workday, a Monday, for the rest of Washington, D.C., but inside Nationals Park, it was the final day of tryouts for the new Women's Professional Baseball League. This will be the first of its kind since the dissolution of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League-a wartime entertainment that gave hundreds of women the opportunity to play baseball in front of paying fans, but which fell apart in the early 1950s due to mismanagement and dwindling attendance.