The District will open it’s indoor swimming pools and rec centers next week but under very strict safety protocols. As News4’s Mark Segraves explains, if you want to use the pools or fitness centers, you better make a reservation soon. coronavirus Aug 5, 2020
There’s bad news if you were still hoping to swim in a public pool in D.C. this summer: The pools will stay closed for the remainder of the season. The parks department announced Wednesday that all outdoor pools, indoor aquatic centers and spray parks will remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. “We understand residents look forward to escaping.
Police say speed contributed to a young man’s death in a motorcycle crash Saturday in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County. He, another motorcyclist and a Camaro driver “rapidly accelerated” when a traffic light turned from red to green, police said. Travis West, of Portsmouth, died after the fiery crash at about 10:15 a.m. on Jeff Todd Way,. Woodbridge Dec 12, 2020
A Woodbridge, Virginia, man is charged with making secret video recordings of several people, including minors, in the men’s restroom of the food court at the Fort Belvoir Army installation in Virginia. According to charging documents, Christian Yanez recorded images of naked body parts of people using the men’s room in December 2019 and January 2020, without the…
VMS Apr 15, 2019
From Sunday until Tuesday, the original Emancipation Proclamation written by President Abraham Lincoln will be on display at the National Archives in honor of D.C.’s Emancipation Day. The D.C. Emancipation Act, which freed slaves in Washington, will appear alongside the proclamation while it’s on display. WASHINGTON Apr 23, 2018
Americans are getting an extra day to file their taxes after key elements of the IRS website crashed on deadline day. The IRS said that individuals or businesses with a filing or payment due Tuesday now have until midnight Wednesday to complete the task. Earlier Tuesday, Americans who had waited until the final day to file online got an unwelcome.