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Mornin’ D.C. It’s Tuesday, and UVA fans should look for special team-colored doughnuts at Sugar Shack today.
LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:
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D.C. inked a million-dollar contract with Andromeda Transcultural Health to provide mobile treatment to heroin users across the city. Instead, the company fabricated data it sent to the Department of Behavioral Health and the van sat in an abandoned parking lot. Then D.C. officials covered it up.
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First, Rondell Henry looked for his potential victims at Washington Dulles International Airport. When he decided there weren’t enough people for the atrocities he allegedly intended to commit, he drove the stolen U-Haul truck to the National Harbor. He was arrested March 28, and prosecutors describe as an ISIS-inspired plot to commit mass murder.
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The Metro PSC store in Shaw turned off the go-go music that leaked out into the street since 1995 after someone complained.
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And there’s a petition with thousands of signatures.
LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Mitch Ryals (tips? mryals@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans’ former campaign chairman is challenging the embattled lawmaker. Patrick Kennedy is basically running as the anti-Jack. [WAMU, Post]
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Almost the entire Baltimore city council is calling for Mayor Catherine Pugh to resign amid in the wake of a children’s book scandal. Pugh is currently on a leave of absence and, according to a spokesperson, does not intend to step down. [CNN]
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There is a shortage of foster parents in D.C. [WAMU]
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Gentrification doesn’t have to equal displacement. [Post]
YOUNG & HUNGRY LINKS, by Laura Hayes (tips? lhayes@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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Check out the menu for Nicoletta Italian Kitchen opening April 19. [WCP]
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Lulabelle’s Sweet Shop was broken into again. [DCist]
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How did the pay-what-you-want tasting menu experiment go at Reverie? [Washingtonian]
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The Front Pagestatus is in limbo. [WBJ]
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Young Asian American farmers are reclaiming Asian vegetables. [Eater]
ARTS LINKS, by Matt Cohen (tips? mcohen@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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While the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum closes for renovations, DC Public Libraries will host its Right to the City exhibition. [WAMU]
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D.C. readies for annual Emancipation Day celebration. [AFRO]
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Local author Cheryl Head‘s Catch Me When I’m Falling is a modern take on the classic detective novel. [WCP]
HOUSING COMPLEX LINKS, by Morgan Baskin (tips? mbaskin@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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Public housing residents are told they’ll be able to return to their newly redeveloped complexes. Some have been waiting more than a decade. [WAMU]
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On Karl Racine’s many lawsuits against bad landlords. [WAMU]
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The convention center is poised for more changes. [WBJ]
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Does DC’s zoning code lack protections for solar panels? [Urban Turf]
SPORTS LINKS, by Kelyn Soong (tips? ksoong@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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The Wizards play their final game of the season tonight at Capital One Arena against the Celtics. Since TNT has the broadcast, play-by-play announcer Steve Buckhantzmay have worked his last Wizards game on Sunday. Fans have already made a T-shirt in his support. [Bullets Forever]
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In a nail-biting, overtime championship game, the U-Va. Cavaliers beat Texas Tech, 85-77, to win the NCAA men’s basketball title for the first time in school history. [NCAA.com]
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Good news for Terps fans: Forward Jalen Smith is returning to College Park for his sophomore season. [Washington Times]
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The Stanley Cup went on a promotional tour yesterday, including a stop at the Washington Post newsroom, and journalists predictably lost their cool. [Twitter]
HAPPENING TODAY, by Kayla Randall (tips? krandall@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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One More Page Books hosts best-selling author Lisa Scottoline, who reads from her new novel about family secrets, Someone Knows. 7 p.m. at 2200 N. Westmoreland St., Arlington. Free.
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Full House and How I Met Your Mother TV dad Bob Saget brings his stand-up tour to Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. 8 p.m. at 600 I St. NW. $45.
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Genre-blending violin duo Black Violin performs at The Music Center at Strathmore.8 p.m. at 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. $26–$72.
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