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D.C. Police Officer Jasmine Flemmings-Simmons celebrated Mother’s Day by honoring fallen officers. Pipe bands walked from near Union Station to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on E Street NW. Her uncle, also a D.C. police officer, died when she was 12. She is a mom and lives in Southeast D.C.
LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:
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Sen. Kamala D. Harris speaks at Howard U. commencement. [Post]
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A retired NFL player prepares to graduate from GW Law and become an immigration attorney. [Post]
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How a retired doctor from Georgia kept a Howard student in school. [Post]
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Wizards face Celtics for Game 7 tonight in Boston. [Post]
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Local transit nerds contemplate Melissa McCarthy’s traveling podium. [GGW]
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Miss D.C., Kára McCullough, wins Miss USA. She is a scientist by day. [WTOP]
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The most in-demand coding skills at D.C. area companies. [WBJ]
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Temps may exceed 90 by mid-week. [Post]
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WCP’s Laura Hayes on substance abuse in the restaurant industry. [WTOP]
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A D.C. man is sentenced to 21 years for sexually abusing his daughter. [NBC4]
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A man gets 64 months for stealing $6,577 in the three bank robberies. [NBC4]
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Montgomery County man, 24, is charged for stealing food. [Post]
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Shawn Weldon, a 13-year-old boy, has been missing for five days. [WUSA9]
RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY:
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Saturday stroll route: How Capitol Hill bookstores share customers.
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South Africa under apartheid: the setting for a new production of Macbeth.
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For next weekend: a masterful avocado and cream cheese sandwich at Goldberg’s New York Bagels.
LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Jeffrey Anderson (tips? jeff.anderson@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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Parents pissed over school lottery “scandal.” [Post]
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Bowserputs limits on requests by officials to skip school lottery. [WAMU]
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Brandon Todd campaign finance probe, explained. [DCist]
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Racine on how to deal with troubled youth: [Post]
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Federal judge likely to rule in favor of challenge to Trump travel ban. [Times]
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Metro fares going up to address budget, service, safety needs. [WUSA9]
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Opinion: Investment in schools is really a budget a cut. [Post]
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Howard U. 18-year-old graduates magna cum laude, will go for Ph.D. [WJLA]
ARTS LINKS, by Matt Cohen (tips? mcohen@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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D.C. musicians share the best life advice they’ve received from their moms. [DC Music Download]
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TFW you wanna Instagram cool art, but not the same cool art everyone else is posting on Instagram. (You should go to the Hillwood Estate.) [Washingtonian]
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AFI Docs unveils its lineup for 2017. [WCP]
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Inside the world of D.C.’s church organists. [WAMU]
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Fort Reno’s on! [DC Music Download]
YOUNG & HUNGRY LINKS, by Laura Hayes (tips? lhayes@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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One theory about why we’re getting fancy tasting menu restaurants. [NYT]
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Speaking of, here’s a take on the new movie The Dinner. [Post]
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Is fine dining steeped in oppression and hierarchy? [Eater]
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Introducing the most expensive sandwiches in D.C. [Washingtonian]
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Pop-up hosting restaurant Prequel is reopening in a new location. [WBJ]
HOUSING COMPLEX LINKS, by Andrew Giambrone (tips? agiambrone@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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The discontents of D.C.’s long-lived Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act. [NBC4]
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Tenants of a forsaken Columbia Heights building score key court victory. [WCP]
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Violence breaks out again at Potomac Gardens housing complex. [WTOP, Post]
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Union Market developer requests extension from zoning commission. [UrbanTurf]
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Home prices in Anacostia have skyrocketed since just last year. [UrbanTurf]
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Douglas Development acquires land necessary for big Northeast project. [WBJ]
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The kinds of homes you can buy for around $300,000 in the D.C. area. [Post]
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Can’t afford the District? You may want to consider moving to Baltimore. [Post]
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