A hate-bias attack in Northwest, neighborhoods to watch in real estate, a digital solution to the rat boom, and other news of the day over in the District.
- Police search for missing teens. [WJLA]
- Dentist sentenced to 16 years for sexually assaulting patients. [Post]
- Owner of Steve Bannon’s Capitol Hill home battles D.C. government over security fence. [Post]
- Package thief caught on camera. [Bloomingdale]
- Police say man was motivated by hate to attack a victim in Columbia Heights. [WTOP]
- D.C. State Board of Education may call for another investigation of graduation standards in public and charter schools. [Post]
- Local food lovers to follow on Instagram. [Washingtonian]
- City explores a high tech solution to combat its latest rat boom. [WAMU]
- Toddler shot in the leg as children played with a gun. [Post]
- “A city with diverse populations, with diverse incomes and occupations works better than one that is mostly rich or mostly poor,” says former mayor. [Post]
- Native American activists want Washington football team’s name changed to the Redhawks. [WTOP]
- College student cramming for finals: “It’s just completely packed. I really think of it as sort of like a colony of bees, swarming back to the hive.” [Post]
- Three neighborhoods worth watching in 2018. [Curbed]
- Restaurant chefs and a bartender who left the city reflect on its dining scene. [WCP]
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