Local Headlines: Nikole Hannah-Jones to join Howard faculty after UNC tenure controversy

Their neighbors called covid-19 a hoax. Can these ICU nurses forgive them?; Silver Line setback likely to delay rail service to Dulles airport, Loudoun County; He says he helped his country. A decade later, the government accused him of fraud.; Virginia 'Bible study' group was cover for violent militia plans, prosecutors say; All Marylanders who died of covid in June were unvaccinated, data shows; Two young women died of opioid overdoses weeks apart. Their mothers are speaking out.; Grandmother jailed after not answering her phone during class is ordered released from prison sentence; As DeMatha grads get ready to reunite, memories turn to an epic football block; Girl, 14, sentenced to youth agency custody in carjacking death of Uber Eats driver; Man charged with attempted murder and assault on police in Prince George's; Criminal justice changes in Virginia prompt debate over how prosecutors are funded by the state; What it was like inside the D.C. tornado on the National Mall; A Smithsonian museum turns to art, not science, to hammer home a warning about Mother Nature ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Essential news and more for DMV residents.     Nikole Hannah-Jones is interviewed at her home in Brooklyn on Tuesday. (AP/John Minchillo) Nikole Hannah-Jones to join Howard faculty after UNC tenure controversy The hires of Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates, who are highly regarded writers who have each produced high-impact work on urgent questions about race in America, are a major recruiting victory for Howard University. By Lauren Lumpkin and Nick Anderson ●  Read more »   Their neighbors called covid-19 a hoax. Can these ICU nurses forgive them? For the nurses in the Appalachian highlands who risked their lives during the pandemic, it is as if they fought in a war no one acknowledges. By Peter Jamison ●  Read more »   Silver Line setback likely to delay rail service to Dulles airport, Loudoun County In March, project officials said they were confident the second phase of the rail line would be ready to hand over by Labor Day. By Lori Aratani ●  Read more »   He says he helped his country. A decade later, the government accused him of fraud. The case against six Afghan linguist recruiters "shocked" a federal judge in Virginia. By Rachel Weiner ●  Read more »   Virginia 'Bible study' group was cover for violent militia plans, prosecutors say At the time of his arrest, defendant Fi Duong had several guns, including an AK-47, and the material to make 50 molotov cocktails, court documents say. By Rachel Weiner and Spencer S. Hsu ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   All Marylanders who died of covid in June were unvaccinated, data shows The vast majority of new cases and new hospitalizations that month also were among the unvaccinated. Experts say the numbers prove the effectiveness of vaccines. By Jenna Portnoy and Ovetta Wiggins ●  Read more »   Two young women died of opioid overdoses weeks apart. Their mothers are speaking out. Jayla McBroom was 17 when she died. Cairo Pondexter was 20. Perspective ●  By Courtland Milloy ●  Read more »   Grandmother jailed after not answering her phone during class is ordered released from prison sentence Gwen Levi, 76, was conditionally set free during the pandemic but was jailed last month for a return to prison. By Justin Wm. Moyer ●  Read more »   As DeMatha grads get ready to reunite, memories turn to an epic football block Could the game film from 1970 DeMatha-Northwestern contest still be out there? Perspective ●  By John Kelly ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Girl, 14, sentenced to youth agency custody in carjacking death of Uber Eats driver She and another teenage girl pleaded guilty in juvenile court to murder in Mohammad Anwar's death. By Paul Duggan ●  Read more »   Man charged with attempted murder and assault on police in Prince George's The man shot himself in the leg during a struggle with officers during a traffic stop, police said. By Jasmine Hilton ●  Read more »   Criminal justice changes in Virginia prompt debate over how prosecutors are funded by the state A state-commissioned study set to begin this month will examine whether to alter a funding formula that awards jurisdictions with more felony convictions. By Antonio Olivo ●  Read more »   What it was like inside the D.C. tornado on the National Mall WTOP traffic reporter Dave Dildine explains how he got caught in the tornado Thursday night and describes what he witnessed. Perspective ●  By Dave Dildine ●  Read more »   A Smithsonian museum turns to art, not science, to hammer home a warning about Mother Nature The National Museum of Natural History's "Unsettled Nature" uses art — yes art — to deliver a grim yet disturbingly beautiful message about the environment. By Mark Jenkins ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Capital Weather Gang morning forecast for Your daily forecast and important weather updates, every day at the break of dawn. From Capital Weather Gang experts. Sign up »

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