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*Updated: Decedent Identified* Traffic Fatality: 2800 Block of Minnesota Avenue, Southeast

Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Agents with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division and detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Major Crash Investigations Unit are investigating a traffic crash involving a marked police vehicle and a pedestrian that occurred on Friday, July 24, 2020, in the 2800 block of Minnesota Avenue, Southeast. Preliminary investigation revealed […]

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Coronavirus Data for July 26, 2020

Monday, July 27, 2020 (Washington, DC) The District’s reported data for Sunday, July 26, 2020 includes 78 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 11,858. The District reported one additional COVID-19 related death. 84-year-old male Tragically, 582 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19. Visit coronavirus.dc.gov/data for interactive data

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Daily Update July 27, 2020

View this email in your browser Below are updates on the District\’s response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as other urgent matters. For the latest and most comprehensive information always visit http://coronavirus.dc.gov. Eckington Public Safety Mayor\’s Mask Order Mayor\’s Quarantine Requirement 2020 Census DCPS Technology Survey Eckington Public Safety Meeting Councilmember McDuffie will lead a public

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Coronavirus Data for July 26, 2020

Monday, July 27, 2020 (Washington, DC) The District’s reported data for Sunday, July 26, 2020 includes 78 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 11,858. The District reported one additional COVID-19 related death. 84-year-old male Tragically, 582 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19. Visit coronavirus.dc.gov/data for interactive data

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Celebrating 30 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act

July 24, 2020 Pin in support of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Photo courtesy: Smithsonian National Museum of American History (americanhistory.si.edu). This month marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)! Enacted by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990, the ADA draws inspiration from the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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AG Racine Sues 16 Real Estate Companies and Professionals for Illegal Housing Discrimination Against District Voucher Holders

July 23, 2020 OAG Alleges Landlords, Property Managers, and Realtors Posted Discriminatory Online Ads for Homes in Wards 1, 4, 5, 7, and 8; Disproportionately Harmed African American Renters WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) filed eight separate lawsuits against 16 real estate companies

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