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DC-Area Athletes to Watch for at the Olympics
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are set to begin July 23. Top athletes will battle it out for the coveted gold over two weeks. Here are the athletes from D.C., Virginia and Maryland who will have the chance to bring medals to their hometowns. Ariel Atkins: Washington Mystics guard will make her first appearance at the Olympics. Tina Charles: Washington Mystics…
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Ticks in the DC Area: How to Be Safe This Summer
As summer days start to heat up and outdoor activities ramp up, some ticks are in their most dangerous life stage this summer —and they are prone to hide undetected on clothes and pets.
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Goodies Frozen Custard Open for Business at Alexandria Storefront
Part 1: Frozen Custard Centered on Community Part 2: Building a Brand on Vanilla Custard Part 3: When Dessert Gets Down to the Wire Wearing rain jackets and carrying umbrellas, a steady stream of people lined up to get a frozen custard treat from Goodies Frozen Custard & Treats storefront in Alexandria on opening weekend. Goodies’ “almost semi-grand opening” on…
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‘You Can Never Be Prepared Fully': Goodies Clears Hurdles to Storefront Opening
No one knows better than Brandon Byrd that running a business can be precarious: In his journey toward opening a storefront for Goodies, a frozen custard truck in the D.C. area, he’s rebounded from several setbacks. One of them being a worldwide pandemic that hit when he was preparing to remodel an old ice house for his storefront in Old...
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Goodies: Frozen Custard Truck Bounces Back After Pandemic Struggles by Opening First Virginia Store
Episode 1 of NBC Washington’s Rebound explores how Goodies Frozen Custard & Treats, a Black-owned dessert shop in D.C., went from struggling during the pandemic to opening its first storefront.
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National Boba Day Guide: 4 Places to Get Boba in DC Area
By Mariela Patron Milk tea, cake, ice cream, shaved ice and ice pops. These are some of the sweet treats in which foodies can find boba— the chewy tapioca balls, sometimes known as bubbles. Popular with milk tea, boba adds texture and a special sweetness to the drink. And luckily for boba lovers, the boba scene continues to expand in…
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Photos: Archaeologists Uncover Lost Colonial Fort in Maryland
Archaeologists in St. Mary’s County have been searching for a lost colonial fort for 90 years. And that persistence is finally paying off. National St. Mary’s City has confirmed the excavation of a palisaded fort that was part of the first permanent English settlement in Maryland. Archeologists knew the fort existed in St. Mary’s as Lord George Calvert had written about... -
COVID-19 Tests, Masks and Winter Walks: How the DC Area Is Finding Love During the Pandemic
Dating during the pandemic has been a new experience for everyone. With an effort to socially distance and wear masks to slow the spread of the virus, people in the District have found ways to get creative.
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Kobe Bryant's Lakers Jersey on Display at Smithsonian's African American Museum
NBA champion Kobe Bryant is being honored at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). The Lakers jersey Bryant wore during Game Five of the 2008 NBA Finals will be displayed in the “Sports: Leveling the Playing Field” gallery. The year marks the season in which the five-time NBA champion also won the league’s MVP award. …
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Here Are the Initiatives on Ballots in DC, Maryland and Virginia
Initiative 81: This initiative would change the way D.C. enforces the non-commercial planting, cultivation, distribution, possession and use of entheogenic plants and fungi. Examples of these hallucinogens include magic mushrooms and mescaline-containing cacti. Right now, entheogenic plants and fungi are categorized as Schedule 1 drugs in the District. The passage of Initiative 81 would place investigation and arrests of those engaging…
