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Organizer of Saturday rally looks to rewrite Jan. 6 history 09/17/2021 12:52am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The architect of a Washington protest planned for Saturday that aims to rewrite history about the violent January assault on the U.S. Capitol is hardly a household name. Matt Braynard worked as an analyst for the Republican Party, crunched data for a small election firm and la Treasurer sentenced to 3 years after stealing $1.5 million from DC ballet school 09/15/2021 09:10pm • A federal judge sentenced a woman in charge of funds for a D.C. ballet school to 42 months in prison for embezzlement. The U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. said 60-year old Sophia Kim was also comptroller for the Universal Ballet Foundation which operates the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Northeast. Third child tax credit payment set to go out to families 09/15/2021 07:11am • Millions of families will soon receive their third child tax credit payments, which are set to be distributed on September 15. Most parents will automatically receive the enhanced credits of up to $300 for each child up to age 6 and $250 for each one age 6 through 17. The Internal Revenue Service DC reaches settlement with StubHub over events canceled during pandemic 09/14/2021 06:08pm • D.C. customers who bought tickets to events that were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic can now get refunds after ticket resale company StubHub, in response to an investigation, reversed its decision to issue only account credits. The D.C. Attorney General's Office announced a settleme Army Ten-Miler goes virtual in light of rising COVID-19 cases 09/14/2021 12:03pm • Runners eager to race each other through the streets of D.C. and Arlington, Virginia, for the annual Army Ten-Miler will have to wait another year to do it in person. Citing the rise in COVID-19 cases stemming from the delta variant, race organizers have chosen to conduct this year's event virtua DC ranks as most expensive place to raise a child 09/14/2021 09:56am • When compared to states, D.C. ranks as the most expensive place to raise a child, according to a new report by LendingTree. LendingTree researchers factored in costs for housing, food, clothing (using girl’s clothing, which tends to be more expensive) transportation, insurance premiums and the TransUnion to buy Reston tech company for $3 billion 09/13/2021 10:13am • The logo for Neustar, a provider of real-time information services, appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Reston, Virginia-based digital data security company Neustar will be acquired by credit reporting compan Vulnerable Democrats push for local priorities in budget 09/13/2021 05:05am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa was slow to get behind a $1 trillion infrastructure bill after the Senate passed it last month. It wasn't the price tag that tripped up the Democrat from a swing House district. It was that none of the money was targeted for a home state industr Key changes in how 2022 best colleges rankings were calculated 09/13/2021 12:00am • The 37th edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings was released today. Since the mid-1980s, U.S. News has annually published data on colleges and universities to help prospective students and their families make the important -- and costly -- decision about choosing the right school. For th Road closures, Metro schedule for Sunday's Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run 09/12/2021 06:00am • Metrorail is going to open two hours early on Sunday, at 5 a.m., for the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run so folks can get to the race. There will also be some road closures along the racecourse. Here's what you need to know. Metro The closest Metrorail station to the start of the race is Smithsoni Former prison inmate turned entrepreneur launches postcard business for those behind bars 09/11/2021 01:56pm • Keeping in touch is a major challenge for families of people serving time in prison. Flikshop is a new business that's making it easier and more affordable for inmates to communicate with the outside world. Marcus Bullock, a D.C.-area native and the CEO of Flikshop, was sentenced to eight years i Review: James Wan's 'Malignant' is a scary good premise with a needlessly messy script 09/10/2021 01:13pm • Aside from maybe M. Night Shyamalan or Jason Blum, no filmmaker has become such an auteur for Hollywood horror over the past 20 years as James Wan, launching successful franchises with "Saw" (2004), "Insidious" (2010) and "The Conjuring" (2013). Now, Wan continues his reign of terror with "M 9/11 Pentagon survivor looks back at the attack that almost claimed her life 09/10/2021 07:33am • Deputy chief of the Army Reserve, Col. Malcolm Bruce Westcott, comforts Pentagon employee Racquel Kelley while giving her medical aid outside the Pentagon in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Will Morris) Just back to work from maternity leave on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Rac 9/11 commission’s difficult birth shows the 1/6 panel fight isn’t new 09/10/2021 05:13am • Members of Congress, stunned along with the rest of the country by what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol only hours after the unprecedented terror attacks. “Senators and House members, Democrats and Republicans, will stand shoulder to shoulder to fight this From U2 to Alan Jackson, how entertainment helped us heal after 9/11 09/10/2021 01:55am • It's hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the attacks of 9/11. For those who lived it, it will always feel like yesterday. Close your eyes and the images are there, burned into your brain forever. That day changed everything -- metal detectors at sports stadiums, security checkpoints at