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DC charter school tells staff get COVID-19 vaccine or resign 09/10/2021 08:28pm • A D.C. charter network has informed its more than 180 staff members that not getting vaccinated by Oct. 29 will leave them out of a job. The mandate comes from Rocketship Public Schools, a national charter network that operates three elementary-level schools in the city. “While we understand DC police release body camera video from fatal shooting of man thought to be carrying long gun 09/10/2021 06:39pm • D.C. police have released the body camera video of the fatal shooting that followed after officers were called to investigate a report of a man thought to be carrying a long gun. The shooting happened Aug. 31 inside an apartment building on 14th and V streets Northwest just before 7 p.m. The v DC school remembers teacher who died on 9/11 09/10/2021 10:55am • One day before the 20th anniversary of 9/11, a school in southeast D.C. took time Friday morning to remember James Debeuneure, a well-liked fifth-grade teacher who was killed in the terrorist attacks. "We were very close," said his daughter Jalin Debeuneure. "There are still times that are rough Council chairman asks DC mayor to speed emergency money to head off evictions 09/09/2021 01:40pm • The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a nationwide moratorium on evictions, but the ban has ended, and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is raising concern about the possibility of several hundred evictions in the District in the coming weeks. "We have money available to help tenants with their rent; What federal help is still available with jobless benefits, eviction protections ending 09/09/2021 08:00am • Americans are no longer protected from evictions or receiving beefed-up unemployment payments, but they are still benefiting from many other federal coronavirus rescue measures. More support may be on the way, as Democrats on Capitol Hill hammer out a 10-year, $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation Smithsonian seeking Sept. 11 stories from public for archival record 09/09/2021 07:19am • The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is collecting stories, experiences and memories of the Sept. 11 attacks for an archive as the tragedy nears its 20th anniversary. Through its digital storytelling initiative "September 11: Stories of a Changed World," the Smithsonian seeks to How to help those thinking of harming themselves 09/08/2021 04:59pm • Suicide is the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S., and advocates want people to know it's preventable, that help is available, and seeking out support and mental health treatment is a sign of strength. National Suicide Prevention Week aims to inform people about taking steps toward intervent Family affected by 9/11 Pentagon attack thanks nonprofit for putting daughters through college 09/08/2021 01:01pm • Many families impacted by the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are still dealing with a heavy burden 20 years later. Samaria Braman; her husband, Chris, and their three daughters were among those affected. "9/11 was a really difficult day for us," Samaria recalled. "It's followed us for the last 20 'We are as American as anyone else': Aftermath of 9/11 in the American Muslim community 09/08/2021 04:06am • The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were a dark time for all Americans, and for Muslims in the United States, there were more problems to come in the aftermath. But one American Muslim activist sees signs of hope. “9/11 impacted Muslims in the same way it impacted everyone else in this country,” E How 9/11 prompted the DC region to improve its emergency preparedness 09/08/2021 04:04am • The terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, motivated the D.C. area to sharpen its emergency preparedness, and one local expert said those efforts continue today. The 9:43 a.m. crash of American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon triggered the evacuation of much of the area, including the Capitol and Echoes from 9/11 grow louder as future threats emerge 09/07/2021 04:12pm • Thick black smoke poured out of the Pentagon just after 9:38 a.m. From the roof of the Voice of America (VOA) building, I saw the intense, dark column surging into the pristine, blue sky, gradually overshadowing what had been a picture-perfect morning. In New York City, at the North and South Federal unemployment ends in the DC region — how will you be impacted? 09/07/2021 06:54am • Federal unemployment benefits have ended for millions of Americans who have been hit hard by the pandemic, leaving many unsure what’s next. The federal unemployment payments of $300 a week that were extended under the American Rescue Plan stimulus package ended Monday for more than 7 million Am Two sisters in Pentagon day care center on 9/11 are now in military 09/07/2021 05:57am • About 140 infants and toddlers were playing in the Defense Department's Child Development Center, approximately 30 yards from the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. Two sisters who were in the day care center that day were inspired by the h 'I do remember the bodies': DC-area firefighters reflect on 9/11, 20 years later 09/07/2021 04:00am • Arlington County firefighter Jaleel Davis at the Pentagon in 2001 and today. (Left: Courtesy Jaleel Davis; right: WTOP/John Aaron) Arlington County firefighter Matthew Herrera was racing to a call for an apartment fire in Rosslyn, Virginia, 20 years ago, when his crew was rerouted. Their new des Labor shortage leaves union workers feeling more emboldened 09/06/2021 11:00am • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — When negotiations failed to produce a new contract at a Volvo plant in Virginia this spring, its 2,900 workers went on strike. The company soon dangled what looked like a tempting offer — at least to the United Auto Workers local leaders who recommended it to their members