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Widespread internet outages hit Northeast US 01/26/2021 12:47pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Users across the Northeast U.S. reported widespread internet outages Tuesday. Verizon reported a fiber cut in Brooklyn via Twitter, although it's not clear if that issue is responsible for the entire outage. According to DownDetector and user reports on Twitter, the prob Rosslyn’s 'gas station church' is in for big redevelopment 01/26/2021 08:38am • Although the gas station under the church is now a Sunoco, it was originally an Exxon gas station, and picked up the nickname Our Lady of Exxon from Rosslyn office workers decades ago. (Google Street View) The Arlington County Board has approved plans to redevelop part of a block on Fort Myer Dr Google Maps will soon display COVID-19 vaccination sites 01/25/2021 05:26am • Google Maps will soon display locations that offer Covid-19 vaccinations, further bolstering awareness of the virus — and how to avoid it. The feature is rolling out in the coming weeks, beginning in four states: Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Google announced Monday that searches f Alexandria's Atlantis family restaurant is closing 01/18/2021 02:40pm • Atlantis — located in the Bradlee Shopping Center on King Street, in Alexandria’s west end — has been in business for 38 years. (Credit: Google Street View) Atlantis Pizzeria and Family Restaurant is the latest D.C.-area business to be severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It will cl KKK propaganda flyers appear in Loudoun Co. as MLK Day approaches 01/16/2021 01:08pm • Police in Loudoun County are investigating reports of suspicious flyers in Leesburg and Sterling, Virginia, that appear to be propaganda for the Ku Klux Klan. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office received reports of KKK propaganda flyers found in the driveways of several homes along Hampshire St 'Unprecedented': Major inauguration security measures go into effect throughout DC 01/15/2021 05:15pm • A view down Pennsylvania Avenue shows the security around the Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials provided more detail DC-area companies make Glassdoor’s new Best Places to Work list 01/14/2021 08:57am • Glassdoor’s 2021 Best Places to Work list includes three big companies with headquarters in the D.C. region. McLean, Virginia-based Hilton Worldwide, a perennial entry on the list, ranks No. 45 this year and is the highest locally-ranked company. Fellow hotel giant, Bethesda, Maryland-based Foster's Grille launches chicken ghost kitchen at its Vienna location 01/13/2021 12:27pm • Foster's Grille will open a ghost kitchen at its Vienna, Virginia, location. (Credit: Google Street View) Foster’s Grille, the 21-year-old homegrown chain known for its juicy, half-pound charburgers, has launched a delivery-only ghost kitchen chicken restaurant at its Vienna, Virginia, locatio Alexandria police investigate shooting near Alexandria Commons shopping center 01/11/2021 08:32am • One person was hospitalized Monday morning after being shot multiple times in Alexandria, Virginia. Police said the victim was attacked in the 1100 block of Quaker Hill Drive and went to the nearby 7-Eleven in the 3000 block of Duke Street to call 911. Quaker Hill Drive sits behind the Alexand Attack on the Capitol: Twitter bans Trump; impeachment plans accelerate 01/08/2021 09:32pm • A flag flies at half-staff in remembrance of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick above the Capitol Building in Washington, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Sicknick died from injuries sustained as rioters stormed the Capitol. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) The nation is still reeling two days after sup Proud Boys leader no longer in custody but ordered to leave DC and stay away 01/05/2021 02:35pm • Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio takes part in a Portland, Oregon, rally in this September 2020 file photo. D.C. police accuse him of burning a Black Lives Matter banner that had been torn down from a historic Black church in D.C. last month. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File) The leader of Siné Irish Pub permanently closes on Pentagon Row 01/05/2021 01:32pm • Siné opened its Pentagon Row location in 2002. It has a second location that remains open in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo credit: Google Street View) Popular Pentagon Row bar and restaurant Siné Irish Pub has permanently closed. Its last night was Saturday. "It is with sadness that we have t 2020's biggest winners and losers in business 12/30/2020 07:14am • In a year of widespread and often devastating hardships, no business or industry came through 2020 untouched by the Covid-19 pandemic. But for some key sectors, the news wasn't all bad. 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