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How the DC Black Lives Matter Plaza sparked murals across the country 06/21/2020 08:02pm • When Keyonna Jones received a call from a fellow artist on June 4 about a secret project starting in just a few hours, she had no idea it would lead to one of the most iconic images of the Black Lives Matter protests and spark other cities to take notice. The lead artist told Jones that D.C. Mayo Data Doctors: When you post photos on social media, who owns the copyrights? 06/19/2020 05:00am • Q: Do I give up my copyrights of an image if I publish it on social media? The term "copyright," when it comes to any type of creative work, is pretty much what it sounds like: the right to copy. The person that created the work and anyone they authorize to use the work are the only ones that can Attorneys general in DC, Md. and Va. try to stem COVID-19 tracing app ripoff 06/17/2020 08:00am • An important aspect of trying to reduce the spread of COVID-19 is contact tracing — working backward to determine who people infected with the coronavirus have been around, and where they've been. However, local attorneys general are concerned a tool that helps facilitate contract tracing can p 24 Hour Fitness permanently closing 3 gyms in DC region 06/15/2020 10:03am • The 24 Hour Fitness at Annapolis Towne Centre is closing. (Courtesy Google Maps) National fitness center chain 24 Hour Fitness has filed for bankruptcy reorganization and will permanently close 100 locations, including three in the D.C. region because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Data Doctors: What's that 'Exposure Notification' on my smartphone? 06/12/2020 03:50pm • Q: Is Google automatically signing Android users up for their contact tracing system? There has been a lot of misinformation posted on social media as it pertains to an update for certain Android phones that included a setting for "Exposure Notifications." As I previously wrote, Apple and Goog Hair Cuttery, other salons closed permanently in the District 06/12/2020 10:30am • The Hair Cuttery at 1645 Connecticut Ave., NW is closing down for good. (Courtesy Google Street View) The Hair Cuttery in Dupont Circle and the nearby Salon Cielo, both on Connecticut Avenue NW, along with two Bubbles salons on Capitol Hill have closed permanently. Parent company Creative Hai Miss you, grandma: DC man's run to Pennsylvania is about more than family 06/11/2020 01:25pm • Corey Cappelloni runs through Peru's Ica Desert in 2019. (Courtesy Corey Cappelloni) Like many people right now, Corey Cappelloni misses his grandmother, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, he can’t really go visit her to say hello. Cappelloni lives in Northwest D.C. and his grandmothe Bethesda street closures start Wednesday as part of Phase One plan 06/09/2020 08:10pm • Norfolk Avenue, between St. Elmo and Cordell avenues, in downtown Bethesda, Maryland, is one of the many streets that will be closed starting Wednesday, June 10, as part of the "Bethesda Streetery" program. (Credit: Google Street View) Several streets will be closed to vehicles starting Wednesda Brooks Brothers in Georgetown will not reopen 06/09/2020 11:25am • Brooks Brothers in Georgetown closed in March and will not reopen. (Courtesy Google Street View) One of the nation’s oldest apparel chains will not return to Georgetown in D.C. Brooks Brothers’ M Street location is among eight stores the company will not reopen. The chain's website lists Georgetown will temporarily widen sidewalks, but it's complicated 06/04/2020 01:28pm • In the past, Georgetown has temporarily widened M Street and Wisconsin Avenue sidewalks several times for weekend events. (Credit: Google Street View) Georgetown is working on giving pedestrians more socially-distanced breathing room by taking away some street parking to widen sidewalks, but it Some clarity a day after reports of tear gas in Lafayette Square, but questions remain 06/02/2020 09:30pm • Authorities have admitted to deploying smoke canisters and PepperBalls. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House, has been the local epicenter of the last five days of protests in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody last w Md. lawmakers hammer Hogan administration over COVID-19 procurement 05/28/2020 05:17am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Lawmakers sharply criticized two Hogan administration procurement officials Wednesday for the acquisition of incomplete COVID-19 tests kits Prince George's Co. looks to reopen June 1; more contact tracing in Md. 05/21/2020 04:37pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, is on its way to a modified reopening June 1, provided current coronavirus data trends continue, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said Thursday. COVID-19 positivity rates, hospitalizations and deaths in the county have been declining, Alsobrooks' office said in College Board launches fix after glitch kept students from submitting AP exams 05/18/2020 08:45am • After a technical glitch caused a headache for thousands of Advanced Placement test-takers last week, the College Board has come up with a backup plan for students to submit their tests if their browsers fail. As of Monday, students who encounter an error that prevents them from submitting their Data Doctors: How to make the most of your Amazon Echo 05/15/2020 03:23pm • FILE - In this May 9, 2018, file photo a second generation Echo that controls the blinds as well as televisions and lighting at an Amazon Experience Centers model home in Dallas, Texas. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File) Q: I just got the Amazon Echo and want to learn what i