Brittany Shammas

Washington, D.C.

Breaking News and Enterprise Reporter at The Washington Post

@washingtonpost reporter, Florida defender. Past lives @miaminewtimes @sunsentinel, @ndn. Reach me at [email protected].

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Can you spell like a champ? The national bee’s pronouncer tests your skills.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Brittany Shammas |Joe Fox |Hannah Good

Can you spell like a champ? The national bee’s pronouncer tests your skills. (washingtonpost.com) Can you spell like a champ? The national bee’s pronouncer tests your skills. By Brittany Shammas; Joe Fox; Hannah Good 2025052709001600 Before he was asked to spell "elucubrate," Jacques Bailly had never heard the word.
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2 weeks ago | stuff.co.nz | Brittany Shammas
Helicopter forces three planes to change landing plans at DCA

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Dana Munro |Brittany Shammas

Helicopter forces three planes to change landing plans at DCA (washingtonpost.com) Helicopter forces three planes to change landing plans at DCA By Dana Munro; Brittany Shammas 2025050423083700 Three planes coming into Reagan National Airport were required to alter their landing plans about 11 a.m. Sunday when a police helicopter took on an urgent mission in the same airspace at about the same time they were supposed to land, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. All three flights...
Inside a sleek hotel, new moms find postpartum pampering and sleep

Nov 27, 2024 | phillytrib.com | Brittany Shammas

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Inside a sleek hotel, new moms find postpartum pampering and sleep

Nov 23, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Brittany Shammas

D.C., Md. & Va.The DistrictMarylandVirginiaCrime & Public SafetyLocal EducationObituariesTransportationCapital Weather Gang D.C., Md. & Va.The DistrictMarylandVirginiaCrime & Public SafetyLocal EducationObituariesTransportationCapital Weather Gang The postnatal retreat in Northern Virginia, which offers services inspired by practices in South Korea, is one of only a few to have opened in the United States.
Inside a sleek hotel, new moms find postpartum pampering and sleep

Nov 23, 2024 | flipboard.com | Brittany Shammas

Kelly Marie Tran Comes Out as Queer: ‘I’ve Never Truly Felt This Accepted Before’Kelly Marie Tran came out as queer in an interview with Vanity Fair published Friday. “I haven’t said this publicly yet, but I’m a queer person,” the …
A new generation embraces living off the land - with or without the land

Nov 9, 2024 | detroitnews.com | Brittany Shammas

Front Royal, Va. — Cassandra Daniel held a quail in one hand, nestling the yellowish-brown-feathered bird’s head between her fingers. In her other hand, she grasped a pair of kitchen shears. The slide on a large screen next to the bubbly, always-in-motion millennial hinted at what would happen next inside Tent A at the Warren County Fairgrounds. The title of the slide: Quail Dispatching.
A new generation embraces living off the land - with or without the land

Nov 2, 2024 | yahoo.com | Brittany Shammas

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A new generation embraces living off the land — with or without the land

Nov 2, 2024 | msn.com | Brittany Shammas

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Is this ‘the most haunted building in Washington’? The EEOB’s spooky history.

Oct 30, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Dan Diamond |Brittany Shammas

The White House director of preservation couldn’t explain it. But objects inside a locked exhibit case — located in the north wing of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building — kept moving around, Lonnie Hovey told colleagues in 2003. And he was the only person with a key. Finally, following the advice of a self-described spiritualist who was taking a tour of the building, Hovey waited until the hallway was empty.