Hau Chu

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Felled oak trees to get new life as tables in Takoma Park library (washingtonpost.com) Felled oak trees to get new life as tables in Takoma Park library By Hau Chu 2025050312464900 When a tree is cut down, it marks the end of decades of life rooted in one place. But where some see an ending, Marcus Sims eyes an opportunity for a return.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Hau Chu |Valerie Plesch |Daniella Zalcman

Tâm Vũ, Valerie Plesch and Daniella ZalcmanApril 29, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. EDTJust nowHalf a century after the end of the Vietnam War, many of the survivors are still wrestling with what it all meant. Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people settled in the United States in the years after the war’s end on April 30, 1975. For many of them, the anniversary marks a complex turning point: the reluctant end of their lives in Vietnam and the hope of brighter days in America.

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Documentary recalls 1960 protest to integrate Glen Echo Amusement Park (washingtonpost.com) Documentary recalls 1960 protest to integrate Glen Echo Amusement Park By Hau Chu 2025042510005900 They were kids. But the time that they spent nearly 65 years ago marching against segregation in the Maryland summer heat with their friends, families and neighbors shaped their lives.

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He’s hiding cash all over the D.C. area — and leaving clues online (washingtonpost.com) He’s hiding cash all over the D.C. area — and leaving clues online By Hau Chu 2025040610000900 Andrew Freeman was running a little behind for a recent Sunday lunchtime appointment. He left his apartment in D.C.'s Cleveland Park neighborhood with his phone, keys and camera bag with a small tripod.

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Hau Chu

Ahmad Ayyad was standing behind the counter of his coffee shop in Arlington, Virginia, trying to quickly finish a steak salad. Most of the year, he says, he thrives on the predictability of things like the number of egg whites or grams of protein he eats daily. But he was weighing a more precious unit of measurement this night: time. When would the night rush happen? Could he bake enough desserts tonight? When would it be slow enough to close up and go home?