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1 day ago | dcnewsnow.com | Mariel Carbone

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Thursday marked the fourth day in a row that the District issued an “extreme heat alert,” with feel-like temperatures at or above 105 degrees. “Here it’s a little bit, I feel the humidity a little more, little sticky,” said Florence Harris Evans, who was visiting D.C. with her family Thursday. Evans is from South Carolina, where she said it’s equally hot this week. She found some refuge on a shady park bench at the National Mall.

1 day ago | dcnewsnow.com | Randi Bass

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A 17-year-old is facing charges for reportedly being behind a deadly hit-and-run robbery in the District last month, prosecutors say. 55-year-old father and grandfather Donnel Phillips died back on May 7, and his family is speaking out as new details in the case come to light. “How do you, as a 17-year-old, get to decide that a father, a grandfather, doesn’t deserve to be here over $300?” said Phillips’s daughter, TyShia Johnson. “You did it with no remorse.

2 days ago | dcnewsnow.com | Makea Luzader

Heat Advisory: Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Bedford County, Bedford County, Berkeley County, Calvert County, Central and Eastern Allegany County, Central and Southeast Montgomery County, Central and Southeast Prince William County/Manassas/Manassas Park, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Eastern Grant County, Eastern Loudoun County, Eastern Mineral County, Fairfax County, Franklin County, Frederick County, Frederick County, Fulton County, Fulton...

2 days ago | dcnewsnow.com | Randi Bass

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — While many of us are working in air-conditioned spaces and staying cool during this heatwave, there are some jobs where you can’t escape the heat. People working at Jessie Taylor’s Seafood in Southwest D.C.’s historic Municipal Fish Market are no strangers to the heat. The market is the nation’s longest continuously operating open-air fish market, dating back to 1805, according to the Wharf’s website. It’s an outdoor job that’s subject to extreme temperatures year-round.

2 days ago | dcnewsnow.com | Mariel Carbone

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Chairman Phil Mendelson filed new legislation Friday, pulling the RFK Stadium deal from the full 2026 budget and instead putting it forward as a standalone piece of legislation. “Separating this measure from the Budget Support Act enables the Council to hold a public hearing singularly focused on the proposal,” wrote Mendelson.