Reading archive 2023-12-07

D.C. announces 24/7 ‘real-time crime center’ to monitor CCTV cameras: Police departments across the region will be part of the effort, which comes as the city is experiencing a rise in homicides and carjackings

Penguin parents sleep for just a few seconds at a time to guard newborns, study shows

D.C. police charge two men in August triple shooting in Adams Morgan: Police on Tuesday arrested Renza Nieem Bryant, 37, and Jalonte Thompkins, 32, and charged them each with three counts of first-degree murder, according to court documents

Opinion  How an Ohio senator’s stunt proves the Trump dictatorship theory

Opinion  Liz Cheney reminds us of the stakes

Why extreme weather is making sugar more expensive around the globe

New research undercuts Republican views of racism: Republicans are more likely to say White people experience racism than Black people. That’s not true.

House censures New York Democrat Jamaal Bowman for pulling fire alarm - "'I find it terribly ironic that we are talking about censuring Mr. Bowman, and yet we never censured any of our colleagues who tried to overturn the election on January 6th,' McGovern said."

Washington Post staffers walk out in biggest labor protest in 48 years: The workers say they will cease work for 24 hours to protest deadlocked contract negotiations and the terms of a buyout offer. Management says it will keep the daily news report going.

Trump ‘dictator’ comment reignites criticism his camp has tried to curb