Reporter Rebecca Turco, of 小萝莉影视’s news partner 7小萝莉影视, sent to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on July 9, thanking the Michigan National Guard for helping protect residents and visitors during the holiday events.

But the council said the mission they were sent to support has ended. Turco also shared a letter from the council addressed to U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Bryan Albert, expressing a similar sentiment.

The requests come after the Department of the Interior announced that its has been extended through Jan. 20, 2029, or until it is terminated by the president.

According to the council’s letter to Whitmer, members appreciated the governor’s public direction that Michigan troops were deployed specifically to support the July Fourth and America 250 celebrations and “were not to participate in the Trump administration’s broader ‘D.C. Safe and Beautiful’ mission or general law enforcement operations.”

“That distinction is important,” the letter states, adding that temporary assistance for a national celebration is fundamentally different from participating in what it described as an open-ended federal operation involving military patrols and law enforcement support in District neighborhoods.

The council said the July Fourth celebrations required significant public safety and logistical coordination across multiple jurisdictions and expressed gratitude to the National Guard members who left their homes and families to support the nation’s capital.

However, with those events now over, council members said they are asking Whitmer to recall all Michigan National Guard personnel “as soon as practicable” and decline any extension of their deployment.

The council also argued that D.C. residents pay federal taxes, serve in the military and host the nation’s democratic institutions but do not have full voting representation in Congress or full control over local affairs.

Separately, the Department of the Interior said it will continue supporting the Metropolitan Police Department and federal law enforcement partners until “law and order are fully restored” in Washington.

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The Metropolitan Police Department said the zone will be in effect from .

Under the Juvenile Curfew Act of 1995, as amended by the Youth Curfew Act of 2026, the department’s chief has the authority to designate a Youth Curfew Zone for groups of at least nine young people in an area considered at risk for disorderly conduct by youth, police said.

Within the zone, people under 18 are prohibited from gathering in groups of nine or more in a public place or on the premises of an establishment unless they are taking part in exempted activities listed by police.

The department’s is available on its website.

The RFK Stadium-area zone includes the following boundaries:

• North: Benning Road, from Oklahoma Avenue NE to Kingman Lake
• East: Kingman Lake, including Heritage Island
• South: The south end of RFK Lot 8A

West:

• The southern tip of RFK Lot 8A to Independence Avenue, SE
• Independence Avenue to 19th Street, SE; 19th Street to C Street, NE
• C Street to Oklahoma Avenue, NE
• Oklahoma Avenue to Benning Road, NE

Police also reminded the public that during July and August, the .

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President Donald Trump overnight on social media threatened further missile attacks against Iran, after saw open calls for the U.S. leader鈥檚 killing.

Later, Iranian vowed that Iranians would continue to avenge his father’s death. Such revenge 鈥渋s the will of our nation and must certainly be carried out,” he said in remarks carried by state television. He still has not been seen publicly since the war began on Feb. 28 with strikes that .

The exchange of threats followed , sparked by in the strait, and Iranian retaliatory fire targeting Arab nations in the region.

Tehran has insisted that the strait remain under its control and that it be allowed to charge ships moving through it, a stance it took after the war began. Senior U.S. officials have demanded that Iran make a public statement saying the is open and ships won鈥檛 be attacked.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday said he met with his counterpart in Oman, located on the other side of the strait, to discuss the waterway and 鈥渁ppropriate mechanisms for ensuring the safe passage of ships.鈥� Oman said it and Iran agreed to keep talking 鈥渁t the technical and political levels.鈥�

Trump has declared the ceasefire over but said the U.S. would continue negotiations.

Trump says he responded to threats to kill him

A thousand 鈥渕issiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat,鈥� Trump wrote on his website.

He said he was responding to threats 鈥渢o , or attempt to assassinate鈥� him. During Khamenei’s funeral, calling for Trump to be killed along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Iran buried Khamenei, 86, this week.

Trump added that the U.S. military would 鈥渃ompletely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran 鈥� PRAISE BE TO ALLAH!鈥�

Trump has repeatedly invoked the name of God in Arabic, and threatened to destroy Iran鈥檚 very civilization. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, an advocacy group, has criticized Trump鈥檚 鈥渄eranged mocking of Islam.鈥�

Iran accuses Washington of violating the interim deal

Iran’s foreign minister accused the U.S. of violating the interim deal by ending waivers allowing Iran to sell crude oil on the open market in U.S. dollars. Washington ended them in response to the attacks on ships in the strait.

鈥淩eality check: There can only be mutual compliance,鈥� Araghchi wrote on X.

He was scheduled to meet with his counterpart in Oman. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told his country鈥檚 state broadcaster, TRT, that he believed 鈥渁 solution can be reached鈥� this weekend between Iran and Oman.

The U.S. urges mariners to travel through the strait on a southern route, through Oman鈥檚 territorial waters. Iran has said the strait must be under its sole control and that vessels should begin paying fees to Tehran. The world for decades has considered it an international waterway.

About a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed through it before the war began. Iran鈥檚 grip on the strait during the war led to a global energy crisis, though since wartime highs of $120 a barrel.

Tehran’s diplomat at the United Nations said on Friday that any activity in the strait, including its opening or demining operations, 鈥渞ests exclusively with Iran.鈥�

US officials accuse hard-liners of trying to sabotage the deal

U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity about the , said the resumption of strikes this week came after what they described as a rogue faction of Iranian hard-liners tried to sabotage the ceasefire.

However, Iran has insisted its theocracy is unified under the new supreme leader.

After the U.S. wrapped up its latest strikes on Thursday, more attacks reportedly hit Iran, raising questions about who else may be targeting the Islamic Republic.

Israel didn’t claim them, meaning the Gulf Arab states may have launched them, likely as a means to deter Iran from attacking them again. Iran on Thursday retaliated for U.S. strikes by targeting Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar.

The strikes in Iran over two days killed at least 17 people and wounded 115 others, Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour said.

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Price and Weissert reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Sam Metz in Ramallah, West Bank, contributed to this report.

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The new jet, a present from the U.S. ally that the administration spent $400 million on to retrofit and upgrade, last week. But Trump used an older model Air Force One jet to leave a NATO summit in Turkey and later referenced threats against him made by Iran.

The subpoenas seek to force the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan next week, the Times said, adding that federal agents delivered some subpoenas to the reporters at their homes.

They were issued after FBI Director Kash Patel and other Justice Department officials met at the White House on Friday to talk about the matter, according to a person familiar with the discussions who was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The journalists subpoenaed included Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt, the Times reported.

鈥淭he appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects,鈥� David McCraw, a lawyer for the Times, said in a statement.

Bruce D. Brown, president of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said Trump’s 鈥渨ar on the press is looking for another victim.鈥�

He said in a statement that the subpoenas “break from longstanding Justice Department practice to protect the public interest and press independence by requiring prosecutors to only seek information from reporters as a last resort when all other avenues have been exhausted.鈥�

The department said that “to be clear, reporters are not the targets, those leaking classified information are.鈥�

Its statement said “we value and appreciate the important role that the press plays in this country, but DOJ also plays an important role to make sure that the people entrusted with our nation鈥檚 secrets do what they鈥檙e supposed to do with that information, which means not sharing classified information.鈥�

While recognizing 鈥渢here may always be natural tension there,鈥� the department said “we are not going to ignore the law and stop investigating the people who work in the administration and think it鈥檚 okay to leak classified information impacting national security.鈥�

Part of a pattern of anti-press actions

Issuing subpoenas represents further ramping up of Trump’s effort to threaten independent new organizations by leveraging the power of the federal government against them. It is also part of a systematic pattern by the Republican president to attempt to undermine press freedom in order to shield him from negative coverage.

Earlier this year, the Justice Department issued subpoenas seeking to compel testimony from reporters at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. In both cases, the department later withdrew the subpoenas, though.

In January, FBI agents searched the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, who has been covering Trump鈥檚 transformation of the federal government, as part of a leak investigation into a Pentagon contractor accused of taking home classified information.

Adam Steinbaugh, senior attorney for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, said Friday’s subpoenas and the prospect of 鈥渉auling reporters before grand juries sends a chilling message to journalists and whistleblowers alike: Watch what you say, or expect a knock on the door.鈥�

鈥淭hese tactics are becoming more common,鈥� Steinbaugh said in a statement. 鈥淭hat doesn鈥檛 make them normal.鈥�

During his first term, Trump suggested that the press constituted an 鈥渆nemy鈥� of the American people. Since returning to the White House, he has waged unlike any in modern U.S. history.

Trump’s against news outlets and media figures he believes are overly critical of him has included against outlets , threatening to revoke TV broadcast licenses and seeking to bend news organizations and social media companies to his will.

The Justice Department over the years has developed and revised internal policies governing how it will respond to news media leaks.

Though the department across presidential administrations has periodically seized the phone records of individual journalists in hopes of identifying sources for national security stories, it is extremely rare for the government to attempt to compel reporters to reveal their sources before a grand jury.

In April 2025, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi rescinded a policy from President Joe Biden鈥檚 Democratic administration that protected journalists from having their phone records secretly seized during leak investigations 鈥� a practice long decried by news organizations and press freedom groups.

Doing so again gave prosecutors the authority to use subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to hunt for government officials who make 鈥渦nauthorized disclosures鈥� to journalists.

A memo Bondi issued said members of the press are 鈥減resumptively entitled to advance notice of such investigative activities,鈥� and subpoenas are to be 鈥渘arrowly drawn.鈥� Warrants must also include 鈥減rotocols designed to limit the scope of intrusion into potentially protected materials or newsgathering activities,鈥� the memo stated.

Trump didn’t use his new Air Force One while leaving Turkey

The president flew the new Air Force One to Turkey during this week’s visit. But he departed Wednesday on one of the older-model Air Force One jets for Mildenhall, a Royal Air Force base in Suffolk, England.

The newer plane also flew to Mildenhall. Trump then for the flight home to Joint Base Andrews.

The abrupt swap came as a shaky with the U.S. launching airstrikes on Iran and Tehran attacking three Gulf Arab states. Iran and Turkey share a border, sparking speculation that the new jet lacked certain sophisticated security and countermeasure systems.

The Times, citing anonymous sources, reported the switch had come at the urging of the Secret Service, and that the newer plane lacked some of the advanced security features of the older aircraft, including antimissile capabilities.

Trump denied any security concerns, posting on social media that the stop in Mildenhall was so that service members there could view the new jet. During the flight, Trump denied to the reporters accompanying him that security concerns involving Iran were a factor in flying two planes home.

Still, asked if he was aware of any credible threats against Air Force One by Iran, Trump responded, 鈥淚 have a threat all the time. I鈥檓 No. 1 on their list.”

The White House did not answer messages seeking comment about the subpoenas of the Times journalists.

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Associated Press writers Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Michelle L. Price and Konstantin Toropin contributed to this report.

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Government spokesman Bayo Onanuga did not specify the total number of students rescued, but authorities said at the time of the abductions on May 15 that more than 40 people had been abducted. One of the teachers abducted alongside the students was killed shortly afterward.

Eight militants were arrested as part of the operation, while an unspecified number of the militants were killed, Onanuga said.

The abductions in a southern state had represented an escalation of the country鈥檚 security crisis because most such abductions previously had taken place in the north.

鈥淭his successful military operation has ended the siege and standoff of over 50 days and has brought relief to the entire nation and the affected families in particular,” Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said in a statement.

In the same week as the Oyo abduction, dozens of children were kidnapped in Borno, the epicenter of Nigeria’s security crisis.

, where militant groups target them to put pressure on the government and extract ransoms.

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A Prince William County Circuit Court judge on Friday said she is inclined to allow audio and podcast recording devices in the courtroom for the 25-day jury trial of Naresh Bhatt this fall.

Judge Kimberly A. Irving, who is overseeing the case, said the statutory 鈥渟tarting point鈥� for media access analyses under Virginia Code聽聽is that trials are generally open to the public from a fundamental standpoint.

Bhatt is the husband of Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a Manassas Park nurse and mother from Nepal whose July 2024 disappearance made international headlines.

Naresh Bhatt was arrested in connection with the alleged crime in August 2024. He has been charged with first-degree murder, concealment of a dead body and physical defilement of a dead body.

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Here鈥檚 a snapshot of prominent economic data and news that occurred over the past week and what it potentially means for you.

IMF expects world economy to grow a sluggish 3% this year

The International Monetary Fund this week downgraded its for the world economy in 2026 citing the energy shock caused by the . But the fallout from the conflict is being partially offset by booming investment in and other technologies.

The IMF now expects the global economy to expand by a sluggish 3% in 2026, down from 3.5% last year and from the . The fund expects worldwide growth to rebound to 3.4% next year.

The IMF expects the U.S. economy 鈥� the world鈥檚 largest 鈥� to grow a solid 2.3% this year, up from 2.1% in 2025 and unchanged from the April forecast. The that share the euro currency, hit hard by higher energy prices, are collectively forecast to grow just 0.9% this year, down from 1.4% in 2025.

US home prices hit all-time high

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in June, but a key measure of home prices climbed to an , adding to prospective homebuyers鈥� affordability challenges.

Existing home sales fell 2.4% last month from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.09 million units, the National Association of Realtors said this week. Sales rose 2.8% compared with June last year.

The latest sales tally fell short of the roughly 4.21 million pace economists were expecting, according to FactSet.

Despite the lackluster sales, home prices continued to rise nationally last month. The U.S. median sales price increased 1.8% in June from a year earlier to $440,600, an all-time high on data going back to 1999, NAR said. Home prices have risen on an annual basis for 36 months in a row.

The deep divide at the US Fed over inflation

The Federal Reserve鈥檚 rate-setting committee is over whether inflation is likely to stay elevated or whether it will cool once the Iran war winds down, according to minutes released this week.

In the first set of minutes released under , 鈥渕any鈥� of the Fed鈥檚 19 officials said its key rate would be unchanged from or slightly below its current level of 3.6% by the end of this year. But they also also said that it would likely be higher by year-end.

Forecasts released after the meeting ended June 17 showed that half of the 18 policymakers who submitted projections supported lifting rates by the end of this year, while the other half supported keeping them unchanged or reducing them. Warsh did not submit a forecast, reflecting his view that doing so can lock policymakers into a specific approach that is harder to change if the economy shifts direction.

Iran war may lead to 1st global oil demand slide since pandemic

Global oil demand will likely decline this year for the first time since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic isolated billions of people at home, according to the International Energy Agency.

The agency expects demand to drop by 1 million barrels per day in 2026 due to higher prices and disruptions to physical supply that weighed heavily on various parts of the world.

Most of the decline in demand has been in Asia, which is heavily reliant on oil shipped through the Strait of Hormuz that has largely been shut down to tanker traffic by the war.

Asian nations have altered workdays and made other changes to lower energy use during the war.

One notable exception to the global slump in oil usage was in the United States, where gasoline use increased in the second quarter of 2026, despite the fact that pump prices were almost 50% above their pre-war levels in May.

US jobless claims dip modestly

The number of Americans filing for dipped slightly last week as layoffs in the U.S. remain historically low.

U.S. applications for jobless aid in the week ending July 4 ticked down by 2,000 to 215,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet forecast 220,000 new applications.

Weekly filings for unemployment benefits are considered a proxy for layoffs and are close to a real-time indicator of the health of the U.S. job market.

In its more comprehensive June jobs report last week, the government reported that employers , adding only 57,000 jobs. That鈥檚 less than half the previous month鈥檚 total and a sign that companies remain cautious.

Wall Street in flux as Iran war drags on

U.S. stocks and drifted toward a of the week Friday following on worries about how the will affect the .

The S&P 500 rose and was on track to close out a fourth winning week in the last five. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up slightly, and the Nasdaq composite was nearly unchanged.

Oil prices held relatively steady, even after hit Iran after .

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Officers were called to the street’s 3000 block at 3:17 p.m. after someone spied a child partially hanging out of an apartment building, Fairfax County police wrote in an email Friday.

With a drone and other assistance from the county’s high-tech command center, officers managed to find the apartment, get inside and pull the child out of the window, police said. The child was uninjured.

Three other children under 18 were in the apartment, but no adults were president.

“Detectives from our Child Abuse Unit responded to the scene and are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident,” police said in the statement.

The 3000 block of South Manchester Street is home to a single, towering apartment building, with several smaller housing complexes close by. Reached for comment 小萝莉影视, the towers’ main desk directed any questions to the building’s business office.

Fairfax County police also declined to comment beyond what was in their statement, citing the ongoing investigation. The statement did not mention any arrests or charges, and the ages of the children found in the apartment were not immediately clear.

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Twenty-six students celebrated at the National Press Club on Friday as part of the 15th Annual ScholarCHIPS Awards.

Benjamin Banneker High School alum Yasmine Arrington Brooks said it was a milestone for the organization since it was its largest class of scholars.

鈥淪ince its founding in 2012, has invested more than $700,000 to support over 120 students, providing scholarships, mentoring, mental health resources, emergency assistance, technology, and career development – helping young people impacted by parental incarceration,鈥� according to the organization.

鈥淧art of my story is that my dad has been in and out of jail and prison my whole life,鈥� said Brooks.

The students will receive financial assistance to help offset the cost of their education.

鈥�$1,750 a semester,鈥� Brooks said.

Lola Washington, a college freshman and D.C. native, is a recipient.

Her dad went to prison when she was a toddler.

鈥淚 hope that I鈥檒l just have more of a support system that I can lean on in college, people who have experienced the same challenges I did growing up,鈥� she said.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a source of encouragement,鈥� Brooks said.

Click to apply for the next cohort of students.

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More than two decades have passed since Mattie T.J. Stepanek took his last breath, just weeks before his 14th birthday, but his message of peace, hope and purpose continues to bring people together.

Friends, family and supporters of Mattie, a poet, peace advocate and New York Times bestselling author continue to celebrate his birthday at an annual in Rockville, Maryland, every year.

Saturday’s event will happen rain or shine, his mother Jeni said, in keeping with Mattie’s philosophy: “Remember to play after every storm.”

鈥淲hat if it rains? Are we still, having it? Yes, we will, and we will play after every storm,鈥� Jeni said.

Stepanek wrote several books, including one he co-wrote with former President Jimmy Carter. His work lives on through the Mattie Stepanek Peace Foundation in Rockville.

The 鈥減arty with a purpose鈥� takes place Saturday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. outside World of Beer in downtown Rockville, not far from the 26-acre park that was named for Mattie in 2008.

Both World of Beer and nearby Ben and Jerry鈥檚 are donating a percentage of their sales during the event to Mattie鈥檚 foundation.

鈥淪o, eat and drink generously, please,鈥� Jeni said with a laugh.

There will be also live music, arts, crafts and a cornhole tournament. But there is also a deeper meaning.

鈥淚t鈥檚 not just fun activities,鈥� Jeni said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 everything with a purpose that helps people remember these little nuggets of peace.鈥�

While many know her as Mama Peace, Mattie鈥檚 mom has carried her son鈥檚 legacy to children around the world. The former schoolteacher and Prince George鈥檚 County native also works with local adults with developmental disabilities, sharing messages of peace, purpose and play.

鈥淢any of them from Mattie and many of them from me, as they realize just how much they matter in this world,鈥� Jeni said.

The Peace Day celebration has been a Rockville tradition for more than two decades, dating back to 2004 after Mattie鈥檚 passing.

The author and Mattie were buddies and believes he would be thrilled to know the town and state he loved continue to join his mom each year to celebrate peace, his birthday and his legacy.

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“It is going to be a steamy day overall,” said Mattew Rinde, AccuWeather senior meteorologist.

The forecast calls for mostly cloudy and humid conditions, with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm possible from late morning on. The high is expected to reach 88.

Nice weather returns on Sunday. The best day of the weekend, with sunshine, a few clouds and a high near 84.

The pleasant weather continues Monday, with sunny to partly cloudy skies and a high of 85. Tuesday stays mostly sunny as temperatures climb to 91.

“The heat turns more serious on Wednesday,” said Rinde.

The forecast calls for partly sunny skies and a high near 98, with a danger of dehydration and heatstroke for anyone outside for extended periods of time.

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SATURDAY:
Mostly cloudy and humid with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm from late morning on.
Temps: High 88

SATURDAY NIGHT:
Temps: Low 73

SUNDAY:
Nice with times of sun and clouds.
Temps: High 84

MONDAY:
Sunny to partly cloudy and pleasant.
Temps: High 85

TUESDAY:
Mostly sunny.
Temps: High 91

WEDNESDAY:
Partly sunny and quite hot.
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Under the bill, known as the , the money would be refunded when the items are returned.

Council members intend for the bill to decrease the amount of plastic bottles that end up in the District’s rivers and streets. The bill aims to incentivize people to recycle their bottles and encourage city residents to earn money by collecting discarded bottles and cans.

But the business community sharply rebuked the bill at Thursday’s roundtable discussion led by Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, chair of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, on the grounds that it would unjustly increase cost burdens on beverage distributors.

Brendan Williams-Kief, who testified on behalf of the District of Columbia Beverage Alcohol Wholesalers, detailed a study funded by his association indicating the bottle bill would increase costs to consumers by some $60 million every year.

Pushing back on that study’s findings was the bill’s main sponsor, Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau, who said that extra cost would be ultimately refunded to consumers.

“Six hundred seventeen million bottles and cans per year are distributed and sold in the District, and we are paying for each and every one,” Nadeau said. “It’s no wonder that the big beverage industry doesn’t want this bill; they don’t want to pay for the cost to clean up the mess they created.”

“I haven’t paid myself in two months,” said Thor Chester, co-owner of Right Proper Brewing Company. “I cannot pay (for) another government program,” he said, adding that his margins are already narrow, and it was difficult to see how his business could incur any extra costs.

Allen and Nadeau say they have made changes to the bill that would negate any impacts to brewers in the city. Nadeau said the recycling program would be run by a nonprofit organization, minimizing any potential expenditures to the city.

Ten states in the U.S. currently have container deposit laws in place.

Supporters say there is evidence that financial incentives have a big impact on the environment. They point to the District’s five-cent plastic bag fee as an example, noting that plastic bags quickly disappeared from the Anacostia River after the charge was introduced.

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The that from 4 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 11, these streets will be posted as emergency no parking:

• Pennsylvania Avenue from 3rd Street to 14th Street NW
• 13th Street from E Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
• 3rd Street from Constitution Avenue, NW to D Street, SW
• Independence Avenue from 3rd Street to 7th Street, SW
• 4th Street from Independence Avenue to Virginia Avenue, SW
• D Street from 3rd Street to 4th Street, SW

During that same time, these streets will be closed to vehicle traffic:

• Pennsylvania Avenue from 9th Street to 14th Street NW
• 13th Street from E Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
• 12th Street from E Street to Constitution Avenue, NW
• 11th Street from E Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
• 10th Street from E Street to Constitution Avenue, NW

These streets will be closed to vehicle traffic from around 7:30 a.m. to noon:

• Pennsylvania Avenue from 3rd Street to 9th Street NW
• 9th Street from E Street to Constitution Avenue, NW
• D Street from 8th Street to 9th Street NW
• 7th Street from Indiana Avenue to Constitution Avenue, NW
• 6th Street from C Street to Constitution Avenue, NW
• Constitution Avenue from 3rd Street to 7th Street NW
• 3rd Street from C Street, NW to Virginia Avenue, SW
• Independence Avenue from Washington Avenue to 7th Street, SW
• 4th Street from Pennsylvania Avenue, NW to Virginia Avenue, SW
• D Street from 2nd Street to 4th Street, SW
• 6th Street from Independence Avenue to Maryland Avenue, SW
• C Street from 2nd Street to 6th Street, SW
• Maryland Avenue from 3rd Street to Independence Avenue SW

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小萝莉影视’s Acacia James spoke with the producer behind Usher’s performances.

鈥淭his tour is amazing,鈥� Bobby Ross Avila, a Grammy Award-winning producer, said. 鈥淪eeing these two iconic artists on one stage and taking this experience on the road is amazing.鈥�

鈥淭heir music has really transcended so many different boundaries and brought so many people together,鈥� he said.

Their trio of performances at Northwest Stadium started July 10, with the remaining shows on Saturday and Monday.

Avila is Usher Raymond鈥檚 musical producer during the tour. He also performs in Usher’s band and gets a solo spotlight.

鈥淚 get to see my music come to life on stage,鈥� he said.

Avila started in the music business 鈥渁s an artist when I was 12 years old and signed at RCA Records,鈥� he said, and he has released a new project,聽鈥淩eturn of the Gentleman,鈥� and a single titled 鈥淟ucky Fella.鈥�

鈥淚t really just kind of demonstrates what I feel right now. I’m super blessed, and I feel lucky to be able to do what I’m doing,鈥� he said.

Avila said the tour is a great experience, but it takes a tremendous amount of work to put on a seamless show.

It鈥檚 鈥渨orking with multiple producers, music directors, engineers鈥� and creative and technical teams to pull everything together night after night, from the creative team on the music side, 鈥渁nd then working with production, working with lighting, working with the content team, working with choreography. There’s so much that goes into this,鈥� Avila said.

But it鈥檚 not his first time assembling a team for a stadium show.

In 2024, the Avila Brothers 鈥� Bobby and his brother, Issiah “IZ” Avila 鈥� made history as the first Chicano duo to produce the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Along their musical and production path, which spans decades, the two have collaborated with producer powerhouses Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. They鈥檝e also created music for other industry names, including Usher, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Chaka Khan, Anthony Hamilton, Gwen Stefani and Earth, Wind and Fire.

Avila sees their longevity in the music business as a chance to show others that they can achieve their dreams as well.

鈥淚 think it’s our duty. It’s each one teach one, right? So having us out here, it’s really important for us to be pouring back into the cups in these communities and letting people see that they can do so much in life if they just put their mind and their heart into it and work hard, it’s very possible,” he said.

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“It’s not easy when it’s either really hot or it’s really rainy, or anything in between, to get kids outdoors, getting them excited about doing non-digital activity,” Dr. Anisha Abraham, chief of adolescent medicine at Children’s National Hospital, said.

But summer is actually a great opportunity to reset your family’s relationship with technology, she said. And that doesn鈥檛 have to mean throwing devices out the window.

鈥淢any young people use screens during the school year because there’s an educational purpose, and then a lot of young people during the summer lose that structure,鈥� Abraham said. 鈥淚t’s really thinking about what are those devices doing right now and how we can be more thoughtful.鈥�

The bigger concern, she said, is what screens are replacing. If they’re crowding out sleep, exercise, sports or face-to-face time with friends, that’s when it becomes a problem.

鈥淭hink of it as a wellness check for your family when it comes to their digital life,鈥� Abraham told 小萝莉影视. 鈥淜ids that are on screens a lot could have higher rates of things like depression or anxiety or sleep-related issues.鈥�

Her advice? First, carve out screen-free moments during the day. She suggested it could be easy to make meals or car rides screen-free events.

Second, and especially important, is to keep devices out of bedrooms at night. Abraham said some kids are staying up late during the summer because they’re on their phones at the expense of sleep. Charging the devices outside the bedroom can help.

And if the kids complain, so be it.

鈥淎 little bit of boredom isn’t going to hurt someone,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t does, I think, help in terms of creativity.鈥�

It鈥檚 also a chance for you to engage with your kids. Alternatives like camp-like activities, volunteer work, family game nights or cooking together can fill that space.

And then there’s the part parents might not want to hear 鈥� your kids are watching and emulating what you do.

鈥淚f parents and adults are on their devices, guess what? Kids are more likely, too,鈥� Abraham said. 鈥淲e need to make that change ourselves.鈥�

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