Power outages reported in Northeast DC

By Saeko Robinson
Lara DeSanto
December 18, 2016 | 8:42 AM

WASHINGTON — A large number of power outages were reported in Northeast D.C. Sunday morning.

As of 8:30 a.m., Pepco was reporting 2,000 outages in the Brookland and Fort Lincoln neighborhoods of Northeast D.C., the area along Rhode Island Avenue near South Dakota Avenue. Traffic lights in the area may be dark.

Crews have been dispatched for repairs, Pepco said.

Pepco can be reached at 877-737-2662.

View the latest outages in the map below:

National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

By Neal Augenstein
September 1, 2026 | 10:36 AM

The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.

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