For the first time since Aug. 15, 2016, Washington reached the century mark today. This ends the fifth longest streak on record without a day so hot.
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Washington hits 100 degrees for the first time in almost eight years
High temperatures at other local sites are also scorching. So far, it reached 100 degrees at Dulles International Airport, breaking its previous record of 99 in 1988. Baltimore’s BWI Marshall reached at least 101 degrees, breaking its 1988 record of 100.
This ends a 2,867-day streak without reaching or surpassing 100 degrees. It was the fifth longest streak in the modern record for the city, and the longest since an 8-year long run from 1969 to 1977. Other locations in the region had hit 100 more recently than Washington, for instance Dulles did so on Sept. 6 last year.
It becomes the city’s 122nd observed 100-degree day since modern records began in 1872. Roughly 16 percent of D.C.’s 100s have happened in June, 54 percent in July, 27 percent in August and 3 percent in September.
It’s also the sixth day with highs at or above 90, and the eighth of the last 10 reaching that mark, bringing the seasonal total to nine.
That’s about two days above average to date and a quick turnaround from a “90s season” that was running several days below average through the first third of this month. The city averages 40 such days over an entire warm season, seven of which might occur in June.
Although it has been a long while, 100s often come in clumps. In recent years, 2016 had four triple digit days, 2012 eight, 2011 five and 2010 four. In 1930, there were 11 — the most in a single year. Another attempt could be made Sunday and perhaps again Wednesday. This all comes before the city hits prime time for 100s, and as the Weather Service is forecasting a very good chance of a hotter than normal July.
The lengthy gap in 100s followed a historic flurry of them from 2010 to 2012, when 17 were tallied over the three-summer period. While they went missing from 2016 until now, the expectation is that there will be more days at or above 100 annually as the globe warms due to human caused climate change.
D.C.’s highest temperature for any date is 106, reached in July 1930 and August 1918.
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U.S. Marshals arrest fugitive found hiding under child’s bed in Washington state
The U.S. Marshals Service on Friday arrested a fugitive who authorities found hiding under a child’s bed in Spokane, Washington, according to a news release from the federal law enforcement agency.
Keantray Davon Bryant-Muellner had been wanted on an outstanding warrant for violating the terms of his graduated re-entry probation sentence. Bryant-Muellner’s probation stemmed from a 2024 arrest on charges including first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and fourth-degree assault.
U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force members surrounded a residence associated with Bryant-Muellner around 5:30 p.m. Friday, the agency said. The law enforcement officers announced themselves and then removed a glass sliding door.
“Two uninvolved adults immediately excited the residence,” the Marshals Service said.
Bryant-Muellner was eventually found “attempting to conceal himself while hiding under a child’s bed inside the residence,” the Marshals Service said. “He was instructed to exit and peacefully surrendered to law enforcement without incident.”
Washington State Department of Corrections specialists carried out a search of the property after Bryant-Muellner’s arrest and found a handgun and high-capacity magazines.
The “arrest reflects the strength of our partnerships and the teamwork among local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies, said Craig Thayer, the U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Washington.
“With gun violence continuing to plague Spokane, every violent offender arrested and every firearm taken off the street makes our communities safer,” Thayer added.
The arrest was conducted by members of the United States Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force, in tandem with the FBI, the Spokane Police Department and the Washington State Department of Corrections.
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The Next Sphere Is Coming To Washington D.C.
America is going to get a second Sphere, and it’s coming to the Washington D.C. metro area.
Sphere Entertainment, the company behind the Las Vegas landmark, says that it has inked a deal with the state of Maryland, Prince George’s County, and Peterson Companies to develop and build a second Sphere venue at National Harbor, a major tourism destination in the area.
Notably, Sphere says the plan is to create what it is calling its first “smaller-scale” design, with plans for a 6,000 seat venue, compared to the 18,600 seats at the Las Vegas Sphere. The project will be financed with public and private funding, including approximately $200 million in state, local, and private incentives.
While it will be smaller than the original Sphere in Las Vegas, the company says it will still have the distinct “Exosphere” that defines the exterior of the original, while the interior theater will have what it says will be “the world’s highest-resolution LED screen.”
A rendering released by the company showed the Sphere close to the Potomac near the existing MGM Grand.
“Our focus has always been on creating a global network of Spheres across forward-looking cities,” said James Dolan, executive chairman and CEO of Sphere Entertainment. “Sphere is a new experiential medium. With a commitment to bringing innovative opportunities to residents and visitors, Governor Moore, County Executive Braveboy, the State of Maryland, and Prince George’s County recognize the potential for a Sphere at National Harbor to elevate and advance immersive experiences across the area.”
“Maryland has a long history of providing world-class entertainment and we could not be more excited to work with Sphere Entertainment to bring this cutting-edge project to life,” added Governor Wes Moore. “This will be one of the largest economic development projects in Prince George’s County history – proving once again our state is the best place in the country to bring dreams to life. We’re excited for what this means for our people, and how it will showcase the best of what Maryland has to offer to everyone who visits.”
Sphere has become a major tourist attraction in Las Vegas, a city with no shortage of them. While the venue is best known for its concerts and residencies, it also has daily programming, most notably a remastered version of The Wizard of Oz, and the original documentary film Postcard From Earth. It’s safe to assume that the Maryland Sphere will follow the same strategy, albeit on a slightly smaller scale.
National Harbor is home to The Capital Wheel, a giant ferris wheel with views of D.C., as well as an MGM Grand casino and other tourist attractions.
The National Harbor Sphere is the third planned version of the venue, after the Las Vegas original and another under construction in Abu Dhabi.
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History not lost on Tom Izzo during Michigan State visit to Washington
Seattle — Tom Izzo and his Michigan State team were on hallowed ground for practice in the lead-up to Saturday’s 80-63 win at Washington. Ancestral ground, even, and not just for the six indigenous tribes whose land the university was built on.
Izzo and his team got to practice on a court dedicated to Marv Harshman, who in a way is Izzo’s coaching tree grandfather.
Harshman was a longtime coach at Washington State from 1958 to 1971, where from 1964 on he mentored a young assistant named Jud Heathcote. Heathcote then went to Montana and then Michigan State, where he coached the Magic Johnson-led 1979 national championship team and was a two-time Big Ten coach of the year. He also mentored another young assistant named Tom Izzo, who worked for him from 1983 until he handed him the reins to his team in 1995.
All these years later, Izzo — a national champion whose long list of accolades include the Big Ten’s all-time wins record with 366 and counting — still shares frequent memories of his mentor Heathcote. That was fresh on his mind this weekend.
“There’s a lot of good things about here, mostly because of Jud and all the stories he told me about Washington,” Izzo said.
Back in East Lansing, Heathcote used to bring a retired Harshman into practices in the fall. He’d send Izzo into a classroom to learn from the source of his own coaching lessons.
“Jud would tell me, ‘Go talk to Marv. You’ll learn more basketball in an afternoon,’” Izzo said. “And I’d go in that room, and Marv would take the chalkboard and it was covered with stuff. And then Jud came in and he said, ‘Did you screw up my assistant?’ And I loved Marv Harshman. I absolutely loved him. I thought he was a brilliant mind at 80-something.”
Harshman died in 2013, but before then he got to see the Washington practice court dedicated in his honor in 2008. After Washington State let him walk in 1971, Harshman went across the state to Seattle and coached the Huskies from then until his retirement in 1985, when he was immediately inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Heathcote died in 2017 at the age of 90.
Izzo said he brought Harshman’s son, Dave, in to speak with his team Friday after practice.
“I’ll always have a soft spot for the Harshman family,” Izzo said, “… and a lot of that’s because of Jud.”
In the MSU-Washington series, the Spartans notched their first win in Seattle on Saturday. The last time they met at Washington was Dec. 30, 1957. The Huskies won that one, 71-69.
The Spartans are 6-2 against Washington all-time, though none of those games pitted the Spartans against Harshman’s squads.
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