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Deborah Simmons

dsimmons@washingtontimes.com

Deborah Simmons was a senior correspondent who reported on City Hall and wrote about education, culture, sports and family-related topics.

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‘Modern Family,’ reverse microaggression

So, learned men and women, separately and/or together, find themselves at the forefront of something labeled "microaggression," and the current crop of millennials and college-age kids falls into the claptrap.

June 27, 2016
Metro's general manager, Paul Wiedefeld, listens to a question during a news conference to announce that the D.C. Metrorail service will be shut down for a full day at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority headquarters, in this Tuesday, March 15, 2016, file photo in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

D.C. Metro to cut 500 jobs

D.C.'s Metro is set to eliminate 500 jobs that no longer are "deemed critical" and positions considered "non-essential."

June 27, 2016

Three strikes against Baltimore’s Marilyn Mosby

A third Baltimore Police officer charged in arrest and death of Freddie Gray has been acquitted of all charges, including murder, manslaughter and misconduct. The trial of the first officer, William Porter, ended in a deadlocked jury, and he will be retried. A second officer was acquitted in May. Three cases remain against three other officers. State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby has a lot of explaining to do, and whether her prosecutorial team wins or loses those remaining cases easily appears to be, at this juncture, of considerable consequence.

June 23, 2016
This undated image shows Omar Mateen, who authorities say killed dozens of people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The gunman opened fire inside the crowded gay nightclub before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. (MySpace via AP)

Westboro Baptist Church: ‘God sent the shooter’

Westboro Baptist Church has blasted its thoughts on the horrific bloodbath that occurred in the wee hours of Sunday morning at the Pulse club in Orlando, Florida: "God hates f**s. God sent the shooter. God hates murderer Omar Mateen. Omar Mateen and slain f**s are in hell. REPENT!"

June 13, 2016
The 7,530-square-foot luxury home at 34 Kalorama Circle NW is on the market for $7,995,000. It has eight bedrooms, seven baths and two half baths on four levels with an elevator.

Obamas choose Kalorama for post-White House home?

Won't you be their neighbor? It won't be official unless Barack and Michelle Obama sign on the dotted lines, of course, but the National Journal is reporting that the haute Kalorama neighborhood north of Dupont Circle and adjacent to Rock Creek Park will be the Obamas' new house.

May 24, 2016

DEBORAH SIMMONS: The D.C. safety net

Out of sight, out of mind. This is about the D.C. safety net. As best we know, little Relisha Rudd was last seen alive on March 1, 2014. She was seen in a surveillance videotape recorded in a hallway of the Holiday Inn Express off New York Ave. at the Northeast gateway to the city. Holding Relisha's hand is her suspected abductor, Kahlil Tatum, who later killed himself after her disappearance. No one reportedly has seen her since then.

May 19, 2016