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A bus is seen in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2022. - The Washington government voted to institute free bus rides for all starting in the summer of 2023.Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty ImagesWashington, D.C., has enacted a zero-fare bus bill into law, according to the D.C. Council.Mayor Muriel Bowser declined to officially approve the bill, which eliminates the $2 fare for all city buses, adds a dozen 24-hour bus lines starting in July and calls for a $10 million investment into other service improvements to the bus…

It was only a matter of time before a politician awkwardly quoted Taylor Swift at Tuesday morning’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Ticketmaster, Live Nation and the U.S. ticketing market. “May I suggest respectfully that Ticketmaster ought to look in the mirror and say, ‘I’m the problem. It’s me’” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told Live Nation Entertainment’s President and Chief Financial Officer Joe Berchtold, referencing the chorus to Swift’s No. 1 song, “Anti-Hero.” “The reason is, quite simply, that you are…

Screenshot: DC in ConcertExperience Matt Reeves’ moody and dark spectacle in a theater where it won’t matter if the visuals are too dim, because you’ll hear The Batman in a whole new way. The “DC in Concert” series aims to bring Warner Brothers’ new and classic superhero catalogue to audiences by appealing to cinema fans who want to see their favorite movies in every format available.The orchestral experience is set to debut with The Batman on March 18, 2023 at the Hammersmith Apollo in London and will travel through…

Lizzo is basking in her historical glory after playing a two-century-old crystal flute previously owned by the fourth president of the United States.The “About Damn Time” and “Truth Hurts” singer, who is a trained flautist, shared a series of videos of the landmark moment from her Tuesday concert at the Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C.The jubilant musician, 34, said that the Library of Congress lent her the 1813 crystal flute to briefly play onstage. The instrument was given to Madison by Claude Laurent, a Parisian…

Image: Gizmodo/GettyGizmodo is 20 years old! To celebrate the anniversary, we’re looking back at some of the most significant ways our lives have been thrown for a loop by our digital tools.If you’ve spent any time reading Gizmodo over the past twenty years, there’s probably one governmental agency responsible for more, “wait, really?” headlines than all the others combined. That uneasy accolade, of course, goes to DARPA.Known more formally as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon’s sci-fi R&D…

A 22-year-old Washington D.C. man has been reportedly identified as the suspect who opened fire at Tysons Corner Center in Tysons, Virginia over the weekend.According to WRIC, the man, Noah Settles is wanted for attempted malicious wounding, use of a firearm while committing a felony, and three counts of firing a weapon in an occupied building. Settles is also known as the rapper No Savage.The shooting took place on the second floor of the mall on Saturday at around 2:45 p.m. local time. Settles reportedly got into a…

Amazon workers and community allies demonstrate during a protest organized by New York Communities for Change and Make the Road New York in front of Jeff Bezos’ Manhattan residence in New York on December 2, 2020Photo: Kena Bentancur (Getty Images)Amazon—a trillion dollar multinational corporation repeatedly sued by labor groups for unfair working conditions at its facilities—wants you to know it’s being treated unfairly.In a blog post on Wednesday Amazon lashed out at antitrust legislation currently making its way…