The Daily Rundown — The Latest News Affecting Women & Girls in Our Region

In today’s rundown: An 18-year-old from Japan will become the first woman in a decade to play pro baseball in the U.S.  |  Alexandria City Council members say they want to make sure public housing tenants have fair notice before they have to relocate.  |  The story of a woman who was refused a rape kit even though she said she’d been drugged and assaulted.

–After public housing residents were given little notice that they’d have to relocate, lawmakers in Alexandria are pushing to ensure tenants will be given a fair amount of notice before they have to move.  Residents are being asked to relocate because the city is developing land and renovating public housing.  Click here for details.

— In this week’s Washington City Paper: a look at a case in which a woman who believed she’d been drugged and raped was refused a rape kit at three different hospitals.  Officers gave various reasons for preventing hospital employees from administering the kit.  Click here to read what their reasons were and how the law has changed since this incident.

— For the first time in a decade, there will be a woman on an American pro baseball team.  18-year-old Eri Yoshida will play for the Chico Outlaws of the Golden Baseball League.  Yoshida was the first woman on a pro baseball team in Japan.  Yoshida — a pitcher — learned to throw a knuckleball by watching videos of the Boston Red Sox’s Tim Wakefield.  Click here for more details.

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