2018

Ho Sang Cho is worried about what will happen if his Adams Morgan business, Metro K Supermarket, is forced to close because he can't afford the rent increases and meet other demands from his landlord. "There's no real grocery store around…

On a recent morning in the bowels of the Kennedy Center, actor Justin Weaks ran lines for the new one-man play Long Way Down. He planted his sneakered feet and stared straight ahead. “The day before yesterday, Sean was shot and killed,” he…

The black Ford Fusion hybrid with a tiara of laser sensors looped twice through a four-mile stretch of a changing Washington, passing a trendy food hall and a sagging strip mall as it vacuumed up data to build a citywide network of…

Michael Bekesha, a Republican candidate for a D.C. Council seat in an overwhelmingly Democratic city, stood by his booth at the H Street Festival on a sunny October Saturday, having a perfectly civil exchange with two Ward 6 residents.

WASHINGTON — If you heard bells ringing for longer than usual Saturday at the Washington National Cathedral, it’s because of the nine teams of ringers from all across the continent showing off their “change-ringing” in Northwest D.C.

As winter approaches, it becomes more dangerous for people experiencing homelessness to remain unsheltered. In preparation, the D.C. Interagency Council on Homelessness compiles a winter plan for each fiscal year, covering shelter capacity,…

WITH MAYOR Muriel E. Bowser (D), Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D), D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) — all of whom we have endorsed — facing nominal challenges in their reelection bids,…

The November 6 election day is fast approaching, and in D.C., you can cast a ballot even sooner than that—early voting begins on October 22 at these locations and lasts through November 2. Remember: D.C. has same-day voter registration. You…

On July 12, 2016, the D.C. Council passed the Incarceration to Incorporation Entrepreneurship Program Act to provide business planning and related training, college courses in entrepreneurship, apprenticeship training, leadership and…

It’s no secret: Commuting in the District is a nightmare under the best of conditions. A combination of too many cars and too few public transportation options has left commuters with among the longest average commute times in the nation —…

The first big lie of the Trump administration had to do with crowds and public space. The day after his Jan. 20, 2017 inauguration, Trump’s official spokesman cited incorrect numbers to back up the president’s claim that “like a million,…

D.C. police are investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against a department chair at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Principal Sandi Logan informed parents Wednesday in a letter that the teacher was placed on leave while the…

Lesbian businesswoman Dionne Reeder, who’s running as an independent for an at-large D.C. Council seat, received a rating of +7 from the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, the same rating that GLAA gave to Mayor Muriel Bowser.

WASHINGTON — D.C. residents can now access their vehicle registration card on their phones thanks to a new app. The D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles rolled out the app and Digital Vehicle Registration Card and Sticker this week, which…

After more than a year of legal challenges, the DC Court of Appeals ruled Thursday to uphold a local zoning board's approval of a plan to develop a homeless shelter in Ward 3. The decision paves the way for D.C.'s Department of General…