2019

After eight years and two moves across the city, D.C.’s women’s clothing store Violet Boutique, now in Shaw’s mixed-use complex The Shay, is closing. Owner Julie Egermayer announced the news Monday on Instagram, saying the shop’s last day…

U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jessie Liu is asking a federal judge to reduce the sentence of convicted D.C. drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III from life in prison to 40 years. That means if the motion is granted, he could be released in relatively…

Plans to construct a five-story building to serve as a shelter for domestic violence survivors in Northeast D.C.'s Eckington neighborhood are at risk because of a funding issue that the development partner partially attributes to January's…

There is an engineering feat underway on Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest D.C. right now.

A Georgetown business owner woke to a surprise on Sept. 1, when she discovered her unusual D.C. cafe had ended up as a clue in the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle.

Happy Monday. Monument Academy Public Charter School — operating this year after its board agreed to a partnership with Friendship Education Foundation, reversing a June 4 vote to close down — had many “serious” safety incidents last year:…

A new owner has revived the sandwich shop near the White House—and there are more to come.

The District of Columbia is getting a $920,000 boost for development of its opportunity zones from the nonprofit Rockefeller Foundation, a grant that will also create a chief of the city's opportunity zone developments.

It all started when an ANC Commissioner questioned her dinner bill.

Some sports fans show their love for a franchise by dressing up in team paraphernalia, getting a tattoo, buying season tickets or blogging obsessively about team minutiae. But only a select few express their devotion through song.

As an outdoor and recreational enthusiast, I cannot think of many cities where historically designated parks such as McMillan become slated for commercial development without the due diligence measures of an environmental impact study and…

A summer of deadly gun violence started when Missy Scott’s brother walked to a D.C. corner store on a Sunday morning.

A teenager is starting classes at George Washington University this fall as a college freshman and just about everyone cannot believe their eyes.

A senior federal prosecutor within the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia acknowledged Sunday that he presented inaccurate information at a community meeting regarding the expansion of a law that would allow some inmates…

Tents, vendors, three stages and a dance plaza, food trucks and even a history truck line a stretch of 18th street in Northwest in Adams Morgan. It’s the 41st celebration of one of the District’s historic neighborhoods.

Visitors at the National Zoo got to get up close and personal with some exotic birds Sunday for Birds in Flight, a free show featuring species from around the world.

Advisory neighborhood commissioner Denise Krepp’s Aug. 18 Local Opinions essay, “A miscarriage of justice for sex-crime victims,” seemed to want to represent all sexual assault survivors. As a black woman and mother who has survived sexual…

As DC prepares to raze a housing development in Southeast, community organizers are fighting to preserve what they say is an important site in DC history.