August 2020

Mayor Muriel Bowser: 'Still, we're not where we want to be'

A lifelong friend remembers the one-time king of DC's bar scene.

The District has failed to properly educate students with disabilities in the D.C. Jail during the coronavirus pandemic, lawyers for the students say.

D.C. nightlife as you know it owes a lot to Joe Englert, who for decades left his mark on many of the District’s favorite bars and dives.

D.C. nightlife legend Joe Englert, whose bars and restaurants dotted the H Street NE corridor and beyond, has died. He was 59.

The District has experienced a 79% reduction in newly diagnosed HIV cases since 2007, according to a new D.C. Health Department report.

"This is the last line of defense for saving America’s bar and restaurant community."

Even though Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has promised to stop enacting changes to the U.S. Postal Service for now that have caused mail delays across the country, local postal leaders say the damage is already done.

Guneev Sharma ordered his first bike just weeks into the pandemic. He lives in a small downtown D.C. condo with his girlfriend.

A federal judge has granted preliminary approval for the settlement of a decades-long class-action lawsuit against D.C.’s Child and Family Services Agency.

In December, the Zoning Commission unanimously voted to approve a planned unit development (PUD) on the former Superfresh grocery site in AU Park after a four-year tug-of-war over the project's particulars. Last month, neighborhood…

On the heels of a tumultuous June primary riddled with ballot problems and voting delays, the District has revamped its voting processes to instill confidence in residents ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.

A new survey shows that half of the District’s children who live in households that rent their homes aren’t getting enough to eat, their families are behind on rent, or both.

D.C.’s Office of the Attorney General is suing the parent company of Washington Sports Clubs, accusing the company of ripping off gym members during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The daily coronavirus caseload in the greater Washington region tumbled again Thursday, hovering at a multiweek low, while Maryland officials celebrated a milestone in the state’s declining test positivity rate.

On Thursday, D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine filed another lawsuit against the parent company of Washington Sports Club (Florida-based Town Sports International, LLC) alleging that the gym has not processed membership cancellations or…

D.C. saw a 16% drop in the number of new HIV cases in 2019, according to a report released Thursday. But there are concerns not enough people are getting tested.

Five months into the national health crisis, Washingtonians are more vulnerable than ever to losing their homes.