2020

Every year, Zoao Makumbi Sr. told his family he planned to retire. And every year, his daughter knew that her father probably wouldn't retire.

A former federal prosecutor, who quit after the Justice Department undercut the sentencing recommendation for Trump political confidant Roger Stone, has been named special counsel for public corruption for the D.C. attorney general.

U Street Music Hall was on the verge of celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a week of special concerts before the coronavirus forced owner Will Eastman to shut the venue down.

Since the coronavirus pandemic hit the D.C. area and Tim Young started working entirely from his apartment, the Adams Morgan resident has applied to foster a dog at three different local rescues. So far, he’s had no luck.

Happy Tuesday. The DC Council tweaked its recent COVID-19 response bills in a quick session this morning, with changes that include a further extension for the mayor’s budget submission and the expansion of a rent-hike prohibition to cover…

D.C. officials are putting the finishing touches on new programs to offer mortgage relief to homeowners and commercial property owners who need some help making payments while the coronavirus emergency drags on.

More than 7,600 applied. Business owners have questions about what criteria will be used.

The 9:30 Club and a handful of other music venues in Greater Washington have formed a new national group of independent performance halls and music promoters with plans to lobby Congress and the White House for federal assistance in the…

The quarantine has affected every aspect of the D.C. music scene, down to the new songs musicians are writing from home.

As the coronavirus pandemic has dragged on, help has come in many forms. Some people have donated their federal recovery checks to charities and non-profit groups. Others have joined in neighborhood-based mutual aid efforts, helping…

D.C. police are now in charge of facilitating the sale of pistols to city residents after the District’s only federal firearms licensee abruptly stopped work in March, citing a spike in demand during the pandemic.

Larry Yu has an extra challenge when it comes to teaching his college classes. He’s been able to move instruction online like many of his colleagues, but he’s teaching hospitality management at a time when hotels across the country are…

Grand Master Jon O’Kelly has taught thousands of D.C. kids how to break boards and “kihap” at his Northeast Taekwondo school.

District Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced Monday that she has tapped D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services Director Clinton Lacey to lead emergency court-ordered coronavirus interventions at the city’s jails and psychiatric…

Happy Monday. A day after a federal judge ordered the District to improve conditions within the DC Jail, the Bowser administration says various steps are underway.