2020

In a little-noticed development, the D.C. government has joined the Trump administration in prohibiting legal sexually oriented businesses such as nude dance clubs and adult video stores from receiving disaster relief loans and special…

Deon Crowell’s attorneys say missing body camera evidence delayed his trial and may have cost him his life.

Employees of the Federal Bureau of Prisons are meeting with people incarcerated at the Hope Village halfway house on Tuesday to discuss where they will go, now that the company that runs the facility has decided to cease operations.

As some local businesses shutter their doors, struggling to predict what the future holds amid a pandemic, Call Your Mother, the self-described “Jew-ish” deli that’s risen to bagelry-stardom, will open its second location in Capitol Hill…

As if people’s nerves weren’t already frayed from living through a pandemic, some District denizens heard what they described on Twitter as a booming “explosion” in the area of Columbia Heights late Monday night.

The National Park Service has approved DC Water’s proposal to move forward with construction of the Potomac River Tunnel project following an environmental assessment, the agency announced Tuesday.

Big D.C. bar and events space Hook Hall has been paying restaurants to prepare meals for distribution to hospitality workers in need, and the nonprofit fund helping pay for those meals has received a $100,000 grant from the Rockefeller…

As we’re all adjusting to staying indoors during the region’s stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus pandemic, we could probably use a good laugh or two. Even though comedy clubs are closed, you can still experience the local scene.…

It was just a matter of time, defense attorneys and criminal justice reform advocates in the District have said.

Customers can also find to-go Jell-O shot kits and “Tiger King” themed drinks

Two groups of U.S. governors said Monday they are coordinating efforts to gradually restart the economies in their states. While there’s been no formal pact between leaders in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, the three jurisdictions have been…

Music venues, galleries, museums and theaters are shut down across the District, leaving hundreds of local artists with nowhere to present or sell their work during the coronavirus outbreak.

My friend Amy Phillips is a public defender in Washington. She visited the D.C. jail last week, just before most legal visits were curtailed because of fears about covid-19. I asked her to describe what she saw, as well as her fears and…

Performance artists are trying everything to stay limber during the coronavirus shutdown.