2020

Happy Thursday. Mayor Muriel Bowser is again pushing for restoration of late-night Metrorail service, describing it as necessary to maximize the District's economic potential.

The writer's pup was found Wednesday afternoon.

After more than a year of pressuring Metro leaders to restore late night hours to the city’s rail system, Mayor Muriel Bowser isn’t letting up.

The District’s Department of Transportation has made a final decision on which four scooter companies will operate in the city come April 1: Jump, Lyft, Skip and Spin.

San Francisco-based sneaker startup Allbirds opens its first D.C. location Thursday with a Georgetown store that will feature a limited-edition, D.C.-centric pair of shoes.

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven just opened one of its pilot Evolution Store concepts in the District that includes a Laredo Taco Company restaurant.

Children and plants have been weaponized, and it's drawn the attention of three different government bodies.

D.C. appears to be in the midst of a rent-strike resurgence. From an ongoing strike in Columbia Heights to a recently resolved strike in Brightwood Park, the practice has emerged at several buildings in the city as a means to provoke…

The Potter’s House in Adams Morgan smells of chai and books. On a cold January Monday, its front room is half-full and silent, save for an anonymous coffee house soundtrack. It’s quaint. It’s unassuming. It’s not the place you’d expect to…

City nightlife study shows hours' effect on businesses

When D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser held her final budget engagement forum of the year recently in Northeast, housing emerged as the primary issue of concern but economic development, particularly more full service-grocery stores east of the…

Former D.C. Office of Human Rights Director Monica Palacio, who has been credited with adopting aggressive policies to fight discrimination targeting transgender women and LGBTQ people in general, announced on Feb. 20 her candidacy for an…

Those dreaming of taking a stroll along a rejuvenated C&O Canal in the Georgetown area of D.C. are in for a treat: The National Park Service has approved a plan to revitalize the canal and some surrounding areas.

When the city failed a homeless child six years ago, Christina Gaddis got a knock on her door.

In 1996, the Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority — commonly known as the D.C. Financial Control Board, the federal entity that took over the District’s finances in the mid 1990s — released a startling report titled…

The D.C. Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance announced on Monday that it would not issue a candidate rating on LGBTQ-related issues for former D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) because of the Council’s determination that Evans…

For nearly two months, there were no books at Lost City Books. “Don’t panic,” the front door instructed, promising the emptiness was only a hiatus for renovations.