2020

The hospitality industry accounts for 50% of the District’s sales tax revenue, and the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on hotels, restaurants, bars and other hospitality-related industries has been significant for D.C.

In November, the D.C. Council will begin considering a number of major changes proposed by the mayor to D.C.’s legally binding 1,500-page Comprehensive Plan. The proposed amendments do not address the long-term impacts of the novel…

As more and more states and cities give the green light to sports betting, the days of bookies and backrooms likely will be replaced by partnerships between sporting venues and sportsbooks.

D.C. police released video footage Thursday in the death of a 20-year-old man after a moped crash that has sparked days of protests in the District.

Happy Thursday. Police body camera footage released today shows officers pursuing moped rider Karon Hylton before a car hits and kills him.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in the nation’s capital on Thursday released body camera footage from a fatal vehicle accident during a police chase that has sparked two days of protests and clashes.

Videos from two D.C. police body-worn cameras made public Thursday show a police cruiser closely following a moped moments before the moped driver exited an alley in Northwest Washington and collided fatally with a van.

Georgetown University will meet more than two-thirds of its energy needs with electricity from solar plants starting in November, as part of an agreement that will lessen the school’s dependence on traditional grid-based power, officials…

A bicyclist was fatally struck in Prince George’s County on Tuesday by an unmarked police vehicle driven by a D.C. officer in search of a murder suspect, authorities said Thursday.

The Hilton brothers, José Andrés, and more are pausing certain businesses until conditions improve.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser promised that the city will stay safe during the 2020 election — regardless of who the next president is.

With less than a week until Election Day, elections officials in Maryland and the District are urging voters to put mail-in ballots into drop boxes, saying that with U.S. Postal Service delays, it may be too late to return them by mail.

The 31-year-old developer's second run at an at-large Council seat finds him at the intersection of the old guard and progressive upstarts.

After four years of persistent maintenance issues, a Ward 2 shelter for unhoused women will temporarily close until at least 2022.

For the first time in ten years, the Potomac River is more polluted than it was two years ago. According to the Potomac River “Report Card” the Potomac Conservancy releases every two years, the health of the river has declined from a “B”…

A lot of businesses in downtown D.C. have seen their glass windows hidden by giant sheets of plywood for months, and now some more businesses are also boarding things up as a precaution ahead of Election Day. But it’s not because of any…

D.C. police released video footage Thursday in the death of a 20-year-old man after a moped crash that has sparked days of protests in the District.

The Metropolitan Police Department has released body-worn camera footage of the D.C. police pursuit and crash that led to the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton last Friday while he was riding a moped.

Derek Brown's whole life revolved around alcohol. Now the Columbia Room owner is all about zero-proof drinks.

A national spike in coronavirus infections continued to make its presence felt Thursday in the greater Washington region, which recorded its ninth-highest number of new cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic.