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THE LATEST controversy over the District’s award of a lucrative sole-source contract is achingly unsurprising. D.C. has established a procurement system that is steeped in politics and parochialism, with the checkered history to show for…

An ode to the watering hole where Spotteds and the power lunch came to be

Every other weekend, it was the same routine for Lisa Smith, who shares custody of her two teenage sons with their father.

Developer Douglas Jemal made a commitment more than a decade ago that mollified the District’s crowd of historic preservationists, who were all atwitter that a new office building would require the demolition of what they deemed an…

Right now, it’s a large, empty field. But by next year, the five-acre plot in Northeast Washington will sprout about 5,000 solar panels, the largest ground array the nation’s capital has seen — a change wrought by local Catholic groups.

As the region has been flirting with almost record-breaking heat, a crowd gathered at in Navy Yard to help set a different kind of record — D.C.’s longest sundae ever.

It is the plainest of wooden tables, the kind you probably wouldn’t examine closely unless you spilled something on it.

A show celebrating 50 years since the Apollo 11 moon landing captivated crowds on the National Mall Friday night by turning the Washington Monument into a towering movie screen.

Karon Brown, 11, and his brother Quentin had walked to the McDonald’s not far from their Southeast D.C. home to get their older sister a double cheeseburger, an order of french fries and a smoothie.

Bus ridership in cities is down across the country — but one state route is thriving.

IMAGINE STRUGGLING to find a viable surface to change your baby’s diaper because the men’s restrooms around you lack this accommodation, then placing your changing pad on your very last resort: the restroom floor. This is the difficulty…

If you have ever felt overwhelmed by overcrowding on the otherwise beautiful High Line, you might agree with Stephen A. Hansen’s June 30 Local Opinions essay, “Don’t ‘High Line’ Georgetown’s C&O Canal.” Unfortunately, the call to…

A recent Gallup poll showed that most respondents thought the District should not attain statehood. D.C. statehood is an unformed issue in the minds of most Americans. It’s not a kitchen-table issue. Qualitative research is needed, not a…

An 11-year-old boy was killed Thursday night after he was shot in Southeast D.C., and police are looking for the suspect connected to his death. Officials are also offering an increase in reward money for information on the case.

We had just come back from a trip; jet-lagged, I had turned off the light to go to sleep when I heard a series of sharp pops. My husband, who was downstairs, immediately called out, “Stay away from the windows!”

Thanks to my loving 40-year friendship with Joan Baez and her innate generosity, she has given concert tickets to my college and high school students and me well more than two dozen times in Washington sites ranging from Wolf Trap to the…

McDuffie Proposes Second Chance Legislation

D.C. Council Member Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) on Friday defended his vote for a no-bid gambling contract, saying that his sole motivation was the best interests of the District and its residents.

DC’s fifth Trader Joe’s location (2101 Wisconsin Ave. NW) opened in Glover Park on Friday, July 19. 

As it markets the condominiums at the Brooks, an 89-unit building in-progress at The Parks at Walter Reed development (map), Urban Pace is rolling out virtual reality (VR) technology which combines the simulated fly-over videos associated…