Editor 25036 posts 0 comments

In October of 1918, during the last stages of World War I, major US cities were swept by a devastating wave of Spanish influenza. Washington was especially hit hard: an estimated 50,000 cases were reported from October 1918 to February…

The family of a restaurateur fatally struck by a driver in the District said this week they are waiting for closure more than two years after his death. Armin Amin, co-owner of Chaplin’s in the Shaw neighborhood, was struck by a…

WASHINGTON - After seven years in the United States, a Georgetown Day School teacher has just learned she must leave the country as soon as possible after her two visa applications were denied. A letter to parents from Associate Head of…

Just weeks ago, the D.C. government issued a warning about the prison in which notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger died. D.C. doesn't have its own in prison, so felons from the District are shipped across the country to serve…

Many participants left the first Southeast Library (407 7th St. SE) renovation meeting Tuesday night concerned about what services will be available during the two-year construction process. At the Oct. 30th meeting at the Hill Center (921…

The fight over tipping and how restaurant workers are paid in the nation’s capital may be returning to the ballot. The D.C. Council this month repealed Initiative 77, which voters passed in June to require employers to pay more to servers,…

D.C. Council candidate Dionne Reeder has continued raising money at a breakneck pace with help from the fundraising muscle of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), according to newly released campaign finance reports. Reeder (I) raised $118,000 in 18…

Fulfilling a promise she made when she first ran for mayor four years ago, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday declared the D.C. General family homeless shelter closed. “The last family has moved out of the facility,” she said. “It’s no…

Last Thursday, Emily Gasoi made a strange announcement. The Ward 1 candidate for the D.C. State Board of Education tweeted that someone had used fake email addresses to impersonate her campaign on local listservs, posting racially charged…

The Bower administration announced on Tuesday that it will retime traffic signals at 93 intersections in Wards 6, 7, and 8 as a part of the mayor's Vision Zero Initiative, which aims to eliminate pedestrian fatalities by 2024. All the…

If you’ve ever observed At-Large D.C. Councilmember Elissa Silverman on the dais grilling a public witness or city official, or on the campaign trail, it might surprise you to learn that for a long time, in fact well into adulthood, she…

More than a year after a fire at Fish in the Neighborhood shuttered the restaurant, the popular Petworth eatery is open and ready to serve the people who helped resurrect it. Fish in the Hood, as it’s known—owner Bill White, who opened the…

Careers in the culinary world will become more accessible for students at three DC public schools this fall. ProStart, a national program that’s run locally by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW), will launch a…

As the Trump administration moves to limit civil rights protections for transgender people, the D.C. government is working to assure its citizens that local laws will continue to cover them. "Gender identity and expression are explicitly…

WASHINGTON — Metro has reached a tentative deal on a new headquarters at L’Enfant Plaza. Metro plans to buy a 149,700-square-foot vacant building at 300 7th Street SW, formerly known as the Reporter’s Building. The building would be…

Mastro's Steakhouse is in hot water. A former server at the D.C. location is suing the national chain, alleging that the company violated labor standards when it forced him to share his tips with colleagues who don't regularly interact with…

On Feb. 17, 1947, mechanical problems with an Eastern Airlines plane delayed a flight from Washington National Airport to St. Louis. The temporarily grounded passengers received vouchers from Eastern to eat in the airport’s terrace…

WASHINGTON — It can be a dangerous time of the year on roads with heavier traffic, lower sun angles, shorter days and more pedestrians. Days before trick-or-treaters hit the streets, D.C. police and traffic enforcement officers have…

The elected leaders of the District, Maryland and Virginia addressed an overflowing crowd of thousands of mourning Washingtonians on Monday night, as they decried the anti-Semitism that led to the killing of 11 Jews in Pittsburgh on…

Around 4,500 people gathered at a service Monday evening in northwest Washington to condemn the murder of the 11 people who died Saturday at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The shootings in Pittsburgh hit close to home for many…