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Grace Singletary has 20 to 25 dogs to walk in Mount Pleasant on a typical weekday. Last Friday, there were 10.

Ed Lazere, the longtime head of an active, left-leaning local think tank, is seeking a citywide D.C. Council seat in the general election this year, he announced Tuesday. Lazere joins a significantly crowded field in the race to replace…

Ed Lazere, the leader of a left-leaning D.C. think tank, announced Tuesday that he would run for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council in November, two years after he unsuccessfully challenged Chairman Phil Mendelson (D).

About a year ago, Begashaw Deneke opened his first restaurant: Shebelle Ethiopian Restaurant in D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood, a narrow eatery in an old rowhouse near U St., Northwest. It’s taken a while to build up business, but things were…

Brittney Roberson, a manager at Jack Rose Dining Saloon, was also the bartender and server Monday night.

The Office of Lottery and Gaming said it will release its citywide mobile sports betting app and website “by the end of the month.”

After a former Catholic priest from Northern Virginia was accused of sexual abuse that occurred in the 1980s, and his arrest was announced Monday, D.C. Council member David Grosso (I-At Large) revealed that he was the victim. Grosso said…

A student living on campus at American University and a guest who attended a Howard University-sponsored event with about 1,200 other people have tested positive for covid-19, officials announced Monday.

An emergency room doctor at United Medical Center has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a senior city official said Monday, the first known infection at the District’s public hospital in Southeast Washington.

Washington’s famous cherry blossoms are opening and peak bloom is expected by the weekend, maybe sooner. This is likely to be among the top 10, if not top 5, earliest peak blooms on record thanks to an exceptionally mild late winter and…

The D.C. Council will discuss emergency legislation Tuesday that proposes some relief.

Businesses can still offer takeout and delivery.

Amid the local coronavirus pandemic, food and resources have been scarce at many D.C.-area grocery stores. Lines snake around corners of Trader Joe’s locations and shoppers crowd aisles to grab toilet paper the moment store attendants drop…

Maryland and the District are suspending on-site bar and restaurant service as of Monday evening, and shutting down health clubs and gyms, as the number of reported novel coronavirus cases in the Washington region sailed past 100 and…

With the suspensions of the NHL and NBA seasons, bars and restaurants near Capital One Arena and across the District have been forced to shutter due to concerns of spreading the novel coronavirus.

More than 500 customers walked through the door of Schneider’s of Capitol Hill on Friday.

The DC animal shelter anticipates coronavirus will lead to an increase in surrendered pets.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has ordered restaurants, bars, movie theaters, health clubs, spas, and massage parlors in the District to close to patrons to help contain the coronavirus pandemic.

At-Large Councilmember David Grosso revealed in an emailed statement today that he was sexually assaulted as a minor by a former Virginia priest who was recently indicted for the alleged crime.

They’re at the ready, dividing their territories into quadrants, building spreadsheets to assist their maneuvers, and mustering to their aid stations to distribute rations and supplies.