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A viral video from a Federal Triangle bar and restaurant has caught the attention of local authorities.

There’s a new effort to provide reparations for descendants of slaves in the District and address what D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie says is a public health crisis.

Since the coronavirus pandemic began this spring, Radha Muthiah has dramatically expanded the operations of the Capital Area Food Bank in response to the falling fortunes of many of the region’s residents.

Like hundreds of thousands of D.C. residents, Sarah Mars Bowie got her general election ballot in the mail last week. But she was surprised to receive a ballot for someone else as well.

D.C.-based, plant-based soup company Soupergirl, a company started by former stand-up comedian Sara Polon and her mother, Marilyn Polon, in 2008, has received $2 million in outside investments to grow its national sales.

Applications opened Tuesday for a new D.C. program that offers grants of $10,000 to support small and local businesses struggling in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis.

D.C. Councilmember Robert White (D-At-Large); at-large Council candidate Christina Henderson, who’s running as an independent; and gay Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Randy Downs, who’s running for the Ward 2 Council seat as an…

The owners of the Crew Club, the D.C. gym, sauna and bathhouse for gay men, have placed the club’s building on 14th Street, N.W. near Logan Circle on the market for sale or lease and they do not expect to reopen the club, which closed…

Happy Tuesday. Citing the likelihood of an eviction crisis once the current public health emergency ends, the DC Council voted today on emergency legislation to seal certain eviction records and add related tenant protections.

The union representing D.C. police officers is accusing the District and the police department of not fully compensating them for work done during the pandemic.

Marriott International Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, alleging the company is "shirking" its financial obligations in an attempt to permanently close the storied hotel and make way for a…

D.C. lawmakers say some 39,000 evictions are in line to be filed in District Superior Court as soon as the state of emergency’s moratorium lifts.

Despite a looming budget crisis with no federal help on the way, Metro is sticking to its plan to keep up with scheduled maintenance projects.

Latin vendors at La Cosecha have seen more customers and higher sales for their small businesses during the Hispanic heritage celebrations this month in NoMa’s Union Market.

A labor union of Georgetown University graduate students is seeking arbitration with the administration in a dispute over protections related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Democratic House members representing the Washington region urged stricter White House social distancing measures and cooperation with local public health officials Tuesday as the nation’s capital notched its highest daily coronavirus…