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The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the restaurant industry to adapt, in many ways on the fly.

D.C. nightlife and restaurant titans Eric and Ian Hilton said Tuesday they are closing seven of their bar-centric concepts in the District on Oct. 31 and will keep them closed “for the foreseeable future” because of the Covid-19 pandemic. …

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser had a direct message for pregnant women and mothers of young children on Tuesday: Find a way to get the medical care you need, online or in person, even amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Seven bars in the area of D.C.’s 14th and U streets will close “for the foreseeable future” on Halloween. They are American Ice Company, The Brixton, Echo Park, El Rey, The Gibson, Marvin and Players Club.

Wayne Turnage, D.C. deputy mayor for health and human services, is remarkably candid about his medical issues.

The District’s independent auditor is reviewing fatal shootings by D.C. police officers since 2018, including the Sept. 2 killing of Deon Kay, to determine whether policies or laws governing the use of force should be changed.

D.C. hospitality icons Ian and Eric Hilton will be closing seven of their popular nighttime spots for the foreseeable future. Washington City Paper first reported the news.

Due to the Pandemic, the Brixton, The Gibson, Marvin, and other bars will close after October 31.

D.C. reopened its massive convention center on Tuesday with new coronavirus safeguards in place, the latest step toward a new normal as coronavirus numbers continue to hold steady across much of the region.

Police in D.C. are far more likely to arrest Blacks than Whites for marijuana-related offenses, five years after the city enacted reforms that proponents hoped would end racial disparities in enforcement.

George Washington University is one of the testing sites for the first coronavirus vaccine in the United States to move into the critical third phase of testing.

D.C. public housing complexes must spend more than $3 million on new security cameras, better lighting and violence prevention programs as part of a negotiated settlement in a lawsuit brought against the agency by D.C. Attorney General…

Staff at D.C.’s only psychiatric hospital restrained patients 149 times and secluded patients 55 times within the first three months of 2020.

S.C. Herman & Associates has scrapped its plans to find replacement tenants for a nearly 50-year-old office building across from Fannie Mae's new downtown D.C. headquarters and is instead looking to sell the 12-story building at 1125…

Kevin Onyona’s Kenyan restaurant opened downtown ten days before indoor dining was shut down.

A mental health advocacy group this week said the city-owned psychiatric hospital in Southeast Washington has increased its use of restraint and seclusion on patients despite regulations designed to limit such interventions.

"This was one of the toughest decisions we’ve had to make, and we believe it’s the right one."

It wasn’t always share plates and fried-chicken sandwiches.

The Office of the D.C. Auditor is investigating a deadly shooting involving a police officer earlier this month in Southeast.