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Connecticut Avenue in Dupont Circle closed
Water main break causes part of Connecticut Avenue to close. Road closed through rush hour.
Can ‘the other Washington’ lead the way to a more diversified local economy?
via Capital Business
Town Square | Four-acre city retreat lists for $8.9M
Also Washington Design Center heads to 14th Street.
Judge: NSA phone data collecting likely unconstitutional
Court grants request for a preliminary injunction on controversial program, but stays the action pending appeal.
Woodson’s streak is over
(Katherine Frey / The Washington Post)
GIRLS BASKETBALL | Anacostia grinds out a victory to snap the Warriors’ 113-game DCIAA winning streak.
13 Indicted in D.C. in Drug Dealing Investigation
via WNEW DC
Chris Brown's probation revoked over D.C. arrest
2 men charged with armed robbery in DCCharter school’s Medicaid billing at center of investigation
(Marlon Correa / The Washington Post)
D.C.’s Options Public Charter School leaders allegedly diverted more than $3 million to two private companies.
D.C. parking meter management deal stirs controversy
Ever since the city picked Xerox, Rockville-based WorldWide Parking has challenged the decision.
Multitasking: A way to make inefficiency sound noble
Take a walk while doing and interview while checking voicemail — and invite the attorney general to a kids party
Covenant House Washington names new CEO
via Washington Business Journal
D.C. parks under fire after reported sex assaults at pool
D.C. lawmakers charge that loose controls let college-age employees have free run of city pools after hours.
Little shelter available for D.C.’s homeless teens
(Sarah L. Voisin / The Washington Post)
City agencies, advocates disagree about who should be responsible for sheltering and feeding youths.
Review: ‘Edgar & Annabel’ at Studio Theatre
(Igor Dmitry)
The shadows of snooping and whistleblowing are draped heavily across a paranoid thriller.
Illuminate D.C.: City strikes $73M streetlight deal with French firm
via Washington Business Journal
Streetcar hits the street
Streetcars — or rather, a streetcar -- returned to D.C.’s streets for the first time in 50 years Friday night.
Feds seek new delay for Brown sentencing
‘Newly discovered evidence’ is cited in request to push former D.C. Council member’s sentencing to April.
At last, a board-certified medical examiner for D.C.?
New Jersey official will replace longtime coroner Marie Pierre-Louis, seek national accreditation, Gray announces.
Graham admits ‘lapse,’ says he’s outpolling challengers
D.C. Council member Jim Graham appeared on WAMU-FM’s Politics Hour Friday to atone a little and boast a little.
Gray’s trash-can plan is held up
Council Chairman Phil Mendelson objects to diversion of retiree health-care funds for Gray priority.
Washingtology quiz
Are you a Washingtologist?
Think you’re a master of local trivia? Try answering the Washingtology question of the day from Cultural Tourism DC.
Five favorite places
Charles Hicks: Insider’s guide to D.C.
Chuck Hicks of the DC Black History Celebration Committee shares a list of his favorite local attractions and events.
Kenneth B. Ellerbe: Insider’s guide to D.C.
Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department shares a list of his favorite local attractions and events.
Vernard R. Gray: Insider’s guide to D.C.
Vernard R. Gray of CA-FAM III, Inc. and East River Jazz shares a list of his favorite local attractions and events.
Andy Shallal: Insider’s guide to D.C.
Andy Shallal, founder of Busboys and Poets, shares a list of his favorite local attractions and events.
Insider’s guide to D.C.
Doris A.M. Thomas of Serenity Players shares a list of her favorite local attractions and events.
Washington photo galleries
Honoring Mandela, a ‘truly extraordinary man’
Vice President Biden and others assembled in Washington to say goodbye to the former South African president.
Snow falls on D.C. area
Although the sleet and snow didn’t quite stick in the urban core, snow accumulated in the suburbs.
Wal-Mart opens two stores in D.C.
Retail giant’s registers ring up their first sales in the District after development delays and months of debate over wages.
Capitol Christmas Tree arrives in Washington
2013 tree is an 88-foot-tall Engelmann spruce from Colville National Forest in Washington state.
On Capitol Hill, townhouses are a model
Built to replace the Ellen Wilson housing project, the Townhomes on Capitol Hill have become a model for mixed-income housing.
D.C.’s High Heel Race
The annual Dupont Circle event celebrates 27 years of heel-wearing drag queens racing for glory.
Singer Chris Brown charged with assault
Brown and his bodyguard were arrested and charged in the assault of a man outside the W Hotel in the District.
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