Discover a new way to find and share stories you'll love… Learn about Reading Desk

All Blogs / Local Interest / United States / Washington D.C. / New


Page and Perspective: City-Centered Change and Female Desire, Cracked

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue will host a talk about the book The Metropolitan Revolution, while Politics and Prose will try to figure out What Do Women Want? [ more › ]

This Week In Hip-Hop

This week in hip-hop: Wale at the Howard Theatre, a Yeezus listening party on U Street and more. [ more › ]

Pedestrian Struck by Dump Truck on Mass. Ave., Major Crash Unit Called

The pedestrian is female and there's no word on her condition. [ more › ]

Labor Department Lawyer Accused of Sexually Assaulting Had Throat Cut in Jail Cell

Paul Mannina, the U.S. Labor Department attorney who was arrested last week on charges that he broke into a co-worker's home and sexually assaulted her, was found dead today in his cell at D.C. jail. [ more › ]

Dutch Embassy Event Will Feature Cicadas and Mealworms as Food

Cicadas, mealworms and crickets will be served at the Dutch Embassy after a discussion after insects as snacks later this month. [ more › ]

Food trucks are here to stay

After more than four years of sometimes rancorous debate, food trucks on Tuesday made a major advance toward becoming a government-sanctioned, street-legal fixture of the District’s culinary scene. The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to complete the approval process for regulations … Continue reading ?

Our Long, Legislative Food Truck Nightmare Is Basically Over

The D.C. Council passed amendments to food truck regulations that relax some of the most controversial proposals. [ more › ]

Josh Duggar, First of 19 Kids and Counting, Moving to D.C. for Job With Family Research Council

Duggar will become the executive director of FRC Action, the "legislative action arm" of the very conservative Family Research Council. [ more › ]

Dulles Passengers May Have Been Exposed to Measles

Anyone who passed through the airport's international terminal or main terminal baggage claim may have been exposed to the disease. [ more › ]

Anne Arundel Police Trying to Find Person Who Shot Cat With Bow and Arrow

Police in Anne Arundel County are trying to figure out how a domesticated cat came to be shot with an arrow through her left shoulder. Yes, really. [ more › ]

About Tonight: June 18, 2013

Tonight: Tapas Tuesday, The Postal Service, tequila tastings, and an outdoor movie. [ more › ]

Good Luck Finding Out Who's Prescribing Medical Marijuana in D.C.

There are Department of Health regulations in place that prevent the agency from providing the names of physicians. [ more › ]

A Va. judge’s transportation roadblock

For four decades, James A. “Jac” Cales Jr. was a fixture on the judicial halls of Hampton Roads, albeit not one to take himself too seriously. As Portsmouth commonwealth’s attorney for a decade in the 1970s, he would lean back in his...Show More Summary

LivingSocial Closes Seattle Office, Will Have Employees Work From Home

The daily deals and lifestyle company is dumping its real estate in Seattle and asking its employees there to work remotely. [ more › ]

Washington Monument Won't Be Illuminated Tonight, Despite Tweet

The scaffolding around the Washington Monument won't be illuminated tonight, despite a tweet from National Park Service to the contrary. [ more › ]

A Guide to D.C.'s Weekday Lunch Buffets

Looking to gorge for lunch? D.C. has plenty of midday brunch options. Some are great, some are lousy, but all will fill you up. [ more › ]

Man Hospitalized After Falling Down Escalator Well at Dupont Circle Metro Station

The man, who appeared to be "highly intoxicated" fell as much as 60 feet. [ more › ]

Riders Report Metro Intercom Issue, Fight in Woodley Park

Accounts differ on whether or not the emergency intercom system was working last night when a fight broke out on a Red Line train. [ more › ]

Police Investigating Apparent Shooting-Suicide in Petworth

Metropolitan Police Department officers are investigating a grisly shooting that happened early this morning at a home in the Petworth neighborhood leaving one man hospitalized and the shooter dead. [ more › ]

‘Dark things’ in Forest Hills

What accounts for a rare violent crime in the leafy Forest Hills neighborhood of upper Northwest? Details revealed in court Monday in the case of a shocking home invasion and sexual assault tell the tale of an assignation gone very … Continue reading ?

Copyright © 2011 Regator, LLC