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Online lender sued by DC attorney general to pay nearly $4M in settlement 02/08/2022 02:20pm • A company accused of offering predatory online loans with interest rates up to 42 times higher than the legal limit in D.C. has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to D.C. residents as part of a settlement announced by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine. Racine's office sued Elevate Credit, Inc. in Ju Reasons for optimism, and caution, in DC’s annual HIV report 02/08/2022 07:45am • D.C. continues to show steady improvement in the battle against HIV, with the number of new cases in 2020 continuing a yearslong decline going back more than a decade. While most of the statistics in the D.C. Health Department's newly-released 2020 data — long delayed due to the coronavirus pan 'Schmigadoon!' creator and 'This Is Us' writer team for 'A.D. 16' at Olney Theatre Center 02/07/2022 12:41pm • Hear our full conversation on my podcast "Beyond the Fame." Cinco Paul created "Schmigadoon!" and Bekah Brunstetter wrote for "This Is Us." Together, they've written "A.D. 16" for Olney Theatre Center, which runs through March 6. "This all started in Cinco's beautiful mind," Brunstette What’s your 'security score?' There’s an online tool for that 02/07/2022 09:37am • You are probably more vulnerable to being a victim of crime, either online or physically, than you think, but there is a new online tool that could reduce your risks. Security.org cites its own research that says the typical American household has a one-in-five chance of being a victim of a prope Looking for love? Fix your credit score 02/07/2022 09:24am • With Valentine’s Day coming up, there will be seductive gifts and intimate dinners. But you know what is really sexy? Being financially responsible. Especially now. More Business News “Over half of people would break up with their significant other if he or she spent irres Turkish Coffee Lady brings caffeine and culture to Old Town Alexandria 02/04/2022 08:00am • Coffee isn’t just about caffeine — it’s about culture, said Gizem Salcigil White, who has been working to introduce Americans to the ancient art of Turkish coffee for the last decade. Area residents can now get a taste of those efforts at her newly opened coffee house in Old Town Alexandria Va. Gov. Youngkin calls for end of grocery tax; some shoppers skeptical 02/03/2022 11:25pm • Amid rising inflation costs in Virginia, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday unveiled his plan to get rid of the state’s grocery tax to shoppers. The governor told customers at a Safeway in Alexandria that eliminating the 2.5% tax will lower the cost of living for many Virginians. Christian McBride honors Black icons at Kennedy Center for Black History Month 02/01/2022 10:52am • Listen to the full conversation on our podcast "Beyond the Fame." The Kennedy Center has the perfect way to kick off Black History Month this Friday. Seven-time Grammy winner Christian McBride presents "The Movement Revisited" to honor Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther K Montgomery Co. council president calls for moves to slow police attrition 01/31/2022 02:57pm • The attrition of police officers in Montgomery County, Maryland, has more than doubled during the pandemic, and the president of the County Council on Monday underlined the importance of retaining officers and attracting new ones. Council President Gabe Albornoz said that while the Montgomery Cou Prince George's Co. students, staff weigh in on plan to consolidate alternative schools 01/28/2022 10:10pm • Vivian Sandoval, a graduate of one of Prince George's County's five alternative high schools, says attending the program at Community Based Classroom High School in Bladensburg, Maryland, saved her life. In tearful testimony, Sandoval told board members she now has an associate degree and works a Wes Unseld Jr. had Wizards watch film of entire 2nd half collapse vs. Clippers 01/27/2022 02:43pm • Unseld Jr. had Wizards re-watch entire 2nd half vs. Clippers originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonWASHINGTON -- The Wizards were off on Wednesday, giving everyone involved with their disastrous 35-point collapse against the Clippers on Tuesday some time to clear the air and get over the initi If DC was a state, it would still be the 'greenest' 01/27/2022 10:37am • The U.S. Green Building Council’s annual ranking of the Top 10 states for green buildings would have D.C. as No. 1 if it were a state — and by a long shot. The council’s rankings are based on certified gross square footage of LEED-certified buildings. By that measure, D.C. comes in at 29.46 Tysons-based ID.me is hiring 750 video chat agents 01/27/2022 08:31am • ID.me, one of the D.C.-area’s fastest-growing technology companies, will hire an additional 750 video chat agents to meet increased user volume for its digital identification services. That is on top of more than 1,000 new hires it announced it would fill by the end of last year, quadrupling it 'We can't celebrate just yet' — Drop in Montgomery Co. COVID-19 cases comes with warning 01/26/2022 06:30pm • COVID-19 cases are down precipitously in Montgomery County, Maryland, but the county executive and health officials on Wednesday said it’s too soon to pop Champagne. County Executive Marc Elrich, in a media briefing Wednesday, said cases in the county are down 51% since last week, at 579.81 cas Anacostia High School doors, boiler 'miraculously' fixed after walkout 01/26/2022 02:21pm • The doors and boiler at D.C.'s Anacostia High School have been "miraculously" fixed after several teachers left their classrooms in protest last Friday. "They have repaired the front door glass, got the boilers functioning and (District of Columbia Department of General Services) was sent a list