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Data Doctors: Tips for better Wi-Fi calling 05/07/2021 05:12pm • Q: I’m having lots of issues when I try to use Wi-Fi calling on my iPhone. Is there something that I can do? A: Wi-Fi calling is a feature that has become a standard option with all of the carriers and works on any relatively current handset. There are some excellent uses for Wi-Fi calling, es 8 low-cost ways to celebrate mom this year 05/07/2021 09:15am • It's Mother's Day again, and with any luck, this holiday will be better for you and your mom than last year. Your mom may be vaccinated. Maybe you are, too, and you can safely celebrate together. Pandemic or not, we're still looking for meaningful ways to celebrate holidays like Mother's Day with DC police investigating attack of Asian business owner as hate crime 05/06/2021 11:46am • An Asian business owner was assaulted inside his store in Northeast D.C. earlier this week in an attack police are investigating as a possible hate crime. The attack happened at Max Trading, a wholesale jewelry and gift shop on 4th Street near Union Market. Chong Hu Lu, the owner, told pol Calvert Co. billboard uses vulgar language and poop emojis to attack President Biden, VP Harris 05/05/2021 04:06pm • Editor's note: The image at the bottom of this story contains language that some readers may find offensive. A billboard in Calvert County, Maryland, where controversial messages have been posted for years, is turning heads again. The latest message uses vulgar language to describe President J DC encourages a return to the office to help small businesses 05/04/2021 08:36pm • D.C.'s government is signaling it wants employees who have been working from home throughout the pandemic to return to their offices downtown, with the hope that it will help small businesses and storefronts in the area. "We know that people have been working throughout the pandemic, but now is t In Montgomery Co., telecommuters invited to 'fake commute' for Bike to Work Day 2021 05/03/2021 06:39pm • The pandemic has made Bike to Work Day a different affair this year. It's still on for May 21, though, and Montgomery County, Maryland, will help make accommodations for would-be riders who are still telecommuting. A larger number of "pit stops" will be open around the county to pedaling commu 'It's confusing': DC businesses respond to mask mandate changes 05/02/2021 04:38pm • The new D.C. mask mandate has left some business owners trying to figure out what to do next. "The instructions aren't clear. The messaging isn't clear," said Mark Bucher, co-founder of D.C. restaurant Medium Rare. On Friday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued new COVID-19 mask wearing guidelines Rockville teen charged as adult in rape, home invasion 05/01/2021 12:42pm • A teenager has been charged as an adult in a home invasion and rape in Rockville, Maryland. Cristian Vasquez, 15, of First Street in Rockville, has been charged with first-degree rape, first-degree assault, and home invasion, according to Montgomery County Police. Police said that Vasquez ente Merriweather Post Pavilion announces summer lineup for return to live concerts 04/28/2021 09:48pm • Programming at the historic Columbia, Maryland, venue Merriweather Post Pavilion will return this summer after a year of pandemic closure. The full summer lineup is below: Kix and Night Ranger at the M3 Rock Festival, July 2-4. Rod Stewart with Cheap Trick, Aug. 11. Luke Bryan,  Aug. DC small businesses are making a way through the pandemic 04/27/2021 04:40pm • This content is sponsored by Wells Fargo. Optimism is finally starting to grow across the country as more people receive the coronavirus vaccine and the nation as a whole begins to reopen. While the return of jobs and the economy make a climb back in the right direction, small businesses in th Where to dispose unwanted medications in the DC area on National Drug Take Back Day 04/23/2021 02:45pm • Those in the D.C. area are being urged to clean out medicine cabinets and throw out any outdated and expired drugs as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The nationwide effort runs on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and aims at providing a safe and easy way of disposing prescription ‘State of the District’ BID panel discusses how to reuse increase in vacant space 04/23/2021 02:12am • The State of Downtown report discussion was virtual for the second year in a row, and the overall consensus from the Downtown Business Improvement District is that economic recovery in D.C. from the coronavirus is a long road ahead -- but it's on its way. The report says that average revenue from Chinatown church becomes latest house of worship to host COVID-19 vaccination clinic 04/22/2021 03:23am • There's a push to get more people protected against COVID-19 in D.C. by offering vaccinations at houses of worship. That effort continued Wednesday in the Chinatown neighborhood in Northwest. About 150 people came to the Chinese Community Church on I Street to get the first of two doses of the Demi Lovato apologizes for shaming frozen yogurt shop 04/20/2021 10:28am • Demi Lovato apologized after her complaints about a frozen yogurt shop caused a backlash from those wanting her to chill out. The singer and actress, who has been open about her struggles with body image and an eating disorder, posted a video Monday explaining why she sl Mini golf to open in heart of Dupont Circle, in former location of Front Page, Buffalo Billiards 04/20/2021 12:34am • The Dupont Circle Swingers is described as “a 1920s English golf clubhouse.” (Courtesy Swingers) Get ready for putting, boozing and entertainment in the heart of Dupont Circle. The London-based mini golf venue Swingers is opening its first U.S. location. "My business partner and I