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Rebel Hotel Company Makes a Bold Entrance into Washington, D.C. with Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C. – Rebel Hotel Company, the independent hospitality operator reshaping the standard for managing full-service hotel brands, is proud to announce its continued national growth with the recent transition of Hilton Washington DC...

Streamlining MGM Hospital Jamshedpur Operations: DC directs swift shifting of equipment
Jamshedpur: A review meeting was conducted at the Collectorate auditorium under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Karn Satyarthi to ensure the smooth functioning of MGM Hospital. The meeting focused on the shifting of medical units from the...

2025 Events DC Embassy Chef Challenge Winners Announced
Attendees of the sold-out 2025 Events DC Embassy Chef Challenge journeyed the globe by taste-sampling bites and beverages from 34 embassies when the Philippines and Peru chefs claimed the People’s Choice and Judges’ Choice Awards, respectively, at...

6 New Venues in Washington, D.C., for Summer 2025 Meetings and Events
Here's a closer look at Washington, D.C.'s newest eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces available for events this summer. The new and renovated Washington, D.C.-area venues are available for corporate...

Washington Commanders’ return to DC clears another hurdle with preliminary council approval

Washington Commanders' return to DC clears another hurdle with preliminary council...
The Commanders currently play at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, but aim to open a new venue in 2030. The ownership group led by Harris has been considering locations in Washington, Maryland and Virginia since buying the team from Dan...

Cooler temperatures Thursday for DC area

Author of "Tough as a Mother" Visits Fox 5 DC

Jason Ladanye visits Fox 5 DC

Juvenile curfew in place for Southwest DC this weekend
Mayor Muriel Bowser has extended and expanded the city's youth curfew through the end of summer following another weekend of large, unruly teen gatherings, including incidents involving illegal fireworks. WASHINGTON - D.C. police announced on...

Hells Bells! America’s cattle farms are being protected by AC/DC
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

BMG announces plans to build full-service broadcast studios in Washington, DC
Broadcast Management Group (BMG) is set to open two new full-scale broadcast studios in the nation’s capital, finally filling a long-standing void in Washington, DC’s production infrastructure. Located in Upper Northwest DC—just minutes from...

Washington, D.C. reinstates the tip credit
Restaurants in Washington, D.C. will ultimately have a 25% tip credit. | Photo: Shutterstock. Washington, D.C. has changed its mind on the tip credit. The D.C. Council on Monday passed a compromise legislation that will slow and ultimately stop a...

DC Sukkur, SSP visit injured policeman at private hospital
SUKKUR - Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sukkur, Nadir Shehzad Khan, SSP Azhar Mughal, and Assistant Commissioner Sukkur City Sobia Falak Rao on Thursday paid a visit to a private hospital in Sukkur to inquire about the health of a policeman who was...

AC or DC: Which Is Better?
As the story goes, the rock band AC/DC took its name from a label on an old sewing machine in the Young brothers’ home. It must have meant that the machine could run on either alternating-current or direct-current electricity. Today, all the...

DC Guard tests skills with Jamaican, Barbadian Forces
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Soldiers from the District of Columbia National Guard; Jamaica Defence Force, or JDF; Jamaica National Reserve; and Barbados Defence Force Reserves recently participated in the Caribbean Regional Training Camp 2025, a joint...

DC chairs meeting to review performance of EPI, Lady health Workers Program
HYDERABAD - Deputy Commissioner Abdul Samad Nizamani chaired on Thursday an important review meeting regarding monthly performance of Nutrition, EPI (Expanded Programme on Immunization), Disease Surveillance, and Lady Health Workers Program. The...

Night goggles may have hampered army pilots before DC plane crash, experts say
The pilots of a US army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over Washington DC in January would have had difficulty spotting the plane while wearing night-vision goggles, experts told the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on...
DC inaugurates smart classroom, stresses on accountability
KHEEL, 31 Jul: Papum Pare Deputy Commissioner Vishakha Yadav on Thursday inaugurated the newly renovated smart classroom at the Government Upper Primary School (GUPS) here. The initiative falls under a holistic rural development programme...

DC reviews arrangements for Independence Day celebrations
VEHARI - Deputy Commissioner Vehari Imrana Tauqeer chaired two key meetings to review preparations for Independence Day celebrations and the Suthra Punjab cleanliness program. In the first meeting, DPO Muhammad Afzal and heads of all departments,...