The Washington Inquisitor
Nightlife
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D.C. Council takes up how loud a night out can be, and how a neighbor proves it
The Nightlife Noise Balance Amendment Act is due for a first vote Nov. 10. It would let ABCA investigators substantiate bar noise from within 15 feet of a home instead of from…
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Halloween on a Saturday means bars until 3, Metro until 2 and an hour that happens twice
D.C. bars can serve until 3 a.m. on Halloween night, Metro runs until 2 a.m., and daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday. Add track work on four Metro lines, and…
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The best mixer in Washington this month is a 39-year-old footrace in heels on a Tuesday
The 39th annual 17th Street High Heel Race is Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Dupont Circle. A short history of a 1986 bar dare, Metro’s detours, and some advice on talking to strangers…
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Federal complaint charges D.C. man in Barracks Row shootout but does not say whose bullet hit the Guard member
Jerrell Lamont Jackson, 41, faces three gun and assault charges in federal court. The FBI agent’s sworn statement says he fired toward Guard troops but does not attribute the shot that wounded…
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Assaults with knives and other weapons drive D.C.’s first rise in violent crime since 2023, police data show
An Inquisitor analysis of 105,000 MPD incident records finds violent crime up 12% in 2026, driven almost entirely by non-gun assaults with a dangerous weapon, a rise that began as the department…