One-time $120 benefits and free youth meals are available across DC; application deadline Aug. 23.

A Charles County retiree who calls himself "Mr. Fat Pockets" won $110,000 on THE BIG SPIN scratch-off last week. The ticket was bought in Waldorf and the couple plan to pay bills and shore up savings.

Survivors and lawmakers urged Congress to back community-led recovery and standing HUD funding after storms left neighborhoods without water, power and farms damaged.

A D.C. bill passed the Council in June that would limit hospital collections and shield residents’ credit; Tzedek DC attorney Jennifer Holloway helped lead the push.

D.C.'s Park at 14th will pay $243,350 after the attorney general found workers were denied wages and sick leave. More than 270 employees will receive restitution.

Private payroll gains cooled in June while planned layoffs plunged 53%, producing mixed signals for wages, consumers and policymakers.

National Commander Dan K. Wiley visited Moore’s Post 184 on Tuesday to advance the American Legion’s Be the One suicide‑prevention work and hear veterans’ concerns.

A national MFAN survey of 10,089 military households finds 41.2% report low or very low food security, straining families near Camp Pendleton and nationwide.

A former Facebook policy director sued Meta in federal court, saying the company used arbitration and a gag order to block promotion of her memoir 'Careless People.'

SimplyBe Coffee opened a kiosk inside Purcellville’s Giant Food with a ribbon cutting Thursday. The nonprofit shop will offer training and paid positions for adults with disabilities.

An educator at Columbia Heights Educational Campus says rats and droppings were found inside the school and that sticky traps and makeshift patches have been used. DGS says exclusion work is scheduled for July.

California Department of Education staff were ordered to telework after bedbugs were spotted at the downtown Sacramento headquarters; inspections and pest control are underway.

A Gifts of Green scratch-off sold at a Giant in White Oak delivered a $500,000 prize. The winner claimed the prize at Maryland Lottery headquarters.