Police say the driver struck a pole and was trapped in his burning car on Sunday night.

A D.C. man arrested yesterday for stealing merchandise from a 7-Eleven has been connected to three prior robberies at the same store.

Mayor Vince Gray ordered today that the speed limits on sections of New York Avenue NE, Bladensburg Road NE, North Capitol Street and Canal Road NW increase by five miles per hour.

Many people were sad to see the Capital City Diner close its doors last month, but there could be new life for the old diner car on Bladensburg Road on the way.

The Capital City Diner on Bladensburg Road NE announced today that it was closing down.

Two of the four Walmarts planned inside the District’s borders have cleared a major hurdle, clearing a review from the city’s Office of Planning enabling them to move forward with construction as soon as permits from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs can be obtained.

Will us Washingtonians finally get the chance to submit our hilariously crazy images to People of Walmart? Maybe!

>> A man was hospitalized this morning after his Ford Expedition crashed into a Metrobus at 8th St. and Massachusetts Ave. NE. [WJLA] >> A 19-year-old Maryland woman got stuck in a two-story chimney about 12:20 a.m. Monday at her father’s tire shop on Bladensburg Road. Firefighters were able to rescue her to safety. [WaPo] >> D.C. police responded to a shooting at an apartment complex at 6420 14th St. NW just after noon…

Good morning, D.C. After Tuesday’s false Friday, it feels pretty damn good finally to be heading into a real weekend. It’s going to be hot, sunny and dry on Saturday and Sunday, so get out there and enjoy it. Police Shot Man Who Died: Two D.C. police officers shot a 23-year-old man near the intersection of 17th Street and Bladensburg Road NE this morning who may have been involved in a gun battle with another…

The controversial plan authored by Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham to relocate a number of strip clubs displaced by the new Nationals stadium into Ivy City, a neighborhood in Ward 5, got even more interesting this week. The D.C. Council on Tuesday agreed to spend $3.6 million to reduce the “impact” of the relocated clubs, in a rare earmarking of funds for a specific neighborhood. Ivy City is bordered by Bladensburg Road, New York…