Afternoon Buzz: Breweries, farms, spas? To fill empty offices, downtowns get creative.

Meadows testifies in Atlanta; March trial date for Trump in D.C.; D.C. failed to house 98 percent of homeless young adults last year, data shows; Late at night on a deserted beach, she found a 15 million-year-old fossil; Chipotle to pay D.C. $322,400 to resolve child labor allegations; On the NFL calendar's 'worst day,' fringe players hope for roster spots; In Mac they trust: Capitals give GM new contract, elevated title; Sonny Milano chia planter highlights Capitals' 2023-24 promo schedule; Douglas Feaver, Washington Post editor who ran online operation, dies at 84; William MacKaye, a Washington Post editor, dies at 89 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Local news you don't want to miss.     (Valerie Plesch for The Washington Post) Breweries, farms, spas? To fill empty offices, downtowns get creative. Forget turning offices into apartments. Some cities are looking at more unusual ways to use up vacant commercial buildings, from data centers to urban farms. By Teo Armus ●  Read more »   LIVE UPDATES Meadows testifies in Atlanta; March trial date for Trump in D.C. Lawyers for Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith argued over the trial date on charges that Trump conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election. By Devlin Barrett, Maegan Vazquez, Perry Stein and Rachel Weiner ●  Read more »   D.C. failed to house 98 percent of homeless young adults last year, data shows Only 2 percent of homeless young adults and 16 percent of homeless single adults who received city services were housed in the 2022 fiscal year, data shows. By Marissa J. Lang and Justin Wm. Moyer ●  Read more »   Late at night on a deserted beach, she found a 15 million-year-old fossil Emily Bzdyk found a rare intact skull of a dolphin-like creature that once swam in the waters off Calvert County, Maryland. It could be a new species. By Justin Jouvenal ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Chipotle to pay D.C. $322,400 to resolve child labor allegations D.C. alleges that Chipotle broke child labor law 800 times in the past three years by failing to adhere to restrictions on how much employees under 18 can work. By Michael Brice-Saddler ●  Read more »   On the NFL calendar's 'worst day,' fringe players hope for roster spots Jaret Patterson is one of several players who are long shots to make the Commanders. Here's why cut day is so stressful and what's at stake. By Tramel Raggs ●  Read more »   PERSPECTIVE In Mac they trust: Capitals give GM new contract, elevated title Brian MacLellan remains in charge as Washington's NHL team embarks on a period of transition. By Barry Svrluga ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Sonny Milano chia planter highlights Capitals' 2023-24 promo schedule The team will also offer Capitals-themed baseball, basketball, football and soccer jerseys with the purchase of special ticket offers this season. By Scott Allen ●  Read more »   Douglas Feaver, Washington Post editor who ran online operation, dies at 84 As a reporter in the 1970s and 1980s, he specialized in writing about transportation. He also was assistant Metropolitan editor and a business-desk editor. By Bart Barnes ●  Read more »   William MacKaye, a Washington Post editor, dies at 89 A former Episcopal seminarian, he left the politics beat to join The Post's religion desk as a way to combine his spiritual and journalistic interests. By Adam Bernstein ●  Read more »     News whiz? Play our daily news quiz. Test your knowledge of current events with our new quotable game, On the Record. Play game   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The 7 DMV for a brief rundown of the seven most important and interesting stories from D.C., Maryland and Virginia every weekday morning. Sign up »

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