2019

On July 8, the District experienced torrential rains and flash flooding that in a matter of minutes overflowed storm sewers, trapped people in cars and created havoc throughout the region. News photos flashed around the country, showing…

In the 2016-2017 school year, there were 177 shootings within 1,000 feet of a school in D.C., according to research by Guns & America (which is owned by DCist’s parent company WAMU). Eighty-four schools saw a shooting near their campus…

In about a month, the short-term rental regulatory bill which passed in DC last fall will take effect. However, some elements of the new regulatory structure remain up in the air.

Immigration activists and advocates question whether D.C. is really a ‘sanctuary city.’

Major investors looking to buy into D.C.'s retail market can have trouble finding large enough properties to feed their appetite, but one firm last month found a place to deploy $20M in a rapidly growing D.C. neighborhood.

Want to talk about gun violence? Look no further than our nation’s capital. With the exception of 2012, when the city recorded 88 homicides, there have been at least 100 homicides here every year since 1999, guns being the chief weapon of…

After graduating from college in 2015, Antonio Myers, 25, had some trouble finding steady work. He was a marketing assistant at a nonprofit. Then, he became a mail clerk at a federal agency in D.C. He had two stints of unemployment — one…

The Macy's in downtown D.C. will start selling secondhand clothing in a partnership with tech retailer ThredUp. It may be the first time in the history of the department store located at 12th and G streets NW near Metro Center that a used…

Tel Aviv-based MIXER Work & Lounge, which operates three high-end coworking offices in Israel with a fourth on the way, will open its first U.S. location in D.C. near the convention center.

Jessica Rosenberg, a technical writer in D.C., was excited to attend Sunday’s game at Nationals Park with her husband and 10-month-old daughter for what was fittingly themed Family Day.

Tenant activism has trickled its way through the District in recent years, building by building.

A vacant building with ties to two neighborhoods may soon be restored as residential.

After graduating from college in 2015, Antonio Myers, 25, had some trouble finding steady work. He was a marketing assistant at a nonprofit. Then, he became a mail clerk at a federal agency in D.C. He had two stints of unemployment — one…

When the temperature climbs above 90 degrees, neighbors often head to the Deanwood Community Center on 49th Street Northeast -- hoping to cool off at the facility's indoor poor.

Two of Shanda Smith's children were murdered in 1993. Decades later, she's working on quilts to remember them.

It’s game night at Lou’s City Bar, with the Redskins’ crushing preseason defeat to the Cleveland Browns well underway.

Bar owners Geoff Dawson and Mark Handwerger thought Buffalo Billiards would always be around. But this Saturday, their flagship bar is closing after 25 years.