2019

The Smithsonian Institution will not remove the Sackler name from its Asian art museum, despite a senator’s letter requesting that it do so.

Nekhi Gilbert, 12, clapped and shouted from the home team dugout at Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Southeast. The competitors were ahead, but Nekhi and his teammates were not about to give up.

THE ROAR of whirring blades and the rumble of shaking houses have become impossible to ignore in parts of Bethesda, one of many areas in the Washington region in which complaints of low-flying air traffic have spiked in the past four…

The fatal 2009 Metro Red Line crash was a pivotal event that shocked transit agencies nationwide and triggered overdue federal reforms that improved safety and oversight, industry analysts say.

They don’t want U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers raiding their neighbor’s homes, so they rallied on a sweltering Saturday afternoon to speak up and show their support for those who are fearful of possible ICE raids in the…

In the middle of a heat wave, there is no relief for Metro riders at Dupont Circle and Farragut North.

When Sarah A. Leavitt was growing up in Madison, Wis., neighborhood kids would scare each other by raising the prospect of being sent to Mendota, a public psychiatric hospital near the banks of Lake Mendota.

Saturday's steamy heat did not deter the hundreds of people who rallied in Columbia Heights to protest the ongoing operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Washington, D.C.

The District’s controversial teacher evaluation system could face significant changes under proposed legislation that would give the teachers union substantial input in the system’s design during collective bargaining.

D.C. drug kingpin Rayful Edmond, whose illegal dealings involved a massive cocaine and crack cocaine ring, could have his prison sentence reduced by a federal judge. At the third and final public comment period Saturday afternoon, D.C.…

The annual Ms. Senior DC pageant offers women age 60 and older the opportunity to show off their talents and share their stories

D.C. officials proposed a $215 million contract this week to manage online gambling and the lottery in a deal that would benefit companies connected to some city officials.

Standing on the stoop outside the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, Charay Johnson warns me that we don’t have much time.

By the end of July, D.C. police will be required to include racial data on every person stopped and frisked, as well as the details of those interactions, after a lawsuit by local advocacy groups resulted in a court order.

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Friday marks 50 years since the Stonewall riots that are considered a turning point in the LGBTQ rights movement in this country.

Steve Erway spent most of his adult life in prison, sentenced for charges related to “criminal sexual activity,” said his brother Daniel Erway.

The District’s public schools continue to misspend money designated to help the city’s most vulnerable students, according to a report from the Office of the D.C. Auditor.