2019

D.C. Council Member Jack Evans has filed a challenge to the effort to recall him, saying that more than one-third of the signatures on the petition are inaccurate or forged.

Georgetown University, anchor of the riverfront D.C. neighborhood that shares its name, is quietly expanding in the city’s core with plans for an 11-story student residence hall and new academic and policy enterprises a few blocks from the…

D.C. Public Schools is proposing closing Washington Metropolitan, an alternative high school in Ward 1, due to what officials said is limited academic progress and low enrollment. Should it happen, it would be the first school closure…

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If you travel past the U.S. Capitol and head along East Capitol Street, you will pass the diverse neighborhoods of Lincoln Park, Kingman Park, Barney Circle and Hill East. But before you reach the Anacostia River, you will encounter a…

The District is a magnet for some of the nation’s wealthiest and most powerful people. It’s also home to world-class museums, top-flight thinkers and the national headquarters for many of our nation’s most prominent nonprofits.

THE PUBLIC has been aware for months that a federal program created to steer government business to small companies in disadvantaged areas has actually subsidized companies in the District’s most affluent areas, to the tune of $540…

Marc O’Brien was panicking. Like millions across the country, he was in charge of preparing a Thanksgiving meal. But instead of a family or party, he stood to disappoint 400 men — many of them ravenous, some who had not eaten in days. At…

In D.C., Thanksgiving is not only known for turkey, it’s also known for the Turkey Bowl. In its 50th year, Dunbar High School defeated H.D. Woodson 21-12 in what has become an annual tradition that happens before the big meal.

The food on the table is sumptuous, but for 700 people battling serious illnesses, this year’s menu includes a healthy serving of generosity.

RuQuan Brown, a D.C. high school student, has gained admission into 25 college universities including Ivy League schools and full ride scholarships.

The disco hit “We Are Family” might not scream Thanksgiving for most people, but for Elizabeth Stockton, it perfectly expresses her holiday mission.

A 67-year-old inmate, who was being held on a misdemeanor credit card fraud offense, died at a hospital Wednesday after being found unresponsive in his cell, D.C. corrections officials said.

Food banks and charities around the District, Maryland and Virginia are experiencing declines in donations — of money, of food, of clothing — this holiday season, crippling their ability to serve the needy, organizers say.

Julie Tayac Yates squinted at the sunlight dancing in the Anacostia River. Growing up,Thanksgiving preparations would start here, she said, along its banks.

Rev. Fred Taylor cared about children. He cared about them so much that in 1968, he became the founding executive director of For Love of Children, a D.C. nonprofit that has helped over 10,000 kids in need over more than five decades. And…

As many as 5,000 people flocked to the Washington Convention Center on Wednesday for a Thanksgiving meal as part of the annual Feast of Sharing event.