2019

As Amazon carves out a new home in Arlington, the county is continuing its search for new solutions to a growing problem: the shortage of affordable housing. One possible answer? Redeveloping underused religious spaces.

Advocates testified Monday that failures by a D.C. regulatory agency to address dangerous conditions at an illegal rooming house where two people died in an August fire are examples of the District not holding suspected slumlords…

After the U.S. Department of Justice ended its civil rights investigation into the U.S. Park Police following the fatal shooting of a Fairfax County, Virginia, man, there is a renewed call to release the 911 tapes related to the shooting. …

A committee that is looking into the conduct of a D.C. Council member will hear from investigators who reported finding nearly a dozen examples of ethical lapses over the past five years.

D.C. Council members want to know why a father and son who were living in a Northwest house that the District knew was unsafe died, and why the fire response to help them was delayed.

It’s easy to hear rhythm as a declaration of existence. Knock your knuckles on someone’s front door and you’re playing a little song that says, “I’m here.” Out on the dance floor, rhythms represent the people who move to them — and when…

Owner Paul Carlson will reopen with a new concept early next year.

Lisa Cohen stood in a retired trolley tunnel about 20 feet beneath Dupont Circle, talking determinedly into a microphone that didn’t work.

As D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has laid out targets to massively ramp up new housing construction and meet the region’s supply shortage, she’s asking: Where is Virginia’s commitment on this issue?

A group of activists submitted a petition Monday to force a recall election of D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), the city’s longest-serving lawmaker and the target of investigations into alleged influence peddling.

Jack Evans is a longtime fixture of D.C. politics—he’s served as the Ward 2 councilmember for nearly three decades, and had multiple stints as the chairman of the Metro Board of Directors. He’s seen as one of the council’s most…

A group of activists looking to recall embattled D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) from office submitted what they said are enough signatures from his constituents to force an election in the coming months.

Hilton has reached deals to open seven locations of its micro-hotel concept by 2022.

Crowds flocked to the National Zoo in Northwest Washington over the weekend to bid their final goodbyes to Bei Bei, the giant panda cub, as he prepares to leave the only home he has known for China.

The posters were huge, and the cheers were loud when the kids finally returned to their classrooms.

The local artist's work is currently on view in several displays across D.C.