August 2020

Mayor Muriel Bowser handed gratuitous tax credits on a high-end Southwest D.C. project to some of the same developers who schemed to defraud low income tenants out of their home purchasing rights on distressed properties in Southeast D.C.…

Dozens of kids eagerly anticipating a break from monotony through a D.C. summer sports camp were disappointed to learn last week that camp was canceled.

A D.C. man faces charges of fraudulently obtaining $2.1 million in federal coronavirus relief loans and embezzling $472,000 from the Archdioceses of Washington and then using the money to buy a $1.13 million rowhouse, a $300,000 yacht and…

The Alliance of Concerned Men has stood as a "sanctuary" from violence on Dubois Place SE for 30 years. Then, a mass shooting brought violence to their doorstep.

Howard University alumni who know the VP candidate reflect on her ambitious college years and generosity to her alma mater.

A D.C. man was arrested and charged with stealing more than $2 million by inventing fake emotional support animal companies and using pandemic relief loans to buy a rowhouse and a yacht, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of…

Some parents may need guidance in preparing for how best to help their kids with distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. With that in mind, D.C. Public Schools launched “Parent University.”

After months of speculation, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced that California Sen. Kamala Harris is his vice-presidential pick on Tuesday.

A District man has been charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $2.1 million in federal coronavirus relief loans and stealing more than $427,000 from the Catholic Church, using the money to buy a yacht, a million-dollar rowhouse and…

Over the past two months, as the region has continued its phased reopening plans, public health experts have reemphasized the need for contact tracing as a tool to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Nationally, some states have tripled…

Happy Tuesday. DC has had 121 homicides so far this year — a 21% increase from the same period in 2019, when the District ended up with its highest annual total in more than a decade. At least 570 people have been shot in the city in 2020,…

Responding to a spate of reported 911 dispatching issues, a Washington, D.C., auditor might conduct a long-awaited probe of the Office of Unified Communications next year. Alleged OUC incidents -- including sending first responders to the…

A little over a year and a half since its founding, the Wharf-based startup is ending its for-profit work on Aug. 15. Here's what happened and what's next for its driver safety crowdsourcing app.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Housing Finance Agency announced the relaunch of the city’s mortgage assistance program, D.C. MAP, on Tuesday. Borrowers who qualify can receive up to $5,000 per month to put toward their mortgages in an…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans, a national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to comply with coronavirus protocols in the…