August 2020

There's a wrinkle in the statehood bill that could give new power to whoever lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

The coronavirus pandemic and the recession it generated have disrupted transportation plans in the Washington region more than any events in memory, officials and analysts say.

Although most — and in many cases, all — of their classes will be held online, students at District-area universities are still flocking to neighborhoods in and around the city, stoking fears — and questions — of permanent residents who…

Months after a federal jury found a man guilty of sex trafficking and forcing women to prostitute in the Logan Circle and Shaw neighborhoods, authorities have arrested another suspect in connection with the case.

As the need for food relief intensifies, area charities are working to meet the persistent needs during a global pandemic.

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton shares her intimate perspective on the March on Washington then and now.

When additional EMS units were sent to help in the search for three men who had fallen off a boat into the Potomac River earlier this month, they were initially given an address that was more than four miles from the actual scene.

A 17-year-old is dead — one of at least 21 people, including an off-duty D.C. police officer, who were shot during a large public gathering in Southeast early Sunday morning, according to police.

A 17-year-old is dead and an off-duty police officer is fighting for her life after at least 21 people were shot when a dispute broke out early Sunday at a cookout attended by hundreds of people in Southeast Washington, authorities said.

One person was killed and at least another 20, including an off-duty cop, were injured in a shooting shortly after midnight Sunday at a gathering with hundreds of people in Southeast D.C., according to police.

Judge Stephen F. Williams, a member of the powerful Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for more than three decades, died Friday of complications from the coronavirus, his family and court officials said.

Washingtonians with connections to Lebanon are organizing relief efforts to help Beirut, which was devastated by a massive chemical explosion.

D.C. area rivers and creeks are seeing an increase in bacteria after Tropical Storm Isaias swept through the region earlier this week.

While there is a sportsbook of sorts open at Capital One Arena in the District now, work is still underway to build a much bigger, permanent venue in the space that was once occupied by the Greene Turtle at 6th and F Streets.

Isherwood Street NE is in a compact neighborhood south of Benning Road NE called Rosedale. Rosedale is just west of the larger Kingman Park neighborhood.

The bright August sunlight revealed an arboreal massacre in downtown Washington’s largest park.

A D.C. theater company brought local experts together to discuss the history of U Street and how it has changed through the years.

Howard University will conduct the fall semester online, a reversal of its earlier plans to offer some in-person classes, the university announced Friday.

Howard University in D.C. is moving to online instruction for undergraduate classes this fall.