August 2020

Within a span of a few months, Charles Odom went from prison to a D.C. homeless shelter to the hospital, suffering from heart problems and shortness of breath.

Prepare for the onslaught of mail.

The pandemic has upended many plans for 2020, including figuring out how many people live in the U.S. The Census Bureau announced this week that it would stop counting efforts on September 30, a month earlier than previously planned, as it…

Seven years ago, K. Leszczak completed her first home renovation in Anacostia. Now, she is working on a more ambitious mixed-residential project nearby.

The city is still going forward with "streateries" in other neighborhoods.

JJ Yore, the general manager of WAMU, is stepping down after six years in the role, he announced in an email to staff on Friday.

A quirk of not having statehood is that D.C. does not house its own convicted people in its own prisons.

730DC is publishing Josh Kramer's six-week speculative fiction newsletter and its accompanying narrative comic.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is taking the National Rifle Association’s charitable foundation to court. A lawsuit announced Thursday alleges the NRA Foundation misused donor funds by diverting money intended for public safety programs…

A fox that got its head stuck in the fence of a District home is once again roaming the D.C. area.

After each long day of working on the United States’ pandemic response, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert power-walks through his Northwest Washington neighborhood with his wife and their daughter’s dog.

On Jan. 1, 1863, a pensive President Abraham Lincoln sat down and signed the Emancipation Proclamation, a moment that represented the crowning achievement of his presidency. The Emancipation Proclamation enabled Blacks to join the Union…

Sometimes the only way out is through. Unless you are a tiny, furry mammal. A tiny, furry mammal with very large ears. Large ears that happen to be stuck in a metal gate. Then, sorry, you can’t really can’t get through.

Two homeless residents living in front of the Safeway at 17th and Corcoran streets NW lost all their belongings to vigilantes overnight.

Funny thing about public art: a lot of it disappears.

D.C. is expanding the “Slow Streets” program that’s expected to grow to include 22 miles of speed restricted roadways by next month.

D.C. officials are voicing opposition to President Donald Trump’s reported hope to deliver his Republican National Convention acceptance speech from the White House.