November 2021

The National Air and Space Museum will close for at least six months starting in March 2022 while new galleries are under construction in the facility’s west wing, the Smithsonian announced Tuesday.

The Washington Housing Conservancy is on the cusp of acquiring a 214-unit apartment complex in Deanwood, a move that would mark the three-year-old affordable housing nonprofit’s first purchase in D.C. proper as it ramps up its work around…

When the musical “Hairspray” came out, filmmaker Beverly Lindsay-Johnson was deep into research on D.C.’s homegrown African American TV dance show, “Teenarama.” Friends started bombarding her with the suggestion that she should turn her…

Metro plans to outfit its entire bus fleet for two-door entry in a dual effort to reduce boarding times and prepare for the next health emergency.

While most Washingtonians are dreaming of a beach day or a vacation away every July, Rasheed Abdurrahman is planning for Thanksgiving.

Organic mattress maker Avocado Green Mattress opens its Georgetown showroom Friday, and it is not your typical retail mattress store.

The District has recorded its highest number of homicides since 2003 and is headed toward ending the year with the third-highest tally of the past 20 years.

D.C. has reached a grim milestone: There have been 200 homicides in the District so far this year, police confirmed to WTOP Tuesday.

An Anacostia church is looking to add to DC's housing stock.

Organic mattress-in-a-box manufacturer Avocado Green Mattress is opening its first D.C. outpost on Black Friday.

The District on Monday recorded its 200th homicide this year, the first time that symbolic threshold of deadly violence has been reached in the nation’s capital since 2003.

The grades are in from distance learning, and they show D.C. students have fallen behind.

Transit agency officials say they will install fare targets near rear doors, cutting down on the time it takes for riders to board

The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission is two years old, but last month it issued its most consequential order

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is partnering with D.C.’s police department to offer more reward money in hopes of getting illegal guns off the streets. ​​The ATF is offering up to $5,000 through the end of 2021 on…

Thanksgiving is a time to show off your chef skills, but all that cooking and baking means more risk for kitchen fires.

On the morning indoor masking restrictions relaxed in D.C., Calvin Watson strode out his front door barefaced — and almost immediately regretted it.

TSA and airport officials advise passengers to allow plenty of time during the holidays

Thanksgiving is going to be a little happier for some D.C. families, thanks to donations from the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy.