2021

"Both Rhonda and Waldon were longtime members of the Miriam’s Kitchen family, and tireless advocates for ending homelessness in D.C. The Miriam’s Kitchen community mourns this tragic loss," the organization said

In its fourth Annual Report on Use of Force by DC Police, the Office of Police Complaints reports that a total of 1,098 officers reported using force in 2020, which they say is a 10 percent decline in the use of force reported in 2019,…

U.S. Park Police confirm that 55-year-old Rhonda Whitaker and 60-year-old Waldon Adams of Washington, D.C. died after they were hit by a motorist on Saturday morning at Hains Point.

WASHINGTON - D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser used the words "dereliction of duty" when asked on Monday about the investigation into D.C. police officers drag racing in Northeast last week.

New official population counts from the Census Bureau are out and while D.C. saw a gang-busters 14.6% population growth, the District maybe isn’t as big as we once thought. Virginia came in at 8,631,393, a 7.9% growth from a decade ago.…

With stadiums and arenas allowing fans back to watch live sports, Metro said it will stay open beyond closing time whenever sports games run late to help get fans home.

The D.C. government will pay $1.6 million to settle two lawsuits alleging police unlawfully detained more than 200 protesters in mass arrests the day of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in January 2017, the parties told a federal…

A solo practitioner lawyer from the District said Monday that he will run for D.C. attorney general in 2022, potentially challenging incumbent Karl A. Racine in the all-important Democratic primary.

Four D.C. police officers are being investigated after they crashed two cruisers in a Northeast neighborhood Thursday, apparently while street racing, police said.

D.C. is loosening some COVID-19 restrictions on businesses such as retail, restaurants, entertainment venues and gyms starting May 1, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced at a news conference Monday.

The Great Takoma Goldfish Rescue of 2021 began when Jeffery Kozero walked past a cloudy concrete pond in the yard of an old house at 517 Cedar St. NW and felt a splash. Kozero is a developer and his company, MainStreet 407 Partners, had…

At last night's Oscars, Glenn Close's shoutout to Experience Unlimited's go-go hit "Da Butt" was "a great honor," says Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott.

The H Street corridor got a streetcar. The Navy Yard got a Whole Foods. Southwest Washington got the Wharf, transforming a once-dowdy waterfront into a playground for live-music lovers and eaters of pricey seafood.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser confirmed Monday that the city will ease some coronavirus-related restrictions in May, and said the District is transitioning away from its preregistration system in favor of “high-capacity” walk-up vaccination…

Geoffrey Roth, a descendant of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, says his Facebook feed has been full of grief over the past year.

With baseball, hockey and other D.C.-area sports gradually opening back up to fans, Metro is extending service for games that run past the system’s normal closing time.

Madam’s Organ started a local conversation on “vaccine passports” in the hopes that nightlife could look like the Before Times.

While DC has been operating under the assumption that there are more than 700,000 residents in the city, the 2020 Census counts announced Monday are seemingly a reality check.

Kanika Savoy attended her first protest on Friday. The 22-year-old Trinity Washington University student said she came out to join a group of dozens that had gathered in Freedom Plaza that evening because she “saw everything that was…