2022

Crime rates on the transit system have declined in recent months but remain higher than before the pandemic

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the three men who hope to move into her office in the Wilson Building laid out their visions Wednesday for the District’s future. In a mayoral candidate forum, Bowser’s challengers also took aim at her as they…

After a two-year hiatus, the Capital Fringe Festival is returning this July — though it won’t be quite as large as in years past, and it’s got a surprising new address.

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals heard 90 minutes of arguments on Wednesday in D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie’s (D-Ward 5) bid to be put back on the ballot for attorney general, after the Board of Elections deemed him…

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s animal population has increased by three.

The D.C. Court of Appeals heard arguments Wednesday on the decision to drop Ward 5 Council Member Kenyan McDuffie from the June primary ballot for District attorney general.

Brian Schwalb, Bruce Spiva, and Ryan Jones could soon find themselves in a wide-open contest.

When José Andrés first came to D.C. in the ‘90s, few knew that the Spanish-born chef would be such a force of nature — not just in the local food scene, but in the world. We Feed People, a new National Geographic Films documentary from…

On the same day last week that D.C. mayoral candidate Robert C. White Jr. unveiled a plan to guarantee a job to any D.C. resident who wants one, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced that the number of people suffering from homelessness in…

Development has remained slow and steady in DC's Buzzard Point area since more than 1,000 units delivered in 2020, although the pipeline is only expanding.

The last time Erick Whitaker heard from his mother was early in the morning on April 24, 2021.

On the heels of announcing that Pharrell Williams is bringing his “Something in the Water” music festival to the District, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser launched a new program Tuesday aimed at bolstering live events by the city’s creative…

Three men running to be D.C.’s attorney general sparred on Tuesday evening about what makes a lawyer most qualified for the job, in a candidates forum in which perhaps the loudest answer to that question came from who was not onstage.

Allies of Kenyan McDuffie’s campaign for D.C. attorney general are waiting for a ruling by the D.C. Court of Appeals to keep his candidacy alive and will go an extra step and ask the D.C. Council to change the law on an emergency basis to…

Ward 5 D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie, faced with the decision of the D.C. Board of Elections to remove him from the June 21 Democratic primary ballot in his quest for attorney general because he failed to fully qualify for the…

Eight of nine in hotly contested race participate in virtual debate

The DC Court of Appeals heard oral arguments this morning in a court case that will decide whether Kenyan McDuffie will be on the ballot in June for attorney general.