2022

Police in D.C. and New York City are asking the public’s help in identifying the suspect in a string of attacks on homeless men.

The detour from the Beltway brought the full convoy into the District for the first time since it began Feb. 23

The convoy of truckers that’s been hanging out in Maryland and riding around area highways for over a week drove into D.C. proper on Monday, causing heavy traffic and closed roadways.

No daytime track work will be scheduled for four weeks to cut down on delays

In a rare ruling — one believed to be a first for the D.C. police department — the death of Officer Jeffrey L. Smith, who died by suicide in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, has been classified as a…

We often refer to our highways, roads and avenues as “arteries,” as if they carried corpuscles instead of cars, platelets rather than pedestrians. But they are a city’s circulatory system, from the tiniest cul-de-sac capillary to the…

Police in DC and New York City are joining with federal authorities to search for a gunman suspected in recent attacks in both cities on people experiencing homelessness — two of which proved fatal.

Attorneys for D.C. are conceding that the Metropolitan Police Department may have maintained a “watchlist” of critics whose requests for public records were funneled up to the department’s top leaders, but deny that such a list actually…

The name Swampoodle has a following of sorts. The century-old Irish immigrant nickname for NoMa will grace the neighborhood’s next park with overwhelming backing from the community.

The Metropolitan Police Department and New York Police Department have teamed up to investigate a series of attacks on people experiencing homelessness in both cities — including two that resulted in deaths in D.C. and New York City. The…

Five people experiencing homelessness were shot, two of which were killed, in a string of attacks in D.C. and New York that police say were committed by the same suspect.

The victims, including two who have died, appeared to be experiencing homelessness

As the Rev. Rachel Cornwell stood in front of the lectern to address Dumbarton United Methodist Church’s congregation during their weekly Sunday service, dozens of small quilts calling for D.C. to become the country’s 51st state were…

Four homicides in three months have involved child witnesses. In one, a man was shot as he held his 5-year-old’s hand.

An employee of D.C.’s Youth Rehabilitation Services agency is facing charges that he sexually abused a teenage girl in custody there.

An employee with the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) was arrested and charged Friday with sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl detained at the Youth Services Center.

D.C. efforts to legalize recreational sales of marijuana have suffered another setback in the form of federal legislation.