2022

The DC Council is slated to vote on emergency legislation Tuesday that would allow DC residents 21 and older to self-certify a need for medical cannabis.

At a Planned Parenthood clinic in NoMa on Friday, D.C. officials reiterated calls for statehood amid D.C.’s hazy abortion future.

If you’re looking to enjoy the local nightlife in the District, Metro is rolling out some cost-saving fares starting Monday.

The future home of the FBI has long been debated and divided. The latest? The headquarters could indeed move to a suburban location as planned years ago. Or it could remain in a smaller footprint in the District with a larger tech presence…

The city has highest rate of senior food insecurity in the country

One of the District’s most unique parks, Meridian Hill Park, turns 112 years old on Saturday.

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival has returned to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the first time in two years after its hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The crowd outside the Supreme Court swelled Saturday in a second day of demonstrations over the divisive ruling.

Guido Reichstadter, a father of two, stood on the Frederick Douglass Bridge in D.C. to call on people to do more than passively support abortion rights

Some vehicle owners will see a 200 percent increase in their vehicle fees and pay as much as $500 annually per car

By 2 p.m. Friday, at least 500 people gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court, and within an hour the crowd had grown to more than 1,000. They said they came out of anger, and out of despair. But ultimately, many people gathered because,…

Hundreds of protestors were still gathered outside the Supreme Court as evening set in on Friday, following the justices’ decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States. Abortion rights supporters banged on…

A judge on Friday called the D.C. crime lab’s handling of errors in the investigation of a 2015 double murder “shameful,” but ruled that the trials of the two defendants can continue.

D.C.'s first primary election in which every registered voter was mailed a ballot saw a flood of voters drop them off on Election Day, drawing out the count for days, with officials still tabulating 13,000 ballots as of Friday afternoon.

It’s too early to know exactly how the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will affect Greater Washington’s health providers and their patients, but some local health care leaders are already speaking out about how they plan…

Personal grudges and political differences could present problems for the city’s leadership at a crucial moment for housing, education, and crime.

The list is out! The Smithsonian has decided on four possible prime locations on the National Mall to place two new museums, the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.

The Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling on Friday, ending more than five decades of constitutional abortion rights. About three hundred people gathered outside the nation’s highest court in D.C., many of whom were…

The D.C. hospitality industry is gearing up for another battle over eliminating the tipped wage. The concept of a tipped wage, now $5.05 in D.C., comes from the archaic 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, which allows employers to pay tipped…