2023

A Metro employee is dead after taking what authorities described as "heroic actions" while trying to stop an agitated, armed assailant at the Potomac Avenue station this morning.

Having garnered the neighborhood support it needed, a development team is preparing to seek final approvals for its prominent U Street redevelopment.

Voters in D.C.’s predominantly White and wealthy Ward 3 did something remarkable: They elected an unabashed progressive education advocate over a moderate budget analyst to represent them on the D.C. Council.

The National Park Service plans to clear a homeless encampment on federal land in McPherson Square on Feb. 15, two months ahead of its previously planned clearing.

Jason Lewis is being held without bond and faces second-degree murder charges in Karon Blake’s death.

The proposal, which is co-signed by each member of the D.C. Council, is the city’s latest effort to boost EV adoption

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau have co-introduced the Street Vendor Advancement Amendment Act of 2023. The bill is a combination of two prior bills that would decriminalize street vending,…

A D.C. man, who fatally shot a 13-year-old who was reportedly breaking into cars, has been charged with second-degree murder after police say video evidence turned up discrepancies in the man’s account of what happened.

Jason Lewis is charged with second-degree murder while armed. He will make an initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court today.

An employee with the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Karon Blake earlier this month. Jason Lewis turned himself in to the Metropolitan…

The new lawmakers both have experience on school issues, which could upend the current dynamic on the Council.

Jason Lewis, who works for the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation, turned himself in Tuesday on a second-degree murder charge.

The D.C. Council is aiming to prepare the District for the not-so-distant electric vehicle future.

Nearly every day, I read about gun violence in this newspaper and in my neighborhood news feed, and I frequently hear gunfire echoing from the streets near my home in Southeast Washington. I know and understand the heartbreak, frustration…

A DC Department of Parks and Recreation employee has been charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection with the death of 13-year-old Karon Blake in Brookland earlier this month.