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The man who struck and killed longtime D.C. bike advocate Dave Salovesh in April pleaded guilty on Tuesday morning to voluntary manslaughter in the death, court records show.

Lack of local laws banning the sale of ivory have resulted in the District of Columbia becoming one of the nation’s top five markets for products made of elephant tusks and rhinoceros horns.

Proposal would transform Anacostia River crossing into open space

The forthcoming 11th Street Bridge Park will be D.C.’s first elevated public park, and will include an amphitheater, hammock grove, public plaza, and more built along 1.45 miles across the Anacostia River.

D.C. has become one of the country’s top food towns. Even still, a number of cuisines are underrepresented in the city’s dining rooms. That’s where food trucks come in, and years after peak popularity, a handful of immigrant entrepreneurs…

Anu says he invested $200,000 on the build-out of Hempburger Cafe & Juice Bar on H Street NE.

A rare recess roundtable will address the concerns of disability advocates.

The Potomac was once so polluted that bright green mats of algae would blanket the water each summer (“an open sewer calling itself a river,” according to the New York Times); the Anacostia was so toxic that one study found two-thirds of…

The one-acre site is located at North Capitol Street and N Street NE

“IT’S UNCLEAR whether or not the 11-year-old was the intended target. It’s unimaginable that an 11-year-old would ever be an intended target, but we have not ruled that out at this point.” That was D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham on Monday…

D.C. officials called on the public’s help in removing illegal guns from the streets on Monday, blaming illegal guns and weak penalties for gun infractions after a weekend of homicides.

Sure, it was crowded and nearly record-settingly hot. But “Apollo 50: Go for the Moon” captured the city’s (and the nation’s) attention in a manner that hasn’t been seen in quite a long time.

First came the encyclical — a letter penned by Pope Francis in 2015 “on care for our common home.” For Catholics, it became a call to combat climate change, which many local faith organizations are taking to heart.

The upscale grocery store, Dean & DeLuca, which opened its doors in 1993 at 3276 M St. NW, is slowly dying, as inventory dwindles and services contract.

Earlier this month, presidential candidate Kamala Harris unveiled her proposal to address the racial wealth gap within housing inequities, which would offer homebuying assistance to residents in formerly-redlined communities.

When Ronnie Jackson’s landlord put his building up for sale more than a decade ago, he said that he and other residents felt like they were kept in the dark about what would happen next.

Eight people have been killed during a spate of violence in the District in recent days, prompting outrage and concern from city leaders.

Planet Word is expected to open at the historic Franklin School building in 2020

Developer talks about his role in gentrification and the new way of doing business in DC.

Half a dozen people have died as a result of crashes in Ward 8 this year