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WASHINGTON (ABC7) — On Wednesday of this week, temperatures in the District reached 93 degrees - blistering heat that led officers with the Humane Rescue Alliance to check on a home where dogs were known to be kept outside.

The political isolation of Jack Evans, the District’s longest-serving elected official, has never been more complete.

Four developments in Deanwood, DC, show the transformative potential of multiple projects that include low-income housing in a single Opportunity Zone.

It started with a bartender.

The proposed $215 million contract to oversee sports gambling pending before the D.C. Council will channel up to $116 million over five years to a small circle of politically connected D.C. companies billed as subcontractors. Should it…

A house fire that left four people homeless in the District early Friday was caused by the improper use of fireworks, officials said.

With all eyes focused on preparations for the president’s forthcoming July 4 celebration on the National Mall, another potential conflagration planned for the holiday weekend in D.C. has somewhat escaped broader notice—one that includes…

On a Wednesday night, the Western Presbyterian Church on Virginia Avenue swells with activity. People of all ages gather around large tables, pen in hand, hunched over the poems splayed out in front of them. Upon first glance, it might…

Funds intended to support struggling students instead went to fill in budget gaps, a recent auditor's report found.

After a clash in front of the White House that resulted in two arrests on July 4, a far-right group known as the Proud Boys received a police escort to Harry’s, a nearby bar. Along the way, at least four D.C. police officers, one of whom…

Johns Hopkins University submitted informal plans to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on Wednesday to convert the Newseum in D.C.'s Penn Quarter neighborhood into a state-of-the-art educational facility, the first step in a larger review…

For 18 years, Deborah H. Young kept her father’s old baseball uniform in a suitcase at the back of her closet. It was a shame, she often thought to herself, that no one apart from her family got to see the wool pants and shirt he wore to…

School is out for the summer, but at the Bier Baron Tavern, educators continue to draw crowds looking for a unique academic lesson—along with whatever’s on tap. This is courtesy of Profs and Pints — a casual lecture series that brings…

Are you sitting down? You might want to. This summer’s Capital Fringe Festival is instituting a huge change, one that festival president Julianne Brienza worries is going to cause much confusion and angst among fans of Washington’s annual…

Contralto Marian Anderson famously delivered a soaring performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 — after the Daughters of the American Revolution blocked her from singing at Constitution Hall because she was black.

The sky is black as the giant girder swings on its Kevlar cables from the construction crane on the Potomac River barge below.

WHEN THE D.C. Public Schools system instituted a comprehensive teacher evaluation system in 2009, it was guided by certain basic principles. Teachers should be judged based on their skill, their commitment and their success in getting…

This month, the District will see a set of historic milestones. The Fourth will mark the first time a president has overhauled the decades-old nonpartisan Independence Day celebration with a new fireworks display. Twenty days later,…

After D.C. Council member Jack Evans stepped down from the Metro Board amid an ethics scandal last week, another board member is under scrutiny and could be kicked off over accusations he lied to protect Evans.

On the lawn outside the National Building Museum, it’s a balmy 90 degrees. The area is busy with people rushing to work, and the air is filled with humidity and bus exhaust.