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The District’s public schools continue to misspend money designated to help the city’s most vulnerable students, according to a report from the Office of the D.C. Auditor.

A judge ruled on Thursday that D.C. police have to begin recording stop and frisk data in accordance with a 2016 transparency law—one that the agency has openly admitted it does not follow.

Sanctuary DMV, a local all-volunteer immigration advocacy collective, has been conducting bystander intervention trainings in the D.C. region for the past two years. But after President Donald Trump announced a wide-sweeping ICE operation…

The nation’s most admired yet chronically underfunded federal agency is proposing changes to the Georgetown segment of the C&O Canal that are, at best, well intentioned but ill advised.

This month, a mob reportedly shouting an anti-gay epithet attacked two gay men on U Street NW. Sadly, attacks on LGBTQ people in the District have more than doubled since 2015. And last year was the worst on record, with 60 reported…

Chatter, ESPN host Tony Kornheiser’s Northwest D.C. restaurant, has closed its doors.

The Smithsonian has blessed us with yet another irresistible ball of cuteness.

Howard University Hospital announced Friday the opening of its new health center specifically for military families.

There’s a new addition to the Smithsonian National Zoo — a baby seal lion was born earlier this week.

Evictions can hinder tenants from finding stable housing for years

A small handful of local businesses would receive up to $120 million over five years as part of a no-bid contract to run a sports gambling operation in the nation’s capital, according to confidential contract documents obtained by The…

Here’s a thing you may (or may not) be surprised to learn: none of the Metro stations in the D.C. area have actual air conditioning. The design of the tunnels makes effectively cooling them with a traditional air conditioning system…

The Folklife Festival is looking for photos and recordings to help tell Washington's musical story.

Capital Bikeshare bicycles can now be rented through the Lyft app, as the company continues to expand its offerings beyond regular ridehailing services.

For Katherine Ott, public discourse about the 1969 Stonewall uprising tends to take place within a bit of an “echo chamber.”

Sporting his Street Sense Media vest, Reginald Black walked up to a downtown D.C. restaurant counter in 2016 to order a meal. Before he had even ordered, he was informed he would have 30 minutes to eat.

Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans mortgaged his Historic Georgetown rowhouse to apply for a $1.5 million revolving line of credit from Capital One in 2014 without telling his then-wife, Michele Evans, according to documents on file with the…

After 38 years with NBC Washington, veteran reporter Barbara Harrison is moving on from her full-time position.

Those of us who live in Washington are used to New Yorkers who move here and complain — loudly — that D.C. somehow falls short. They tell us that almost everything is bigger, better, taller and more stylish back home.