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Happy Earth Day. A pedestrian and cyclist were killed in separate incidents over a three-day span, when drivers of vehicles struck both. In both cases, residents had demanded a safer street for years. 

WASHINGTON — Six people including a pedestrian were injured after witnesses say a driver ran a stop sign in the Anacostia neighborhood of Southeast Washington Sunday afternoon.

On Sunday, members of the D.C. cycling community gathered at the site where an outspoken D.C. bike advocate lost his life in a crash Friday to hold a vigil and place a “ghost bike” to symbolize the fallen biker.

Again and again, surveillance footage and photos showed a man walking into downtown parking garages and leaving with bicycles that weren’t his.

While many are confounded by the subject of reparations for slavery, students at Georgetown University have acted on the courage of their convictions.

A makeshift memorial has already popped up at the crash site.

The District plans to crack down on drivers who park in or block bike lanes and put cyclists at risk by creating a team of bike-lane enforcement officers with the power to issue tickets on the scene and by mail.

The eggs, she knew from school, symbolized “new life.” But as she waited to hunt them, 8-year-old Dakota Young had other things in mind.

The slight teenager stepped into the windowless recording studio. He put on oversize gold headphones and tilted his head up, exuding the confidence of a 16-year-old who knows he has the talent and drive to make it big.

Animals have invaded the first of two office buildings at the Capitol Crossing project being developed atop the Center Leg Freeway — or at least it might seem that way at first glance.

The champion of safe biking died on his bike. He was my friend and fellow advocate, and I’ll never be the same.

Earlier this month someone who lives near Howard University wrote to a prominent District website with a concern: Dear PoPville, I had a bad experience with my (well-behaved, chill) dog on Howard University Sunday around noon. We were…

HopeOneSource, a text message-based notification service targeted at homeless residents in D.C., has grown immensely since it started as a pilot program in September 2015 through D.C.’s Interagency Council on Homelessness.

At the quarterly Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) meeting on April 9, members met to discuss and make last-minute suggestions for the draft of the Homeward D.C. progress report, which must be submitted to and approved by Mayor…

Washington’s National Theatre has been in business since 1835, yet its archives are largely stuffed into a single small dressing room on the fourth floor. The collection, with playbills and photographs that in some cases are more than a…

Last week, agency heads from several departments that service the residents East of the River laid out their plan for comprehensive programs that would service residents over the upcoming months.

It may have been overcast during most of Saturday, but that didn’t seem to damper the spirits of the thousands of people who gathered at the Freedom Plaza to celebrate the 157th anniversary of Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C. The…

In commemoration of D.C. Emancipation Day, One DC and We Act Radio hosted a discussion, movie screening and a series of workshops Tuesday centered around the local holiday’s significance in the ongoing fight for educational and housing…

A longtime bike advocate was killed while riding in D.C. Friday morning in what police said was a crash involving a stolen van.

Although D.C. legalized the production and sale of marijuana for medical purposes just over 20 years ago, activists familiar with the city’s implementation of the program say it has become known for its long delays in approving patients…