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A bicyclist was fatally struck Friday morning by a stolen van whose driver had fled an attempt by D.C. police to stop him in Northeast Washington, according to a statement from the department.

A beloved D.C. bike advocate was struck and killed by a driver while cycling Friday morning near the H Street NE corridor, according to police. The death is the year’s first cyclist fatality in the District, which has pledged to eliminate…

A longtime D.C. bike advocate was struck and killed by the driver of a stolen van in Trinidad on Friday morning.

If placed end to end, the length of structurally deficient bridges in the D.C. area would stretch nearly four miles and cover the area of 18 football fields, according to a new analysis of federal government data we released this month.…

According to data from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, the D.C. government “engaged” homeless encampments 100 times in 2018. “Engagement” in this case refers to encampment “cleanups” carried out under the…

A new survey shows that an ounce of weed in D.C. costs nearly twice the national average.

Earlier this week, DCist reported on Howard University students’ frustration over the way that neighbors use The Yard at the center of campus as a place to exercise, spread out a picnic basket, or—most especially—walk their dog.

The 1700 block of Corcoran Street in Dupont Circle is a microcosm for the current climate of the DC housing market.

Developments in D.C. have already begun to utilize opportunity zone investments, but the money is expected to begin flowing into projects at a faster rate after the federal government released a second set of regulations Wednesday for the…

Some D.C. residents haven’t been able to take advantage of the legalization of recreational marijuana. The District law is modeled around “home grow, home use,” and it remains illegal to use marijuana in public or in establishments like…

Elon Musk's the Boring Co. estimates a Washington-Baltimore "loop" would initially be limited to 1,000 passengers in each direction per day and not change travel patterns in the region.

“Why do we have monuments of people who owned slaves?” That’s the question that D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie’s six-year-old daughter asked him and his wife one day while driving from D.C. into Virginia.

A recent National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) study confirms what everyone living here can feel: Washington, DC, has gentrified more intensely than any other city.

Allison Friedel started her "Derailed" project while she was bored on, you guessed it, a train.

Restaurateur Andy Shallal confirms interest in Skyland

Making masa is a painstaking, delicate, and expensive process

The three-year effort to completely rehabilitate Beach Drive from Rock Creek Parkway to the Maryland line is entering its final phase.

Last night, representatives of the Neighborhood Development Company (NDC) solicited ideas from the community regarding plans to redevelop a mostly two-story commercial block of Georgia Avenue along the 16th Street Heights/Brightwood Park…

D.C. should establish a commission for a one-year study on the many possible effects on the city of on-demand, ride-hailing services, such as Uber and Lyft, Georgetown University researchers warn.

It looks like 2019 is shaping up to be another violent year in D.C.