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WASHINGTON — Several law enforcement agencies based in the D.C. region will be running training drills inside the Kennedy Center on Tuesday, and the public could see an unusual amount of police activity in the area as a result.

Almost every other night for a span of weeks in 2015, April Goggans says, a D.C. police cruiser parked in an alley across from her home, directly facing her bedroom window.

WASHINGTON — “No right turn on red” signs will start going up in dozens of new D.C. locations starting Feb. 19, as long as weather permits.

On an evening in early December, 11 Washingtonians gathered in the Rhizome community art space in Takoma to write their own obituaries. Those who sat in the chilly living room were not unfamiliar with death. Some had worked as hospice…

As the racist past continues to bring down monuments dedicated to American historical figures, a growing number of District residents say that Woodrow Wilson High School should not be named after the 28th U.S. President, who lead the…

Aisha Bowe has enjoyed a meteoric rise from mediocre student to her dream job at NASA to CEO of a successful business. The D.C. resident's long, winding road there is the stuff of black history.

The last time Mayor Muriel Bowser took the time to share her opinions on food—to inexplicably disparage D.C.’s iconic condiment, mumbo sauce—she earned outrage and a national news cycle. But that didn’t stop her from using National Pizza…

Two years ago, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) awarded development rights for the historic Crummell School in Ivy City. Since then, the community has been lamenting the redevelopment plan as a…

Long before gentrification and the uprising in 1968, the U Street Corridor was known as "Black Broadway." 

Joelle Firzli, Jacklyn Laryea, Michelle Cloud, and Kathleen Diab have collectively lived on every continent except Australia. When the four friends found themselves all living in D.C., the idea to create a brand focused on sustainable…

All afternoon, Diane Offutt sat in Courtroom C-10 of D.C. Superior Court, where newly charged defendants are processed into the system and a judge decides about bail. Thursday was like most afternoons in C-10, with dozens of handcuffed…

WASHINGTON — Folks lined the streets of downtown D.C. Sunday afternoon to celebrate Chinese New Year. It was a community affair to ring in the year of the pig, which represents wealth, fun and good fortune.

Howard University violated a federal safety rule by allowing a hazardous radioactive substance to be stored in one of its laboratories without permission, according to a letter from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Lewis D. Ferebee has questions.

Kevin Chavous is not an expert fiction writer, and he knows it. In fact, he would be the first person to tell you. "I've never viewed myself as a creative guy," the former D.C. council member and onetime mayoral candidate told me over…

More than 200 D.C. families that thought their children would have a shot at getting into one of the city’s most prestigious public high schools had their hopes extinguished last week when they learned they no longer qualify — because of a…

The number of traffic fatalities decreased slightly in the Washington region last year — with the exception of pedestrian deaths, which shot up nearly 20 percent.

Dozens of residents in Northwest Washington near the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center say they have noticed a foul odor emanating from the facility for more than a week.

Some might not expect a school in southeast Washington, D.C., to have the only all-black robotics team at a national competition. Others might look at Hendley Elementary School’s Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and…

It’s likely that someone who didn’t belong inside a public housing complex for D.C. seniors started the massive blaze that destroyed it, federal investigators found, but because of factors that include bungled building security, they might…