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WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - It was a rocky end to 2018 and has been a violent beginning to 2019 in the District. The two city leaders at the forefront of the fight to control crime, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C Police Chief Peter Newsham,…

While the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) waded into several endeavors to have their properties redeveloped last year, the agency is starting 2019 with its foot on the gas.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has selected a transportation policy veteran to lead the city’s ambitious plan to dramatically reduce traffic fatalities.

First it was The Meridian Hill Hotel for Women, which housed young women who moved to D.C. to fill government jobs during World War II. In the late 1960s, it was transformed into Meridian Hill Hall, a 600-unit dorm that housed Howard…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser is raising doubts over strict new regulations governing Airbnb and other short-term-rental companies, saying the limits recently passed by the D.C. Council are probably unconstitutional and likely to be…

The food court in the guts of Union Station is a popular destination for commuters, Hill staffers, and tour groups given its ample, cafeteria-style seating and affordable meals from fast food chains. Like much of D.C.’s economy, the…

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The battle over body camera video of a controversial stop and frisk in Southeast is still brewing.

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Locals still want answers from DC Police following the stop and frisk of three young black boys in DC's Capitol Hill neighborhood in late December.

Now the partial government shutdown is affecting the country’s craft beer supply.

John G. Laytham, the co-owner and chief executive of Clyde’s Restaurant Group who joined the business 55 years ago as a dishwasher and helped build it into a $135 million-a-year operation with 13 restaurants in the Washington area, died…

D.C. Council members are moving to ensure the city’s most vulnerable students get the help they have been promised following disclosures that money for at-risk students was used for routine school system expenses.

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — DC Mayor Muriel Bowser sat down with ABC7's Alison Starling at her home to talk about the next four years and lay out her vision for her second term in office.

Attorney general nominee William P. Barr said Tuesday that if confirmed, he would not interfere with the District’s decriminalization of marijuana, giving a boost to advocates who want to fully legalize pot in the nation’s capital.

WASHINGTON — Some DC area restaurants are feeling the trickle down effect of the government shutdown.

Earlier this week, Washington, D.C., councilmember Brandon Todd proposed legislation that would dramatically increase the number of dual language immersion (DLI) programs in the nation’s capital. This is hardly a surprise. In a city like…

It’s perhaps no surprise that Mayor Muriel Bowser selected Lewis Ferebee to be the next chancellor of D.C. Public Schools. His work at Indianapolis Public Schools made him a rising star nationally. His five-year tenure (above average for…

LGBT members of the city’s Advisory Neighborhood Commissions have formed a Rainbow Caucus, which they say will serve as a forum for sharing ideas and concerns and possibly advocating for issues and legislation.

There are only 18 buildings in the entire District of Columbia with as much historical preservation protection as the Franklin School, a stately and beautiful building on K Street NW erected in 1869 as the District’s first high school. Both…

University plans to spend $23.5 million over next two years on strategic initiatives

The tenants, who remain close because of their living conditions, got a win in court last week.