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D.C. police on Friday arrested a suspect in the October killing of a 22-year-old man who authorities believe was struck by a stray bullet while sitting in his Jeep at a traffic light in Northeast Washington.

WASHINGTON — D.C. police have announced that suspects have been arrested in two cases in the District where bystanders were shot and killed by stray bullets — one from October, another from 2016.

As of December 28, 159 people had been murdered in the District in 2018, a significant uptick in homicides. In fact it’s a 39 percent increase over last year, when there were 114 homicides total in the city, according to data from the…

In 1917 the great musician Duke Ellington and his band earned $100 per night entertaining audiences on U St. in Washington, D.C.  By today’s standards that would equate to $2000 which would cover paying the band, the venue, and himself.  It…

Unlike their counterparts in France, the District’s poor and working-class residents living east of the Anacostia River haven’t donned yellow vests and taken violently to the streets to demand relief from tone-deaf policymaking. But it’s…

As any Washingtonian can attest, this city has rats. In my eight years here, including 2½ in Ward 1, where rodent-related calls are the most frequent, I’ve seen my share.

What began in the fuel crisis of the 1970s — when OPEC turned off the spigot for oil to the United States — will come to an end in February for many District drivers.

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Joe Tinker spent more than 12 years on dialysis with a failing kidney until the organ delivery driver got a transplant himself in August.

As students in the Washington area went home for winter break, a substantial number were in debt — to the school cafeteria.

You’re probably familiar with the phrase “Not in My Back Yard,” and the NIMBY-ist mindset that people take whenever change threatens whatever way of life with which they’ve grown comfortable. But what happens when it’s not the backyard in…

We said goodbye to a lot of restaurants this year.

It was a week of big bills passed over the last several days as legislators in both the District and federal government pushed through landmark bills addressing the environment and prison reform. But a bill that may have gone under the…

When the H Street Playhouse was priced out of the Atlas District more than five years ago, its relocation to 2020 Shannon Place SE as the Anacostia Playhouse was widely embraced, and its black-box theater space has been utilized by a number…

A D.C. firefighter faces armed robbery and other charges after police say he held up a person at gunpoint in Silver Spring during a dispute over $700 sneakers he was trying to buy, according to Montgomery County authorities.

The day after Christmas, Adele Robey showed up to work to find a scene that offered little Yuletide cheer: Her theater had been burglarized.

WASHINGTON — What’s known as “bystander CPR” saves lives, and city leaders in D.C. want as many people as possible to learn how to perform hands-only CPR and gain automated external defibrillator (AED) awareness.

“There is a way to get out. Keep pushing, keep going. Get that extra mile until you get a million miles away,” said JaQuan McGhee.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has penned a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to end the federal government shutdown, which has now gone on for six days with no end in sight.

Washington has plenty of picturesque residential streets lined with colorfully painted rowhouses. But you can also find vibrant scenes—from Instagrammable murals and art workshops to cafés and pocket parks—playing out in the alleyways that…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is urging President Trump to work with Congress to end the partial federal government shutdown, saying the indefinite closure hurts the city’s residents and businesses.