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Passengers seeking rides home after watching fireworks at the Mall were met with waits of up to 75 minutes at one station

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is trying to reform a short-term housing subsidy program that people experiencing homelessness and their advocates have long criticized for failing to provide participants enough support to secure…

The Fourth of July weekend in the District left 19 people struck by gunfire, five of them fatally, raising questions about escalating violence and efforts to quell tensions while trying to keep disputes from turning deadly.

Before last month’s Moechella gathering at 14th and U Street Northwest, 32-year-old Marcellus Queen had a feeling something bad might happen.

Hakan Ilhan has scrapped plans for Lazy Kate’s Bistro, a West End restaurant that was to appeal to younger diners, due to fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

A few yards down from the Popeyes on Columbia Road in Northwest D.C., nuzzled next to the Metro PCS and beneath a strip of townhomes, a small boom box sits on the sidewalk, blaring a selection of old and new Top 40 music (think: “That’s…

Local abortion funds have seen an influx of donations to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in late June.

At 18, John Alley left Puerto Rico with a dog, an accordion and the clothes on his back, looking for a fresh start from the island he had called home. Alley first went to New York City, but without connections and nowhere to stay when he…

Louis Armstrong, Malcolm X, and Smashing Pumpkins all took the stage there

Gianandrea Noseda gives a preview of the NSO’s exciting recording efforts

DCPS last week finished its first in-person pandemic school year after more than a year of virtual learning.

The weather was clear, the humidity was low, and there was a sufficient breeze from the south to clear the smoke. It was perfect weather to photograph the D.C. fireworks show Monday evening.

Washington D.C. celebrated Independence Day on Monday with some hallmarks of the nation’s capital: parades, festivals and protests.

D.C. teachers will have new professional development opportunities — and DC Health will receive additional funding to advance its youth and student sexual health efforts — as part of a three-year investment that Mayor Muriel Bowser said…

Complete with police on motorcycles, vintage fire trucks, and politicians tossing candy and treats for children, the 56th annual Fourth of July parade in D.C.’s Palisades neighborhood kicked off a sunny, sparkly neighborhood celebration.

Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie has filed paperwork to enter another local D.C. election: this time, an At-Large D.C. Council seat. The news, first reported by longtime D.C. journalist and political analyst Tom Sherwood, comes two…

A couple and their three children, ages 4, 6 and 11, have been living out of a van

On July 15, 1922, thousands of men and women (but mostly men) crowded around an ancient oak on a miraculously undeveloped parcel of land at Connecticut and Florida avenues NW. They were Freemasons with their spouses, and they had an…

Transit department officials say they hope the cameras will bring transparency and build public trust, but questions remain on how they will be used