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WASHINGTON (AP) — The regional train system serving the Washington, D.C., area will remain on drastically reduced service levels through at least the end of this year, as authorities grapple with a safety problem that has forced the…

“Chicken or veggie?” Cheryl Bell asks again and again. “Chicken or veggie?”

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, the D.C.-based global law and lobbying firm, is committing $1 million to the Howard University School of Law and establishing a new paid fellowship for its students, all in honor of its late partner,…

After colorful foliage falls from trees in D.C., the roaring, monotonous symphony of gas-powered leaf blowers typically follows.

Metrorail will spend the rest of the year in a reduced service pattern, with no timeline established after October’s Blue Line derailment.

A train series that makes up 60 percent of the transit agency’s fleet has been sidelined since an October derailment

A mile northeast of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., along what’s known as the H Street corridor, about half the people crowding the sidewalks are wearing masks. Perhaps it’s because they know that when they step into any business or…

D.C.’s mask mandate was lifted Monday morning as residents head into a holiday week.

Not long after Montgomery County, Maryland, reinstated its mask mandate, D.C. is largely scaling back its own indoor masking as of Monday, per an order from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

She served as director for 21 years until retiring in 1996

Universities say continuing their mandates is essential ahead of potential holiday surges.

Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, dozens of volunteers gathered in a Silver Hill, Maryland, warehouse to pack boxes of holiday food staples for area families in need.

Sunday will mark the United Nations’ annual World Day of Remembrance (WDOR) for Road Traffic Victims. In a week-long display inside Union Station, DC Families for Safe Streets is remembering pedestrian and bicyclists whose lives were lost,…

The Washington Spirit defeated the Chicago Red Stars 2-1 to win the National Women’s Soccer League championship Saturday. The game was played in Louisville and went into overtime after the teams were tied 1-1.

Like anyone of a certain age, Barbara Morris remembers where she was when she learned President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated, 58 years ago Monday.

We often hear that New York is America’s “great melting pot” with such a diverse population and so many different cultures brought together. But I’ve always thought there’s a lot of that in D.C. as well. As an immigrant originally from…

D.C. officials on Friday defended Mayor Muriel Bowser’s decision to end the District’s mask mandate, after a majority of the city’s council members asked for it to stay in place.

As D.C. celebrates its 35th annual National Adoption Day, one couple is sharing their story of challenge and love in adopting their daughter this year.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) doubled down this week on relaxing the city’s indoor mask mandate, despite strident objections from a council majority who say the pre-Thanksgiving change is poorly timed and poses a risk to unvaccinated…

The nation's capital has already seen 200 homicides in 2021 -- the highest number since 2004 with another month and a half left in the year. Officers have taken more than 2,000 guns off the street and, as the city works to curb gun…