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The D.C. Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked the release of a convicted rapist whose lawyers convinced a lower court that he should be freed from prison because his poor health and confinement make him acutely vulnerable to the…

A D.C. surgeon who uses her scalpel in the operating room appears to be equally proficient with a much larger cutting instrument – a saber.

Swingers is teeing up a second location for its golf-themed entertainment venue in the Navy Yard area, fewer than two months after opening its first by Dupont Circle in June.

The Washington Teachers’ Union says it would support a coronavirus vaccine mandate for teachers if the union has input over how it is enacted — a slight shift from its previous stance that the mayor should allow unvaccinated teachers to…

At least 19 people have been shot, three of them fatally, in the District since Friday, a continuation of a violent year in which the city has struggled with illegal firearms and homicides.

The first phase of the Anacostia project formerly known as Columbian Quarter is coming back into focus.

E-scooters first arrived in the Washington region back in 2018, and they really knew how to make an entrance.

At a marathon news conference last month to announce an arrest in the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old girl, D.C.’s mayor and police chief talked tough. Some criminals may not want help, the chief said, and need to be confronted. The mayor…

Some Ward 2 residents expressed dismay over what they saw as an oppressive play to keep unhoused people from moving back after the scheduled “engagement.”

D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said Monday that a violent incident caught on camera Sunday, in which an officer is shown repeatedly punching a man as other officers tried to handcuff him, has been referred to the U.S. Attorney’s Office…

In December 2020, the neighborhood jazz venue said it would be closing permanently. Good health and "popular demand" helped bring it back.

The NBC4 reporter is nowhere near done reporting on the Capitol assault.

Three D.C. police officers involved in an arrest of a man in Southeast Washington have been suspended and referred for possible criminal prosecution after one of the officers was seen on video repeatedly punching the suspect in the face.

MPD has placed three police officers on administrative leave and is referring their cases to the U.S. Attorney for D.C. after a video went viral showing one officer repeatedly punching a Black man being restrained by the other officers.

“With how much rhetoric there is about it, I’m glad my fears were unfounded. I haven’t been called a communist yet, so that’s great.”

Last spring, plans were teased to redevelop low-rise apartments off Starbust Plaza with a larger project. Now, the developers have filed a zoning application to make redevelopment possible — albeit at a smaller scale than initially…

D.C. officials are so far not budging on an indoor mask mandate for gyms and fitness studios, after a coalition of fitness businesses requested a waiver if they implement vaccine requirements.

Universities throughout the country are predicting similar trends as they prepare to reopen for the fall

At least three people were fatally shot in separate incidents in Southeast Washington amid a rash of gun violence over the weekend.

D.C. Water officials on Sunday lifted a boil-water advisory for all residents in the District, days after it had issued the notice due to problems with a repair.