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D.C.’s police department is joining law enforcement agencies across the U.S., including the Virginia State Police, in phasing out the use of dogs to detect drugs.

Diners are back but it's far from business as usual at D.C. bars and restaurants.

The company that makes a crime-fighting tool used by D.C. police has opened an office in the city that will become its East Coast satellite location.

Those who have been hoping for late-night Metro service are in luck, as the transit agency announced it will be extending service to midnight seven days a week beginning Sunday.

The increase in service each day is part of a package of fare reductions and service improvements the transit agency approved in June

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has proposed renaming an elementary school after the late Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. The proposal is part of the mayor’s year-old promise to reassess the names of more than 150…

Since the District decriminalized small amounts of marijuana in 2015, D.C. police officers have been told that they cannot detain or search people based solely on the smell of cannabis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon founder and soon-to-be-space traveler Jeff Bezos is donating $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution to boost its National Air and Space Museum, the largest gift received by the institution since its founding…

The majority of restaurants who applied for grants have received nothing.

Hope and skepticism grip city officials and community members in anticipation of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s historic $400 million investment in affordable housing.

The Smithsonian Institution announced Wednesday that Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and spaceflight company Blue Origin, is donating $200 million to the National Air and Space Museum — the largest donation to the Smithsonian since the…

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is donating $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution, the largest single donation since its founding gift from James Smithson in 1846, the museum announced Wednesday.

Any parent will tell you: kids always need something else. For D.C. resident Yehesuah Downie, that something else is a replacement cell phone for his 12-year-old son, a major expense given Downie’s challenging financial situation during…

A contractor hired by D.C. Public Schools refused to provide documentation to support $5.36 million in invoices and overbilled DCPS more than $421,000, according to a new report from the D.C. auditor.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com Inc. and aerospace company Blue Origin, will donate $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution to support the National Air and Space Museum.

On a sunny, hot Wednesday, Marco Woodson zipped around a small park in downtown D.C., sweeping trash into small, neat piles. A table under a tree was set up with a cooler full of ice and water bottles. Between the honks and hums of nearby…

Affordable housing in DC can be built through Inclusionary Zoning, with funding from the Housing Production Trust Fund, or through any of the myriad other programs in the District’s affordable housing toolkit. But all of these programs…

The D.C. Council unanimously voted to phase out tenant protections including bans on evictions, utility shut offs, and rent freezes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress eyes an infrastructure package, a coalition of transportation agencies and Amtrak on Wednesday released a 15-year plan of rail improvements for the congested Northeast Corridor that would boost daily train…

When the District passed a total ban on noncompete clauses last December, the move didn’t attract much attention — but over the last few months, the business community has slowly begun to train its sights on the law.