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Before Ivy City got an organic grocery store and a Target and a children’s play space for families who could pay, a round-faced 12-year-old boy pleaded with the D.C. Council to turn a long-abandoned school in his neighborhood into a…

GWU student creates tribute video

A new housing facility, opening in June, will provide shelter to women returning from prison or struggling with addiction.

Workers who file for unemployment have repeatedly said they receive inaccurate or conflicting information from the department’s call takers.

Metro is not keeping up with preventive maintenance, lacks needed safety certifications and is not training employees on how to maintain the system’s complex equipment and machinery, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission said in a new…

Two landmark restaurants in D.C. will receive thousands in grant money as part of an effort to protect culturally significant, minority-owned businesses across America.

More than 13,000 D.C. unemployment claimants did not receive their expected payments this spring as the city was adjusting to a change in federal benefits, a previously unreported number that further illustrates problems plaguing the…

More speed and red-light cameras are among the changes planned to address a spike in traffic fatalities

Legendary actor Phylicia Rashad, known for her role as Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show, is the new dean of Howard University’s College of Fine Arts.

Lawsuit charges city with exposing inmates to ‘risk of sexual violence’

Michael Pope is fully vaccinated, but he’s still worried about the pandemic. He’s been following the deadly surge of the coronavirus in India. And while the Southwest D.C. resident, 57, got his second shot at the Entertainment and Sports…

Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad, best known for her role as Claire Huxtable on NBC’s The Cosby Show in the 1980s, has been named Dean of Howard University’s newly reestablished College of Fine Arts.

Last week community leaders in Eckington made the case for restoring the Comprehensive Plan’s Future Land Use Map Amendments that would allow housing on the industrial land near the metros and along the trail in their neighborhood.

You might like this new brewery if you fancy beer, bikes, and D.C. history.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting defense secretary during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots plans to tell Congress that he was concerned in the days before the insurrection that sending troops to the building would fan fears of a…

On any given Sunday afternoon along the National Mall, tourists are strolling, people are biking, and ducks are gliding across the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial. But this weekend there was an anomaly among them: a Wilson’s…

Hackers who apparently infiltrated the D.C. police department’s computer network and went quiet for more than a week have published additional personnel files of officers, revealing sensitive information.

Alexis Hawkins was at a crossroads.

Last week, D.C. held a coronavirus vaccine shot for a beer event, and now people can get a shot for a shot-on-goal. D.C. United is the latest partner in the city’s push to vaccinate residents.

The bright yellow “Black Lives Matter” that was painted on a stretch of 16th Street during last summer’s protests against racial injustice and police brutality is gone. But the iconic mural — now known as Black Lives Matter Plaza — isn’t…