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DC organization House of Ruth says it continues to receive double the amount of calls that it did for domestic violence situations prior to the pandemic.

D.C.’s acting police chief provided an update on the breach on the department’s computer network for which a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate is claiming responsibility and threatening to share the data with local criminal gangs…

Hackers who claim to have infiltrated the D.C. police department’s computer network are threatening to publicize confidential files that could reveal names of suspected gang members and intelligence from crime briefings, according to…

Several members of the D.C. Council have signed a proposed resolution to permanently close a portion of Beach Drive to traffic.

The two D.C. residents struck and killed by a vehicle at Hains Point Saturday morning were dedicated to advocating for the homeless.

A new report from the D.C. Office of Police Complaints found that reported use-of-force incidents by officers dropped 22% in 2020 — the department’s first decrease since 2015 — and the number of officers involved in repeated use-of-force…

After D.C. lawmakers approved legislation paving the way for more public restrooms in the city, a newly released report indicates where those facilities could go.

Over the past four months, enormous progress has been made in the fight against the coronavirus. More than 140 million individuals in the United States have been vaccinated. The number of daily infections is less than a quarter of its…

The Hay-Adams hotel in downtown D.C. has named Nicolas Beliard as its new managing director, the hotel’s owners said Tuesday.

Bowser and her team are standing up 11 vaccine sites where any adult can just walk up to get the jab.

Waldon Adams spent nearly every hour of every day helping people who lived as he once had — homeless, addicted to drugs and alcohol, and struggling with mental illness.

Two teams of prominent D.C. developers are locked in a head-to-head competition for the chance to redevelop the Reeves Center, one of the city’s most coveted properties at the heart of the U Street corridor.

A D.C. law that prohibits drivers with more than $100 in unpaid tickets from renewing their licenses “penalizes poverty and and disproportionately impacts Black D.C. residents,” according to a new report from Tzedek D.C., a legal advocacy…

Chris has been underground since 2018, diligently digging, starting at RFK Stadium and slowly moving northwest. Now, Chris’s work is complete — a 5-mile long, 23-ft. wide tunnel that will soon prevent sewage overflows into the Anacostia…

Police on Monday identified two pedestrians who were killed by a driver at Hains Point on Saturday morning: Waldon Adams, 60, and Rhonda Whitaker, 55, both of whom experienced homelessness and later dedicated their lives to helping people…

The jobs recovery continues, but the year-over-year deficit in D.C. remains higher than the national average.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington, D.C., police department said Monday that its computer network was breached, and a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate claimed to have stolen sensitive data, including on informants, that it threatened to…

After sharing its plans with the public last month, a Property Group Partners (PGP)-led development team has filed a second-stage planned unit development (PUD) application for the next phase of Capitol Crossing.

An independent agency that reviews complaints against D.C. police officers released a report Monday calling on the Metropolitan Police Department to “reduce racial disparities” after noting that 91% of people subjected to police use of…

New U.S. Census Bureau data shows explosive growth in the number of people who have moved to D.C. over the last decade.