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The university said classes offered in the department will be dispersed to other academic units

Six years after Mayor Muriel Bowser committed DC to the goal of ensuring that “no lives are lost on our streets or at our intersections,” DC is on pace for its deadliest year of traffic violence in over a decade.

The city-owned site that was the subject of DC's first EquityRFP may be redeveloped using an equity-focused model.

The owner of the popular Madam’s Organ blues bar and restaurant in Adams Morgan, said he has asked D.C.’s mayor for permission to fully reopen, by requiring every person in the club provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19.

Legislation that would make the District the 51st state is scheduled for a House vote on Thursday — and the prospects of the federal city achieving statehood received at least a ceremonial boost on Tuesday.

Downtown D.C.’s travel and leisure industry is slowly but surely recovering from the depths of the pandemic, but it could take until next year for hotel occupancy in the city's central business district to inch past the halfway mark…

(CNN) — Capitol Hill security forces abruptly reversed plans to reinstall outer perimeter fencing on Capitol Complex grounds meant to protect against potential unrest related to the high-profile trial of former Minneapolis police officer…

D.C.’s Woodrow Wilson High School may soon have a partial name change.

London Williams and Stephanie Toledo were on a date when they saw the crowd at Black Lives Matter Plaza. The couple stopped and crouched around an iPhone, streaming the scene from Minneapolis. Williams anxiously clutched his masked face.

Rep. Nancy Mace on Tuesday offered reporters her opinion on why D.C. should not be granted statehood.

The jury has made its decision and found a former Minneapolis police officer guilty in the killing of George Floyd, whose death last summer sparked worldwide protests calling for police reform.

A deep sense of relief rippled across the nation’s capital shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday as the guilty verdicts in the trial of Derek Chauvin were announced in a Minnesota courtroom. George Floyd died 1,100 miles from Washington, but his…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday advanced amendments to the massive blueprint that will shape city development in coming years, though several lawmakers voiced concerns that the changes do not adequately address systemic racial and…

Gingkos are one of D.C.’s iconic trees — second only, perhaps, to the famous blossoming cherry trees. The ginkgo’s unique, fan-shaped leaves turn a shocking yellow in the fall, creating corridors of autumnal color, then drop all at once,…

After years of public debate and development delays, the DC Council resumed consideration of amendments to the city's Comprehensive Plan on Tuesday — and the implications of passage remain unclear.

Tony Lewis Jr. was 9 years old when his father was sentenced to life in prison for drug dealing. A father in prison is known to increase the chances of the son following in his footsteps. Not so with Lewis. He went to college, not jail.

The final departure Monday night out of Gate 35X began with a water cannon salute and ended in the most Gate 35X way possible: a delay because of maintenance issues.

D.C.’s schools chancellor on Tuesday proposed renaming Woodrow Wilson High in Northwest Washington after August Wilson, the celebrated playwright known for his revelatory art about the African-American experience in the 20th century.

Washington Sports Club’s parent company will pay D.C. $100,000 as part of a settlement over allegations that it did not adhere to the city’s COVID-19 emergency protocols and put customers at risk.

D.C. officials have selected a team of developers to remake a pair of shuttered schools near Truxton Circle into a mix of apartments and for-sale townhomes, including some managed by a community land trust to build opportunities for…