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Gun violence in D.C. is a public health crisis, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday, and she’s forming an emergency operations center to combat it.

If you happened to have been on 16th Street NW on a Sunday morning between 2011 and 2019, you may have seen them: two older men, each lugging a tripod, bickering good-naturedly with each other. They would pause every now and then to take a…

The fence went up after it was already too late — the day after extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol. Officials quickly sealed off the legislature’s campus with a three-mile-long, eight-foot-tall fence topped with razor wire.

The D.C. chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Metropolitan Police Department over unreported stop-and-frisk data, continuing the ACLU’s years-long legal push for transparency from the department.

There will not be a Washington, D.C. Auto Show this year, organizers of the annual event said Wednesday, citing uncertainty about hosting large events amid the coronavirus pandemic.

(CNN) — Advocates fighting for Washington, DC, to become the 51st state are more hopeful than ever that they'll achieve statehood with Joe Biden in the White House and Democrats now controlling both chambers of Congress, though the effort…

Remote work has become a way of life for many in Greater Washington during the pandemic — and it’s no surprise many employers will continue with at least some widespread teleworking options once the region reaches a level of immunity from…

Sharon Wise looks out the front window of her apartment in Anacostia — past the lawn where she regularly hands out food to the needy or helps neighborhood kids with art projects — and sees the opportunities.

Developer Brookfield Properties has released more details about its planned Phase II expansion of The Yards, the mixed-use community along the Capitol Riverfront.

Some 130 escalators in 32 Metrorail stations will begin getting replaced starting this May.

Local elected leaders, business advocates, scholars and nonprofits participated in a panel discussion Tuesday on better ways to reach racial equity in D.C.

Though the covid pandemic has hammered the Washington region’s economy, the DC government finished its 2020 fiscal year with a surplus of more than half a billion dollars. How is that possible? What does it say about about the local…

Metro this week began reducing Metrorail service during peak commuting hours because of low usage while saying it will boost Metrobus service as new commuting trends emerge during the coronavirus pandemic.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the still shaken and heavily guarded U.S. Capitol, thousands of National Guard troops still wander the halls. Glass windows remain broken. Doors swing without handles. And in the grand marble hallways, which amplified…

Step aside, Wharf, there’s going to be a new waterfront development in town.

Coronavirus cases are falling across D.C., Maryland and Virginia, although not at equal rates.

Brookfield Properties hopes to start later this year on the next two buildings at The Yards as it seeks to pack more density and street-level activity into the second phase of the project Forest City Realty Trust opened more than a decade…

As the first phase of The Yards continues build-out and plans surface for the second phase, Brookfield Properties is sharing the first views of the pedestrian-friendly street that will bisect the Anacostia Riverfront development.

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FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION officials have announced they will go back to the drawing board before proceeding with a multibillion-dollar redevelopment of Union Station. That is welcome news. This once-in-a-generation project in the heart of…