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A stretch of 18th Street NW in Adams Morgan will be closed to vehicular traffic from Friday through Sunday, forming a temporary pedestrian and bicycle zone, the city confirms to DCist.

Over the weekend and into Monday night, protesters in D.C. have targeted statues depicting historical American figures with ties to the Confederacy, slavery and violence against Native Americans. But in only one instance did D.C. police…

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said she plans to introduce legislation to remove the Emancipation Memorial from Lincoln Park in Capitol Hill, which depicts President Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave.

And “it” was a hell of a lot.

Allen Lew, the no-nonsense former D.C. official who marshaled the development of Nationals Park, among other transformational city projects, has died of complications from Covid-19.

Less than three weeks after D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser painted “Black Lives Matter” in the street to declare the roadway outside the White House a celebratory space for protesters, the police department she commands cleared those same…

The Southwest DC development pipeline continues to grow, this time at perhaps the quadrant's most prominent intersection.

President Trump tweeted Tuesday that protesters will be met with “serious force” if they establish an autonomous zone near the White House and said that federal officials would seek long sentences for anyone toppling statues or vandalizing…

Metro is replacing the head of its Rail Operations Control Center — the nerve center for monitoring the entire rail system — after a series of safety violations, including sending trains with passengers to investigate a reported fire in…

Demonstrators once again took to the streets in downtown D.C. on Tuesday, after police clashed with protesters in Lafayette Square and District officials cleared people from an encampment at Black Lives Matter Plaza.

Metro’s board has unanimously approved a new seven-member Transit Police oversight panel to review MTPD’s investigations.

Allen Y. Lew, a city-planning executive who built a generation of Washington landmarks with a speed that countered the District government’s reputation for corruption and incompetence, died June 23 at a hospital in Queens. He was 69.

In 2013, Clytie Roberts-Glage and her husband Rico Glage bought the three-decade-old Cafe Berlin in Capitol Hill from the original owners who were retiring. Over the last seven years, they’ve served the neighborhood and a loyal customer…

The organization is estimating a near $50 million loss of income.

The Kennedy Center has canceled most previously announced performances for the rest of 2020, including its signature Kennedy Center Honors and Mark Twain Prize, which have been rescheduled for next spring. The cancellations and…

The Kennedy Center has canceled most previously announced performances for the rest of 2020, including its signature Kennedy Center Honors and Mark Twain Prize, which have been rescheduled for next spring. The cancellations and…

The Washington Teachers’ Union released a report Monday with suggestions on how schools can safely reopen in the fall as the coronavirus continues. They flagged several concerns about the health of students, teachers and staff.

Like many around the country, D.C. aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe spent much of the last few months stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

D.C. police said that it appeared protesters Monday were trying to take down a statue of Andrew Jackson in a park near the White House.

Police pushed protesters out of Lafayette Square after several people scaled a statue of Andrew Jackson inside the park and tried to tear it down Monday night.