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They fed her some final treats of bok choy and celery. They scratched her back with a rake. Then early Friday morning veterinarians at the National Zoo put their suffering 72-year-old Asian elephant, Ambika, to sleep.

As D.C. continues to remain under tight restrictions during the new coronavirus pandemic and many people stay home, a local nonprofit says that there has been a spike in area domestic violence cases.

As a young lawyer, Rob Hawkins called George Valentine seeking career advice after meeting him for the first time more than a decade ago. Hawkins wasn’t sure Valentine, a veteran deputy attorney general in the District, even remembered…

Caitlin Roberts is an expert at selling pickles. In the past two weeks, she’s also become an expert at running a home delivery service that involves six trucks and 500 customers across two states and the District.

Police officers are handing criminal citations to many people who they once would have taken to a cell. Officers might let a motorist slide through a stop sign without pulling the driver over. Some calls they once sped to are being handled…

The DC author sold millions of novels featuring characters long missing from children’s lit. Writing a history of racism for kids is something else.

D.C. needs more workers to combat the coronavirus pandemic, but the nurses' union wants a guarantee that nurses at high-risk of severe illness won't perform work that compromises their health.

The nurses that staff D.C.’s schools say they’re facing possible layoffs if they do not agree to join the effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic. But some nurses, particularly those who are older and have underlying health conditions,…

One inmate has contracted COVID-19 and three others have been tested.

For the first time in almost 17 years, Street Sense Media won’t be publishing a print edition as scheduled.

D.C.-area restaurants owners are hoping for some support from their patrons, through gift cards or take-out or through their individual fundraisers to pay employees.

D.C. officials say they plan on encouraging more residents to use absentee ballots to vote by mail and will limit the number of physical voting sites for the June 2 primary. The changes are part of a plan to let the primary proceed as…

The volunteer network spans 37 states and the United Kingdom.

The number of D.C. firefighters who have confirmed cases of COVID-19 reached 12 on Thursday, and, as of Friday morning, 108 additional firefighters are in quarantine to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The D.C. Jail has confirmed its first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. A 20-year-old man being held in the Correctional Treatment Facility tested positive for the virus on March 25, prompting his isolation in…

An old saying among gamblers is that if you don’t know who the weakest player at the table is then it’s probably you.

None of that was enough to stop an announcement from Pepco.

As the United States grapples with the novel coronavirus pandemic, the nation’s capital plans to pare down in-person voting and encourage mail-in voting for the District of Columbia’s June 2 primary elections.

The D.C. Board of Elections is encouraging residents to request mail ballots for the June 2 primary and the June 16 special election in Ward 2, calling it the safest choice in light of the social distancing measures provoked by the…

Nearly a year after it acquired the site from the General Services Administration, we now know what Pacific Star Capital wants to do with a pie-shaped piece of land by C and 12th streets SW in the District.