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The new safety commission overseeing Metrorail found several problems with how Metro maintains its tracks, including a failure to consistently check for heat-related buckling and kinks that could lead to derailments.

When the National Building Museum reopens in March after a major renovation to the floor of its iconic Great Hall, it will have a brand new visitors center and several months’ worth of planned exhibits. But something will be missing: about…

D.C. drivers are accustomed to seeing a wide assortment of license plates, from the District's own "Taxation Without Representation" plates to those representing countries around the world.

As The Wharf continues to draw new residents to Southwest and construction proceeds on its second phase, developers have moved forward with new projects that are adding apartments, retail, museums and other amenities throughout the…

As D.C. February gets further underway with no sign of truly cold weather in sight, the city’s plants (and its people) appear to be feeling a little confused.

A local restaurant is planning to open its second location at the Shops at Penn Branch redevelopment, adding a highly desired new amenity to the Southeast D.C. neighborhood.

"I'm not going to pay that kind of money anymore. It's too much."

After a few sleepier rundowns, UrbanTurf is hitting three consecutive stops on the Green Line to see what is on the boards in Pleasant Plains, Shaw, the U Street Corridor, and Mount Vernon Square. Some larger residential projects, like The…

Will Merrifield, most recently an attorney with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, is running in the at-large race to fill incumbent David Grosso’s soon-to-be vacant seat.

A year after the beleaguered award show's comeback, its place in DC's music scene is still uncertain.

In the two years since a graduation controversy at Ballou High School exposed a serious student absenteeism problem across the city, D.C.’s traditional public schools and many of its public charter schools have deployed numerous…

Muriel Bowser may be D.C.’s mayor now, but some District residents say they received a phone poll testing the idea of having her join Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg as his vice presidential running mate. The calls come…

There soon could be a new social studies option for students in D.C. public and charter schools.

A grass-roots effort to decriminalize D.C. sex work hit a major hurdle last fall, when the city council declined to vote on a bill that would make Washington the first U.S. city to eliminate penalties for prostitution. Now a national group…

Jeffrey Warner’s 2011 Subaru Forester was broken into twice before it was stolen in Northeast Washington. The SUV had been listed on Getaround, a popular app known as Airbnb for cars, when thieves took it for a spin in November.

Last year, U.S. News & World Report editor Joseph P. Williams wrote about the trials of living in the D.C. suburbs without a car. He relayed a 2012 “tumble down the economic ladder” during which he was evicted from his apartment near…

A Metro train operator fell asleep at the controls, leading to a rush-hour train blowing right through a station without stopping last year, a newly-finalized investigation concluded.

Teacher advocates are trying to change that.

Then she gracefully pivoted to more positive talking points.

The longest-ever D.C. Council career came to an end, or at least a pause, on January 17. Had Jack Evans not resigned at that time, all twelve of his colleagues were prepared to take the unprecedented step of expelling him from the Council.…