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WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Cyclists in D.C. are fed up with drivers blocking bike lanes.

Locked up since he was a teenager, Roy Middleton basked in a moment of renewal one recent evening at a chapel in the D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility. He was about to be released after spending more than half his life behind bars for a…

It sounded like a crazy idea: birth control for rats.

D.C. SCHOOLS are making changes to the admission policies for selective high schools so that more students will get a better chance to enjoy those schools’ advantages. It’s good that the system wants to remove barriers to opportunity, but…

The justice system in Maryland continues to be plagued by racial injustice. More than 70 percent of people in Maryland’s prisons (double the national average) and almost 80 percent of people serving at least 10 years are black.

In 2013, the PBS documentary “180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School” described Washington Metropolitan High School as “an alternative school with a devoted staff. To district leaders, it is a failure. To many of the school’s…

The next big development on the St. Elizabeths East campus will ease the way for all the projects to follow.

At least 100 men, women and children who are alive on New Year’s Day 2020 will have been shot, stabbed or beaten to death in our nation’s capital by this time next year.

If you haven’t been to the Newseum, you only have a few days left.

As we unveiled last week, we picked the Washington Nationals and Mystics winning their respective league championships as our No. 1 local business story for 2019.

Logan Circle’s Hotel Donovan, formerly run by Kimpton, will reopen after a renovation as Hotel Zena. Its owner describes it as a “cultural hub celebrating female empowerment through provocative art, design and relevant programming.”

A mobile application launching next month will allow users in D.C. to report traffic safety violations, including bike lane blockers and illegal parking jobs, directly to the city government.

A non-profit group is subsidizing rides during the holiday season in hopes of keeping drunk drivers off the road.

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Clayton Rosenberg remembers playing football in the Benning Terrace neighborhood with his friends.

Just after sunrise Christmas morning, the people searching for Robert Fox began to arrive at Franklin Square in downtown Washington. They had read a story in The Washington Post about his holiday wish — to spend Dec. 25 with his daughter…

The day after Christmas usually makes for ghost towns in other cities, and the same is true for many parts of D.C.

Washington DC may be a place defined by rhetoric and rules. But in the last decade, thanks to a unique partnership, dozens of blank and blighted facades scattered throughout the city have been transformed into stunning canvases of culture…

It’s that time of year, when millions of Americans begin eyeing the dead trees decorating their living rooms, when what was once pine scented and festive starts shedding needles, transforming into a brittle brown fire hazard.

The singer, hair stylist, entrepreneur, and top gospel promoter moved from Georgia to D.C. in the 1950s in search of better opportunities.

Travel to Hillcrest in Southeast D.C. and you’ll be met with rolling hills, manicured lawns, and red brick houses. The quiet neighborhood east of the Anacostia River is home to about 9,000 D.C. residents, and the local community…