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The owners and a group of tenants living in an apartment building for formerly homeless military veterans are among four parties calling on the city’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to deny a liquor license that would allow the LGBT…

The bittersweet celebration is upon us. Bei Bei, the National Zoo’s beloved giant panda, will leave for China on Tuesday.

Martha is Chef Demetri Mechelis' mother.

Allowing delivery drivers to reserve curb space significantly cuts the number who double-park or block bike lanes and crosswalks, according to a study of a three-month pilot program in the District.

Bei Bei is heading to China Tuesday, but not without the proper sendoff from his adoring fans.

The unique beauty of all four seasons was on full display at Washington’s Tidal Basin this year.

Craig Lustig used to be a planner. When he and his husband Pete Carter learned that foster homes welcoming to gay teens were needed, they thought opening their home for short stays would be a good way to give back.

The hallways at the D.C. Superior Court were packed with children and lined with balloons Saturday morning as families welcomed their newest additions during the 33rd annual D.C. Adoption Day Ceremony.

More than a month after an inmate in the District’s Cell Block died after being found unresponsive and slumped over a bed alone in his cell, the inmate’s mother and local civil rights groups are still seeking answers.

A bill that would decriminalize the selling and buying of sex in the nation’s capital will not move forward this year, lawmakers said, after an emotional hearing and thousands of emails revealed deep divisions among the District’s…

District leaders are hoping a new health care center will give residents in Southeast D.C. more access to needed services.

After two gunmen fired into a group of people in Columbia Heights, killing one man and injuring five others, longtime D.C. homicide detective Jed Worrell spent more than 15 hours canvassing the neighborhood for evidence and witnesses.

Residents are concerned about safety as DC's Department of Transportation works through a backlog of city sign work orders.

As part of a 12-week pilot with the District Department of Transportation, the San Francisco-based company collected data at nine D.C. curbsides to help formulate policies.

To bring people into clinics, Washington, D.C. spreads the hopeful message that treatments and prevention work

The sign on Mamie Preston's 13th Street Northwest row house greeted us before we even before we even met her. But it still didn't prepare us for what we found inside.

For more than three decades, D.C. has hosted an Adoption Day and at this year’s annual celebration, dozens of families who have already created forever homes in spirit will add legal fusion to their family units when a judge signs their…

When students returned to the District’s Capital City Public Charter School in September, they encountered old friends, new teachers and a one-of-a-kind classroom. Rather than walls and books, it bursts with plum and cherry trees,…

Teachers and staff members at Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School are nearing a historic moment: They’re a vote away from settling with their bosses on a union contract, the first time that has happened at a D.C. charter school.

A coalition of Washington arts leaders are urging city officials to preserve Dupont Underground, fearing that the popular arts space will be turned over to developers or another group after the nonprofit’s lease expires in April 2020.