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Mayor Muriel Bowser is looking to spur economic growth and attract grocery stores east of the Anacostia River with a major D.C. agency relocation.

At first blush, the surveillance video shows what looks like a very large cat. When a Georgetown resident noticed it Sunday on her home security camera, she worried it might be a mountain lion in her yard.

It’s a big week for D.C. statehood advocates, culminating in the first House of Representatives hearing on the topic in more than a quarter-century.

The D.C. Council has postponed a key vote on the District's Comprehensive Plan after planners and housing advocates raised concerns over a recent addition to the bill.

The move comes days before a scheduled congressional hearing on D.C. statehood

The hearing isn't the only statehood event this week.

About a decade ago, back when smartphones were a new thing, my cellular carrier kept pestering me to upgrade.

Sarah Zick swerved through the crowds clogging 14th Street NW in Columbia Heights one recent muggy afternoon, trekking to one of her student’s homes.

A top federal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office in the District sent 1980s drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III correspondence in which he said he would recommend Edmond’s life sentence be reduced to time served in exchange for his years…

On a rainy night late in March, a police officer pulled up to a whitewashed brick rowhouse in Northwest Washington’s Brightwood Park neighborhood. Entering the building, Officer Ernie Davis recognized that something had to be done. People…

It is certainly no secret that D.C., and the entire Washington metropolitan area, ranks as one of the very most expensive places to live in the country. A comprehensive study released last week starkly underscores the need for a…

There aren’t many stories about centenarian entrepreneurs, let alone females in this demographic who still work over 40-hours a week.

Leaders of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, D.C.’s largest local LGBT political group, announced at their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday that they will no longer participate in informal bipartisan meetings with members of the…

With a larger than usual audience in attendance, the Advisory Committee to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs voted unanimously Monday night to approve a resolution calling on the mayor or the D.C. Council to allocate $3…

D.C. Councilman Vincent Gray said one hospital located in the East End of the District will not be enough to meet the health care needs of the residents there and a system will be needed for that purpose.

The Obama administration has become a part of history but its signature social initiative, “My Brother’s Keeper,” has continued in the District and Mayor Muriel Bowser has made mentorship a key component.

Dozens of American flags on display in D.C. Friday have a small addition that carries big meaning: each has 51 stars.

Kim Kardashian-West, the reality TV and social media star turned criminal justice reform advocate, was touring the D.C. jail in July when she met a murderer.

According to a WTOP report last month on the prevalence of the illegal street drug “K2” in the District, “There have been more than 3,000 K2 overdose cases through July, marking a 128 percent increase of the same stretch of time last year,…

As their recent pontification shows, two D.C. Council members who represent the largely segregated area known as East of the River are recommending a name change. It is a serious suggestion but is without serious merit or community…