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The women, who still live in the apartment building they purchased for $75,000, now plan to sell it in a neighborhood where buildings go for more than $1 million

The Amtrak police chief and a program for homelessness are teaming up to help the unhoused at Union Station

The book, which is filled with poems and reflections from teenagers who attend Anacostia High School, is set to launch Wednesday

“During approximately the past six weeks, five D.C. youth under CSSD electronic monitoring have been killed.” I’m quoting here from an Oct. 30 email to me from the Office of the D.C. Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice.

When a robber pointed a gun at Stephanie Traub’s forehead and demanded her purse and car keys, she didn’t know a U.S. congressman had been carjacked at gunpoint an hour earlier.

With crime a top concern among Americans, cities and states are looking back at the reforms many embraced following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. The trick will be avoiding overcorrection, holding police…

The ofrenda at the Mexican Cultural Institute will have all the traditional elements and pay tribute to a woman whose legacy shows the complexity of history

Randolph King’s former coworkers are determined to give him the burial he watched many others receive

There is much at stake for the District in the contest to be House speaker

The moment, which caught the teen and his parents by surprise, shows how a student broadcast program is doing more than amplifying the voices of D.C. youth

How a newspaper columnist provided support and a new organ for D.C.’s Bernardine Watson

Having watched video of the House Judiciary Committee field hearing on crime in Democratic-led New York City in April, I wasn’t the least bit surprised by the approach taken by House Republicans during this week’s Judiciary subcommittee…

The culture of any institution emanates from its top leaders.

We’re a society that doesn’t like to talk about death, and that’s not good for life

A high school student and two of his mentors help rescue a woman from a burning building

A D.C. mother who was placed on hold when she called 911 says her daughter was a healthy 27-year-old and now depends on her for everything

Serious collisions occurred this week in Washington, and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) came out the worse for wear. But so did the House of Representatives and neighborhoods in this capital city.

A program with Anacostia High teaches students about environmental science — and justice

About 800,000 Washington-area passengers ride Metro buses and trains on weekdays, and it’s a good bet many would be unhappy to learn their transit system faces a “death spiral” starting next summer. Yet those dire words appear not in a…