More than 40 years ago, a young woman — she had just graduated from college — jumped 125 feet to her death from the Duke Ellington Bridge over Rock Creek Park in Adams Morgan. Her death spurred her!-->…
D.C. residents on Tuesday celebrated the opening of a new supermarket east of the Anacostia River for the first time in 15 years — offering a much-needed grocer in a sector of the city that contains!-->…
A D.C. Council committee unanimously approved a bill to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections on Tuesday, with an amendment clarifying this would include undocumented residents in addition to!-->…
In an ideal world, C., would only have one patient during a 12-hour shift as a labor and delivery nurse at Medstar Washington Hospital Center — but these days, that’s almost never the case.
A bill that would provide District residents with $100 a month for D.C.’s Metro system and dedicate $10 million annually to improve bus and transit service is on its way to a vote in the full D.C.!-->…
Paulette Matthews, 63, watched discerningly on Monday as D.C. government officials celebrated the redevelopment of Barry Farm, the historically significant Southeast community where she lived for!-->…
A D.C. Council committee on Monday advanced a bill that would give most D.C. residents up to $100 a month to be used for Metrorail and Metrobus, effectively making public transit free — or at least!-->…
A corrections officer at the D.C. Jail was arrested and charged on Monday for allegedly taking bribes to smuggle drugs and other items to inmates at the facility.
A D.C. corrections officer and two other D.C. residents, one of them incarcerated, have been arrested and charged in connection with a scheme to smuggle prohibited drugs into the D.C. Jail.
The D.C. Department of Transportation has started assessing every bridge in the city to determine whether barriers should be added to prevent people from using the spans to end their lives.
German discount grocer Lidl will cut the ribbon on its Skyland Town Center store Sept. 27 with a grand opening Sept. 28. The store is Lidl’s first in D.C. and the first new grocery store in Ward 7 in!-->…
The Washington National Cathedral is still working on repairs following the region’s 2011 earthquake that caused nearly $40 million in damage to the iconic structure, but a fundraising effort is!-->…
On Friday, the Washington area’s transit system unveiled a new Metrorail map that showed the 11.5-mile Silver Line extension to Dulles International Airport and points farther west. The map and, more!-->…
Washington National Cathedral marked its 115th birthday on Sunday with the announcement that $115 million has been raised to finish repairing damages caused by an earthquake 11 years ago and lay a!-->…
A few weeks ago, a gunman involved in an altercation at L’Enfant Plaza Metro station fired a single shot on the Green and Yellow line platform. An innocent bystander was injured. Now, let’s!-->…