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The five weeks that the federal government was shutdown were quite taxing to the local economy, and the January numbers for the regional housing market aren't much better.

WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital once boasted the highest number of taxis per capita of any city, but in 2019, the number of taxi rides in the District are plummeting — leaving some wondering if the…

Most glass in recycle bins ends up in landfills. Overzealous “wishful recycling” is straining the system. Recycling in the D.C. region is at a turning point.

WASHINGTON — D.C. is getting more emergency calls than ever before, but the city has no backup ladder fire trucks if one goes out of service, the city’s fire chief said.

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - People who live in the area near the former site of Walter Reed National Medical Center in Northwest Washington are concerned about their health due to an overwhelming odor. …

WASHINGTON — The Metro Board is moving toward extending current rail service hours for at least another year, over the District’s objections to continued service cuts.

Cases will proceed against a Southeast Washington advisory neighborhood commissioner accused of threatening to shoot a rival commissioner and separately threatening to kill the mother of his child.

Two proposals would give the District more control over the independent agency than it has now

WASHINGTON — Several law enforcement agencies based in the D.C. region will be running training drills inside the Kennedy Center on Tuesday, and the public could see an unusual amount of police…

Almost every other night for a span of weeks in 2015, April Goggans says, a D.C. police cruiser parked in an alley across from her home, directly facing her bedroom window.

WASHINGTON — “No right turn on red” signs will start going up in dozens of new D.C. locations starting Feb. 19, as long as weather permits.

On an evening in early December, 11 Washingtonians gathered in the Rhizome community art space in Takoma to write their own obituaries. Those who sat in the chilly living room were not unfamiliar…

As the racist past continues to bring down monuments dedicated to American historical figures, a growing number of District residents say that Woodrow Wilson High School should not be named after the…

Aisha Bowe has enjoyed a meteoric rise from mediocre student to her dream job at NASA to CEO of a successful business. The D.C. resident's long, winding road there is the stuff of black history.

The last time Mayor Muriel Bowser took the time to share her opinions on food—to inexplicably disparage D.C.’s iconic condiment, mumbo sauce—she earned outrage and a national news cycle. But that…

Two years ago, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) awarded development rights for the historic Crummell School in Ivy City. Since then, the community has been…

Long before gentrification and the uprising in 1968, the U Street Corridor was known as "Black Broadway." 

Joelle Firzli, Jacklyn Laryea, Michelle Cloud, and Kathleen Diab have collectively lived on every continent except Australia. When the four friends found themselves all living in D.C., the idea to…

All afternoon, Diane Offutt sat in Courtroom C-10 of D.C. Superior Court, where newly charged defendants are processed into the system and a judge decides about bail. Thursday was like most…

WASHINGTON — Folks lined the streets of downtown D.C. Sunday afternoon to celebrate Chinese New Year. It was a community affair to ring in the year of the pig, which represents wealth, fun and good…