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If you’ve cancelled your membership with one of Washington Sports Club’s six D.C. locations, you might want to check your billing statement: the D.C. Attorney General’s office is suing the health…

WASHINGTON — A move to fast-track legal sports betting in D.C. has hit a snag.

The D.C. Council put off a decision Tuesday on whether to skip competitive bidding and award a sole source contract for management of the city’s new venture into sports betting. Council members said…

D.C. was home to the first-ever Dyke March in April 1993, when 20,000 self-described dykes from across the country joined together to march from Dupont Circle to the White House.

Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage, according to Frank Sinatra. But the government shutdown made a liar of Ol’ Blue Eyes in the District … until now.

WASHINGTON — D.C.’s attorney general is suing the operators of an area health club chain, alleging that customers were misled about cancellation policies and charged after they’d ended their…

The annoying, high-pitched whoosh of hair dryers is being heard less often at Last Tangle in Washington. The popular 19th Street NW hair salon in the downtown Golden Triangle is normally busy seven…

A real estate team that averages more than $100 million in luxury property sales annually and has sold some of the area's most well-known homes is moving from Washington Fine Properties to 7-year-old…

Let the wedding bells ring again in the District.

WASHINGTON — The DC Council on Tuesday tackled one of the odder side effects of the partial federal government shutdown, unanimously passing emergency legislation that makes it possible for couples…

In a city of 700,000 that continues to grow, there's nowhere to go, some say, but up—as in, physically higher, by building increasingly dense and tall apartment complexes that would increase the…

If the District wants to be first out of the gate to offer wagering on sports, it also needs to be the first to ensure the integrity of a system that’s certain to be prone to ripoffs

The local author opens up about getting beyond the denial, blame, and shame of being an under or unemployed professional when you ordinarily would be eyeing retirement.

A D.C. taxi driver of 28 years who goes by Mr. Paul reports that the government shutdown has cut his daily pay by about 75 percent. “It’s hard to believe that some days I come home with $26,” he says.…

Legislation taxing and regulating recreational marijuana will “soon” be introduced in D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday.

You might expect a transitory city like Washington, D.C., to have high teacher turnover rates, but the actual numbers are alarming. That’s bad news for students who miss out on the service of veteran…

The federal government’s latest partial shutdown is now the second longest in history and will likely break the 21 day record of the 1995 shutdown.

A year ago, the Forest City-led development team behind The Yards filed a one-year time extension for the portion of a planned-unit development (PUD) that would deliver a 16-screen movie theater. Now,…

Adele Robey knew she’d been burglarized as soon as she walked into the Anacostia Playhouse on the day after Christmas.

They’re on the front lines, talking and listening to those who might be close to pulling the trigger.