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If all goes as expected, you may be able to bet on sports games from your cell phone or even your seat inside Capital One Arena early next year.

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to use millions of dollars in new revenue from online sales taxes to cut commercial property taxes, over the objections of advocates who lobbied to direct that funding…

WASHINGTON — The popular D.C. restaurant Surfside will open its third location next spring in Tenleytown.

Blow a kiss goodbye to gasoline-powered leaf blowers, which the D.C. Council voted to ban on Tuesday during its legislative session.

The D.C. Council has approved a law that could bring rakes back into style: banning gas-powered leaf blowers.

Undercover DEA agent Sam Gaye doesn’t remember that early September day in 1989 particularly vividly. After all, it was nearly 30 years ago and it was supposed to be an ordinary case.

The yearslong pursuit to revive the second-largest National Park Service-owned square in downtown Washington with a host of amenities and programmed open spaces is nearing an important milestone.

Ward 3 community activist Monika Nemeth, who became the first out transgender person to win election to a seat on the city’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission in the city’s Nov. 6 election, won…

NoMa is preparing to break ground on the new Tanner Park in January, potentially bringing the first large green space to the near northeast neighborhood by next fall.

When Ward 4 resident Andrew Hunt received a campaign email from Rhonda Henderson last week, he wondered: How did the candidate for the Ward 4 seat on the D.C. State Board of Education get his email…

Federal and District officials have an updated plan to expand Amtrak and commuter rail service across the Potomac River that also benefits cyclists and pedestrians, as part of the Long Bridge…

A liberal political action committee on Tuesday placed an unofficial “Khashoggi Way” street sign outside the Saudi Embassy in Northwest to protest the presumed involvement of Saudi Crown Prince…

While the D.C. Council will not take up legislation next session to ceremonially name the block of the Saudi Arabian embassy for murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, some D.C. citizens have taken the…

The District hasn’t conducted a comprehensive study of Connecticut Avenue in 15 years. In about 15 months, we could have a new perspective of vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian safety on the Avenue, the…

Riders who don’t pay their Metro fare would no longer be charged with a criminal offense if the D.C. Council passes the Fare Decriminalization Act during today’s council meeting.

On a rainy fall afternoon, community outreach specialist Assata Tafari and her teammates huddle at the corner of North Capitol and P Streets. The area, she explained, is a known hot spot for use of…

WeWork has moved from growing its leased footprint in the D.C. region to becoming an investor in the buildings it occupies.

Twelve-year-old Talayia Richardson wore a lovely flowered sun dress that complimented her milk chocolate-colored skin; her long black hair was perfectly coifed; the sun seemed to burst across her…

Proponents of decriminalization analyzed more than 30,000 citations given over a 25 month period and insist enforcement highlights a racial disparity

On the eve of a D.C. Council vote to decriminalize fare cheating on Metrobus and Metrorail, the News4 I-Team found fare evasion remains rampant on the transit system.