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Earlier this year, Providence Hospital announced it would shut down its acute-care services by December 14. Now the hospital’s emergency room will remain open through April 2019, according to the…

Northeast Washington residents criticized plans for a halfway house this week as prosecutors cracked down on escapes from an existing halfway house that the new facility would replace.

THE DISTRICT’S Office of the State Superintendent of Education announced in May that it had uncovered widespread residency fraud at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. The explosive claim that…

A groom encountered a surprising snag when trying to get a marriage license in D.C. last week: A clerk told him his New Mexico identification wasn't acceptable because it was from outside the United…

Few dispute that D.C. needs a new hospital east of the Anacostia River. But the deal to build that hospital and have George Washington University Hospital run it has attracted critics - including…

What does it cost to advertise a city’s virtue? We’ll find out next week when the D.C. Council could set the bidding at $25 million or more with a well-intentioned but misguided plan to decriminalize…

A woman gave birth to her baby girl in a car Thursday evening shortly before 7 p.m., when she and a male companion were driving to the hospital in the middle of downtown rush hour.

WASHINGTON — An effort to rename a portion of the street outside the Saudi Embassy “Jamal Khashoggi Way” has been put on hold after D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson decided not to consider the…

D.C. could welcome as many as a dozen operators of electric scooters and dockless bikes next year, up from six who are currently participating in a pilot program that runs until the end of 2018. That…

George Washington University said this week that the university opposes a contentious proposal to build a new 270-bed tower at its affiliated Foggy Bottom hospital, potentially jeopardizing a deal …

On Nov. 27, District of Columbia leaders broke ground on the Residences at St. Elizabeths East, providing high-quality affordable housing units to the Congress Heights neighborhood in Ward 8.

City lawmakers in the District of Columbia on Tuesday voted to advance a bill that would set a 100% renewable energy mandate by 2032 and require that all public transportation and privately owned…

Despite the unanimous support of the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission and Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, the resolution to call the D.C. block where the Saudi embassy resides “Jamal Khashoggi…

Though it’s now technically possible to argue that purchasing your year-end gifts on Amazon amounts to buying local, ’tis the season to expand your horizons. Through the end of the year, Washington’s…

WASHINGTON — In addition to the ongoing Yellow Line shutdown, a major Green Line shutdown will disrupt Metro service this weekend.

There are close to 200 embassies and diplomatic missions in the District, though most Washingtonians don’t think about them unless they’re driving down Embassy Row or trying to park near a “diplomatic…

Almost a year ago, the District Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) published preliminary rules on enacting the District Opportunity to Purchase Act (DOPA). Now, weeks after the…

WASHINGTON — In a crucial step toward expanding train service for D.C.-area commuters and longer-distance travelers avoiding Interstate 95 traffic, the District Department of Transportation has chosen…

Sports betting is one step closer to becoming a reality in D.C.