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“FOR WHAT? For five dollars? For 25 cents? For a bag of chips?” So asked the mother of 14-year-old Steve Slaughter , who was fatally shot in January during a bungled street mugging in Southeast…

At the start of the 115th Congress, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton formally asked the speaker of the House for the ability to vote on amendments and procedural issues.

Within the confines of a nearly century-old building perched on a hill along Georgia Avenue in Northwest, the staff at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School have prepared legions of young people from…

Complaints about noise from flights at the Washington region’s three major airports more than doubled last year, according to statistics compiled by the agencies that manage the facilities.

A District halfway house has filed a formal protest with the federal government after a company won a contract to establish a competing facility in the city, saying the company had an unrealistic plan…

In a spacious basement nursery in a Capitol Hill church, a train of 2-year-olds pushed baby dolls in strollers, chasing one another around a colorful climbing gym, as three parents roamed the room.

WASHINGTON — Instead of braving the crowds at the department stores this weekend, how about sipping hot chocolate, listening to live music and browsing dozens of unique shops? You can because the…

A key challenge facing the District is how to manage growth — more people and new development — in a way that benefits everyone rather than causing displacement and homelessness and widening D.C.’s…

Why doesn’t Washington Gas want us to know about potential dangers to our safety that may be buried under our streets?

The daring escape of a woman who was enslaved in D.C. is now being commemorated with a wayside marker in an Adams Morgan park.

WASHINGTON — Every year, mushrooms, acorns, cacao pods and other plant materials are transformed into a dazzling display at the U.S. Botanic Garden on Capitol Hill.

The sign on the window of a BP gas station in Southeast Washington advertises a pack of Newports for $10.75.

WASHINGTON — Shoppers have their pick of big box stores to head to on Black Friday and prominent online retailers to check out on Cyber Monday. But nestled between two of the biggest shopping…

As the number of Anacostans dwindled, they merged with larger tribes in the region.

Staff and volunteers with Food & Friends prepared 8,520 pounds of turkey, 1,065 pounds of roasted potatoes, 1,065 pounds of cornbread stuffing, 94 gallons of gravy and 5,680 dinner rolls. Oh and…

Years ago, when Thomas LeBlanc was a professor, he had students with whom he was close. And he knew they couldn’t go home for Thanksgiving. So LeBlanc invited them to his home.

But the transit agency opposes the move and critics say it is unclear how civil fines would be enforced

As if she didn’t have enough on her plate with campaign finance reform, Airbnb restrictions and the search for a new public school chancellor, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser decided late Tuesday to post her…

Accusations of “pay-to-play” lawmaking are practically ever present in the District’s political air. In recent years, allegations that wealthy donors influenced government decisions have engulfed the…

A week ago, Stephanie Hill, Eric McCray and their three kids were living in a single room at the Days Inn on New York Avenue.