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The weather was clear, the humidity was low, and there was a sufficient breeze from the south to clear the smoke. It was perfect weather to photograph the D.C. fireworks show Monday evening.

Washington D.C. celebrated Independence Day on Monday with some hallmarks of the nation’s capital: parades, festivals and protests.

D.C. teachers will have new professional development opportunities — and DC Health will receive additional funding to advance its youth and student sexual health efforts — as part of a three-year…

Complete with police on motorcycles, vintage fire trucks, and politicians tossing candy and treats for children, the 56th annual Fourth of July parade in D.C.’s Palisades neighborhood kicked off a…

Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie has filed paperwork to enter another local D.C. election: this time, an At-Large D.C. Council seat. The news, first reported by longtime D.C. journalist and…

A couple and their three children, ages 4, 6 and 11, have been living out of a van

On July 15, 1922, thousands of men and women (but mostly men) crowded around an ancient oak on a miraculously undeveloped parcel of land at Connecticut and Florida avenues NW. They were Freemasons…

Transit department officials say they hope the cameras will bring transparency and build public trust, but questions remain on how they will be used

Nearly two months after he suspended his campaign for D.C. attorney general, council member Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) is switching his Democratic Party affiliation to run as an independent…

The landlords of the Whittle School & Studios’ D.C. campus are suing CBRE Group Inc., alleging the real estate company knew of the private school's financial struggles and brokered the sublease…

Questions raised in this column on the eve of the June 21 D.C. Democratic primary — “Is Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) in trouble?” and “Is D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) a political…

Howard University could get another substantial infusion of federal funding to build a new hospital.

More than two years after launching the COVID-19 contact trace force to help identify people potentially exposed to the coronavirus and slow the spread of disease, the District says it’s winding down…

The National Park Service is embarking on a major project to rebuild the crumbling, sinking seawalls and sidewalks that surround the Tidal Basin, aiming to make the basin resilient to a rising…

D.C. is taking a new approach to July Fourth holiday safety this year, focusing as much on violence prevention as on fireworks safety.

The initiatives, announced Thursday, come at a time when violence is rising in the city

Should the head of D.C.’s forensic lab be a scientist? And should he or she report directly to the D.C. Council rather than the mayor?

She claims the chairman is stalling some of her committee’s legislation in order to punish her.

The plaintiffs say a recent Supreme Court ruling opens the door for guns on buses and trains.