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D.C.’s Tidal Basin is often associated with the Jefferson Memorial and the cherry blossoms above the water, but underneath the surface are two flood gates that are finally getting funding for…

Many D.C. Council members support the short-term plan but balk at staffing the police force with 4,000 officers within a decade

A beloved WUSA9 colleague who retired in December 2020 died Sunday.

Bruce Johnson, the 44-year television anchor at WTOP’s former sister station — CBS affiliate WUSA9 — died on Sunday, according to his wife. He was 71.

Juliana Ojeda and Julie Park clasped hands across a group of young women sitting in circles on the grass at the Capitol Reflecting Pool.

The Big Board restaurant in Northeast D.C. reopened on Friday after being shut down for nearly two months and refusing to enforce the District’s mask and vaccine mandates.

Baseball season for Capitol City Little League in Chevy Chase D.C. kicked off on Saturday, and the event featured a short parade and a first pitch from Mayor Muriel Bowser.

As thousands visit and enjoy the District’s Cherry Blossom Festival, it is also marking the 110th anniversary of Japan’s gift to the United States that started the tradition.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s proposed fiscal year 2023 budget calls for keeping police officers in schools, setting up another clash with the D.C. Council, which voted last year to phase out police in…

The National Park Service is planning to close two homeless camps on park property this May, and is asking D.C. to help with housing assistance.

A former library assistant who worked at George Washington University for nearly 30 years is suing the institution and its insurer, alleging discrimination and retaliation over his leave request that…

A neighbor claims the owner of Eighteenth Street Lounge slammed a car door against her son's leg.

There are too many deer in D.C. and its surrounding suburbs, according to the National Park Service. Without natural predators, deer populations have exploded in recent decades, threatening local…

The Department of Forensic Sciences’ crime lab has been functionally closed since April 2021

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine added a slew of defendants — including the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers — to his lawsuit over the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by violent protesters…

District voters will grade some of their leaders (and their challengers) by way of the ballot box this year. An evaluation of their work will be reflected in report cards handed out on primary day,…

Under a best-case scenario, D.C.’s crime lab might not be cleared to handle DNA and seized drugs until next spring — nearly two years after a national board pulled the lab’s accreditation to perform…

Nora Vencill has noticed a peculiar dynamic develop in her ninth grade English class at Poolesville High School in Montgomery County.

Ultraconservative Republicans, eagerly anticipating taking control of the House in this November’s midterm elections, are proclaiming a desire to cut back or eliminate the limited home rule that…

For the community selected to host a new FBI headquarters, it would be the economic development win of a generation.