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The department lost its accreditation in May and recently came under fire for alleged policies in its crime lab’s quality-control system.

The National Park Service on Friday cleared a homeless encampment located on a small parcel of federal land at 3rd Street and Massachusetts Avenue NE, drawing criticisms from homeless advocates who…

The upcoming political season in the District could well become a seminal one. The old narrative, adopted nearly five decades ago with the advent of home rule — that this town is politically under…

Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners is pursuing a big new mixed-use project across the street from The Wharf — and it’s willing to embrace a strategy that’s spooked many other developers to make it…

D.C. has seen a significant jump in vaccination rates among emergency personnel, according to city officials.

Not all new apartment development is new construction, and a report says D.C. is the No. 2 city for apartment conversions, topped only by Philadelphia.

Could you use a good laugh after the heaviness of the past 18 months?

Legislation aimed at placing guidelines in D.C. around recent rule changes from the NCAA, which allow college student-athletes to be paid for endorsements or publicity deals, has been unveiled by six…

Excited at the possibility of having his 4- and 6-year-old kids’ return to a classroom after months of virtual classes, parent Mark Histed, of Ward 1 in D.C., decided to have the pair attend school…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced plans to spend an additional $22 million to support COVID-19 mitigation measures in city schools on Thursday, an initiative that also creates a position in each…

The LGBTQ nonprofit Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders (SMYAL) began providing free mental health counseling to young and queer trans people this week at its Eastern Market…

The hundreds of millions of dollars intended to help struggling renters in the District pay overdue bills and avert eviction amid the pandemic is running out so quickly that the city will stop…

D.C. Council member Charles Allen said he is considering rewriting the legislation that formed the District’s independent crime lab, and the D.C. Attorney General’s Office and federal prosecutors are…

The shuttered Fletcher-Johnson Middle School and Recreation Center located in the Marshall Heights neighborhood of southeast Washington remains in the early stages of its transformation to a…

In efforts to reduce food insecurity, a prevailing problem in several D.C. communities, Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Southeast recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony…

As community members rally around a father and his two daughters severely injured after being hit in a crosswalk while on their way to school, the D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT) continues…

As states continue to implement a federal child welfare reform law, local organizers have joined a national movement to compel local and state child welfare agencies to stop the removal of children…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser never reached out to the governors of Virginia and Maryland to negotiate reciprocity for automated traffic camera tickets, despite a District government report — signed by…

Metro will embark on a series of renovations to a 1970s-era bridge spanning the Potomac River and nearby tunnels next year, resulting in an “extended shutdown” of Yellow Line service between L’Enfant…

The accreditation for the firearms examination unit may take longer than others.