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The graduation ceremony for Ballou High School on Wednesday was suffused with reminders of the pandemic. Speakers praised the students’ perseverance through a senior year conducted entirely online.…

Eight years ago, the 111 houses at The Hampshires development in the DC neighborhood Lamond Riggs started delivering. Developer Comstock Homes had approval for more housing, however, and now another…

EastBanc and Mitsui Fudosan America’s soon-to-be-completed D.C. residential building The Silva is now pre-leasing.

Annapolis, Maryland-based Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls holds a grand opening for its new Georgetown location July 1, and someone will win free lobster rolls for a year.

The D.C. Council is considering banning the sale of all flavored tobacco — without any public review or testimony. This lack of transparency is bad enough, but when you look at what this bill would…

The redevelopment of Grimke Elementary School on U Street NW is nearing a big milestone nearly a decade in the making.

The Library of Congress will reopen the doors of the Thomas Jefferson Building to the public with timed entry passes beginning on July 15, the library announced Thursday.

D.C. leaders say they are thankful that the collapse of a pedestrian bridge over DC-295 was not deadly, and now they want to know what plans are being made to offer pedestrians a safe way to cross…

Projects large and small east of DC's H Street Corridor are in various stages of coming to fruition. Some have stalled (like the Valvaere) or they path forward remains unclear (like the redevelopment…

FOR ONLY the second time in the nation’s history, the Senate this week held a hearing on whether to grant statehood to the District of Columbia. Not much new was said, and it is unlikely the…

During a public event to promote city tourism on Wednesday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was confronted by the mother of a man killed during a police chase last year.

A day after a pedestrian bridge collapsed in Northeast D.C., residents say that an underserved, predominantly Black community in the city now faces yet more barriers to crucial amenities.

The police report of the truck crash that brought down a pedestrian bridge over D.C. 295 Wednesday morning details some very near misses that easily could have caused serious injuries or worse, with…

The incident injured five people, snarled traffic and closed the highway for more than 12 hours

Preston Mitchum among those calling for boycott of U Street bar

A group of men and women experiencing homelessness in the nation’s capital have produced a new podcast series called “Look At This.” Each episode features the voice of an unhoused D.C. resident…

After a pedestrian bridge over D.C. 295 collapsed on Wednesday when a truck ran into it, D.C. officials want people to know that the city already has plans in motion to repair other bridges in poor…

COVID-19 vaccination rates among teenagers vary across D.C.’s eight wards, a disparity that has some officials concerned about this fall’s return to schools and the possibility of outbreaks, as the…

The building directly above the U Street Metro station is moving closer to a major transformation, as its owners prepare to redevelop it into residential.

The transition comes amid a rapidly changing political and technological landscape.