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D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is calling for a change in leadership at the troubled Department of Forensic Sciences.

Darrell Moore was 16 when he and a gang of young robbers barged into a Northeast Washington apartment in 1994 and terrorized a group of women and children, fatally shooting a teenage girl as she…

Ward 4 campaign sign confiscation kerfuffle comes to a dead end

Within days of the D.C. crime lab having its accreditation to perform forensic testing suspended last month amid an ongoing investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Famed actor Phylicia Rashad is returning to her alma mater as the new dean of the Howard University College of Fine Arts.

With traffic deaths happening at the fastest pace in recent years, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that she’s dedicating $10 million to add speed cameras across D.C. and make changes at dangerous…

The actress behind Clair Huxtable is returning to her alma mater, as a dean.

United Medical Center, the District-owned Ward 8 hospital that has limped by for years with city support, could soon see cuts under a new control board — because this time, it can’t go back to…

A D.C. Council hearing kicked off Wednesday morning on an intense note. At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman said, “I am simply done with excuses. I’m done with it.”

The D.C. region’s Point in Time count conducted in January reveals a 15% decline in homelessness since last year’s count, according to a briefing for area leaders on Wednesday.

Before Ivy City got an organic grocery store and a Target and a children’s play space for families who could pay, a round-faced 12-year-old boy pleaded with the D.C. Council to turn a long-abandoned…

GWU student creates tribute video

A new housing facility, opening in June, will provide shelter to women returning from prison or struggling with addiction.

Workers who file for unemployment have repeatedly said they receive inaccurate or conflicting information from the department’s call takers.

Metro is not keeping up with preventive maintenance, lacks needed safety certifications and is not training employees on how to maintain the system’s complex equipment and machinery, the Washington…

Two landmark restaurants in D.C. will receive thousands in grant money as part of an effort to protect culturally significant, minority-owned businesses across America.

More than 13,000 D.C. unemployment claimants did not receive their expected payments this spring as the city was adjusting to a change in federal benefits, a previously unreported number that further…

More speed and red-light cameras are among the changes planned to address a spike in traffic fatalities

Legendary actor Phylicia Rashad, known for her role as Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show, is the new dean of Howard University’s College of Fine Arts.

Lawsuit charges city with exposing inmates to ‘risk of sexual violence’