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After canceling last year, the DC Funk Parade Festival is back this weekend.

Prosecutors say they are prepared to reexamine hundreds of open cases and convictions, if necessary, following a series of probes into the District’s crime lab, including an ongoing criminal…

Hackers retrieved human resources files with personal information in the breach of D.C. police’s computer network, for which a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate is claiming responsibility and…

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine’s office has announced it will not prosecute a majority of people who violated Mayor Muriel Bowser’s temporary curfew during Black Lives Matter protests last June.

In June 2020, when protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody filled the streets of D.C., more than 200 people were arrested for violating Mayor Muriel Bowser’s curfew.

Hackers who apparently infiltrated the D.C. police department’s computer network briefly posted personnel files of at least five current and former officers, a gambit one security expert says was to…

Curated by Georgetown professor Ori Z. Soltes, the exhibition reflects on culture, spirituality, and heritage.

The number of people experiencing homelessness in D.C. is seeing significant decline, and officials say this indicates that programs to help people are working.

Baltimore chef Spike Gjerde has scrapped plans to launch a food hall inside RiverPoint, the mixed-use project developed on the site of the former U.S. Coast Guard headquarters at Buzzard Point in…

Washington, D.C.’s wealthiest residents pay a lower share of their earnings in D.C. taxes than its middle-income residents, a recent report published by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute found.

The number of chronically homeless people in the District increased by more than 20 percent last year, even as the total number of homeless residents fell by about the same amount, city leaders said…

Foreign hackers who claim to have stolen 250 gigabytes of internal D.C. police data and files have pulled back on threats to release the information if a ransom isn’t paid, but city officials have…

DC Health officials have relaxed guidelines on wearing face masks outdoors for people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, matching recommendations released yesterday from the Centers…

After federal authorities found the J&J vaccine is safe for the vast majority of people, D.C. resumes using the one-shot vaccine.

A year-round outdoor crab shack and bar is coming to D.C.’s U Street corridor later this year.

Republicans have contended in recent hearings that D.C. statehood is a “power grab” intended to ensure the election for life of two Democratic senators. They have ample precedent for that claim if…

The office of D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) said Thursday that it will offer to seal the arrest records of more than 200 people detained for violating curfew orders during protests in…

It has been a while since outdoor swimming pools were open to the public in the nation’s capital, but that is about to change come next month.

Tyrone Stuckey remembers fighting over the future of the Alexander Crummell School two decades ago, when he was still a kid. These days, his 15-year-old daughter, Mya, has joined the fray.

The pandemic has added more stress for pregnant and new moms who need support with housing, health care, and other services. Housing instability creates challenges for the child and mother, according…