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The first mention of turning Franklin Square into a parking lot appeared in the Washington Herald of Oct. 12, 1921. “Nowhere to Park; Plan City Garage” was the headline.

Lindsey Brittain Collins discovered Nannie in the same way most people do: unintentionally.

People gathered at Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C. demanding policing reform following the deaths of Daunte Wright in Minneapolis Police custody and the recent fatal shooting of two men in Takoma…

About 175 people rallied at Black Lives Matter Plaza in downtown Washington Friday night to protest recent police killings of Black people across the country before marching north and having minor…

It was an emotional outpouring of support Thursday night as a large crowd gathered to pay tribute to Jim Pagels, a D.C. bicyclist who was killed in a crash last week.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C., will open to the public Saturday, and its launch was marked by a ceremony and flag-raising in honor of the 4.7 million veterans who…

The rhetoric around the Smithsonian’s renovation of the Hirshhorn Museum’s sculpture garden is officially heated.

Public transit demand during the pandemic has shifted to neighborhoods with high numbers of Black, Hispanic and lower-income workers, flattening peak travel periods and forcing transit agencies to…

Underneath the surface of the road at Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C. are electrical systems that need to be improved and upgraded, which means the plaza and the street-wide high letters are going…

Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging business no longer lists a proposed high-speed D.C.-to-Baltimore transit system on its website and a Federal Highway Administration spokesman said the company has given the…

A bill to make D.C. the nation’s 51st state will get a vote in the full House on Thursday, Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said, fulfilling promises by House leadership to prioritize the…

The long-awaited World War I Memorial was dedicated Friday morning, honoring the nation’s “Doughboys.”

More than 10 years ago, a New York gubernatorial candidate became an Internet sensation with a campaign that declared the rent was “Too Damn High.” In the D.C. region, we can relate to rents that are…

Fighter jets buzzed downtown Washington late Friday morning as part of a ceremony to honor a new World War I memorial, causing alarm among some residents.

You may have looked up at the sky a few minutes ago and thought: Okay, that one wasn’t a helicopter.

The long-running effort to redevelop D.C.’s Fort Dupont Ice Arena is advancing with a smaller, more affordable project than was approved several years back.

There is cautious optimism floating through the airline industry. Most officials for the major carriers who speak to Jerome Davis, executive vice president and chief revenue officer of the…

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed countless faults and cracks within American society. As the debate on reopening schools continues, one of these cracks is how to educate children, particularly…

Friday marks D.C.’s 159th Emancipation Day, a day which is taught as being the first step toward freeing enslaved Black people in the U.S. But the history and legacy surrounding Emancipation Day is…