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With so many delivery drivers on the roads this pandemic year, hopping out of running vehicles to drop off food and packages, police have noted an increase in “jump-in” thefts. It takes just seconds;…

A new report is again calling on D.C. to work toward decriminalizing sex work, saying the laws aren’t effective, and target vulnerable, low-income residents who face discrimination and are simply…

In a letter to the incoming Biden administration, the region’s leaders are asking the federal government to provide operational funding to Metro.

Metrobus riders will once again be asked to pay the $2 fare and board through the front doors starting January 3, 2021.

One of the D.C. area’s oldest strip mall-style shopping centers — one that dates back to the 1930s, in fact — has been sold for only the second time in its history.

The Washington region’s top leaders are calling on President-elect Joe Biden to nudge the federal government toward kicking in annual funding for Metro’s operating expenses.

The Ward 3 Councilmember left her car running while visiting a bakery, and a thief drove away in her vehicle.

Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh’s car was stolen on Thursday while she stopped into a local bakery, according to the councilmember and the Metropolitan Police Department.

"I’m still able to eat anything I want."

The restaurateur did not support Initiative 77, the ballot measure that would have done the same in D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC — Chief John Donnelly of D.C. Fire and EMS and Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, director of D.C. Department of Health, joined other front-line public health officials Thursday in receiving the…

The longtime effort to bring Deanwood’s historic Strand Theater back to life is facing yet more delays as the project’s developers face additional hurdles in assembling financing.

A 9-YEAR-OLD girl was shot Monday afternoon in Southeast D.C. Police believe the girl, who fortunately did not suffer life-threatening injuries, was the victim of a stray bullet. Four days earlier in…

Students from low-income D.C. families are falling further behind their more affluent classmates during the prolonged school closures, according to a study released Thursday examining fall assessment…

Angela Merkel won’t ever be president of the United States. She’s German, after all. Neither will Dwight Eisenhower or Abraham Lincoln serve again (newsflash: they’re dead). Nor will the Dalai Lama,…

About 100 vehicles bearing memorial posters honoring gun-violence victims are set to conduct motorcades through D.C. later this month. On both Christmas and New Year’s Eve, participants will head to…

Facing a lawsuit from the Archdiocese of Washington over rules prohibiting large gatherings — including Christmas services — during the coronavirus pandemic, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser issued a…

Fewer elementary and middle school students in the District are on track to pass standardized exams in math this academic year and literacy has dropped significantly among the city’s youngest…

Jason Blackson drove across the nation’s capital on a recent Sunday to solve a puzzle.

Searching for clues about where coronavirus hot spots are in the nation’s capital is a dirty job.