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Authorities are warning firefighters assigned to a station in Southwest Washington to “take shelter” and call police if a firefighter charged with recent gun offenses returns to the firehouse near…

For law enforcement, the D.C. police officer’s fatal shooting of Deon Kay was the tragic outcome of an aggressive but crucial campaign to clear the District of illegal firearms. To others, however,…

Like many local business owners, Joe Lapan of Songbyrd Music House has adjusted his operations in recent months. While the Adams Morgan venue has been unable to host its usual indoor shows, he’s…

The drop boxes are coming.

It has become clear that D.C. needs to take a new approach to addressing gun violence. Following a surge in homicides and a damning report that D.C.’s initiative to “crack down” on gun crimes…

The newborn giant panda cub at the National Zoo in Washington is growing and doing well, according to a recent update from officials at the facility.

D.C. Board of Elections Chairman D. Michael Bennett said Thursday he is bracing for “record-shattering” turnout at the polls this fall, and counting on new options for voters in the District to vote…

Katherine Venice, a Republican and self-identified “reformer of capitalism” who is virulently anti-Trump, formally removed her name on Sept. 10 from the ballot of the Nov. 3 general election,…

In an emergency, if one cares deeply about one's community, one does not hold back from being direct. So let me say this in no uncertain terms to my fellow Washingtonians (and beyond): right now, our…

Fed up with troubling and recurring issues in Metro’s rail operations center, a board member said Thursday the system should be shut down until the problems are fixed and that the agency’s leadership…

Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, asserting it neglected to enforce a decade-old agreement aimed at cutting pollution in…

A narrow corridor of torrential downpours left a swath of the nation’s capital and its immediate suburbs flooded on Thursday, prompting numerous water rescues and leaving streets under feet of water.…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to ensure that Pennsylvania and New York are doing enough to reduce pollution that flows from farms and cities into the Chesapeake…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The George Washington University history professor who confessed to posing as a Black woman for her entire career has resigned, according to the university.

The Environmental Protection Agency isn’t doing its job, and is failing to enforce the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay, according to two lawsuits filed today. The suits allege that under President…

It could be the largest rail disruption since Metro shut down the system for a day in 2016 to inspect power cables that started fires.

Drenching downpours Thursday have much of the D.C. area under a flash flood warning, and put emergency crews in the District and Montgomery County, Maryland, to work rescuing several dozens stranded…

Take the flash flood warning seriously, folks.

After drawing criticism for problems such as long lines at polls and missing mail-in ballots during the June primary, the D.C. Board of Elections said it hopes to avoid those issues this fall.

Although it might feel like the 180th day of March, fall is around the corner and the D.C. Council is back from its summer recess. With an ongoing pandemic, daily protests against police brutality…