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A D.C. man was arrested and charged with stealing more than $2 million by inventing fake emotional support animal companies and using pandemic relief loans to buy a rowhouse and a yacht, the U.S.…

Some parents may need guidance in preparing for how best to help their kids with distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. With that in mind, D.C. Public Schools launched “Parent University.”

After months of speculation, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced that California Sen. Kamala Harris is his vice-presidential pick on Tuesday.

A District man has been charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $2.1 million in federal coronavirus relief loans and stealing more than $427,000 from the Catholic Church, using the money to buy…

Over the past two months, as the region has continued its phased reopening plans, public health experts have reemphasized the need for contact tracing as a tool to limit the spread of the…

Responding to a spate of reported 911 dispatching issues, a Washington, D.C., auditor might conduct a long-awaited probe of the Office of Unified Communications next year. Alleged OUC incidents --…

A little over a year and a half since its founding, the Wharf-based startup is ending its for-profit work on Aug. 15. Here's what happened and what's next for its driver safety crowdsourcing app.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Housing Finance Agency announced the relaunch of the city’s mortgage assistance program, D.C. MAP, on Tuesday. Borrowers who qualify can receive up to $5,000 per…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans, a national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to…

Through his work as executive director of Serve Your City, a D.C.-based nonprofit focused on local at-risk youth, Maurice Cook has seen students face huge educational barriers both before and after…

Anyone who has spent more than a passing moment inside a local bookstore knows each one carries a distinct personality.

Fabian Tinsley's family learned of his death by reading about it online, 110 days after he had passed away while serving a 23-year prison sentence.

A recently passed police reform bill in D.C. has already sparked a lawsuit by a police union in the District. Now, an official with the Fraternal Order of Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, said…

At least 570 people have been shot in the District this year, a spike of 45 percent over the same period last year that is driving up homicides and frustrating residents and leaders alike.

The D.C. police union filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to stop the District’s decision to make public the names of officers who use deadly or serious force and their body camera footage within five…

Doughnuts are returning to DCUSA.

When Chioma Iwuoha, a Ward 7 community organizer and leader, saw a large gathering amassing on her block in the Greenway neighborhood on Saturday, she knew how she could help.

After last month’s spikes in coronavirus cases numbers around the region, some metrics are ticking downward.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in the District of Columbia are calling for community input to catch the perpetrators of a mass shooting at a crowded block party over the weekend that left one person dead…

In normal times, it’s a place you can watch basketball, hockey, monster trucks, Disney on Ice, Celine Dion, or Tool. But now the Capital One Arena will have a new purpose: polling place.