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The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission is investigating whether the transit agency is following safety and training protocols

Washington could become a more dangerous city if the D.C. Council votes Tuesday, as currently planned, to override Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s veto of a bill that decreases punishments for violent…

13-year-old Karon Blake was shot by a man who said he saw the youth breaking into vehicles, police said

Police chief, deputy mayor for public safety say programs are available to reduce danger for city juveniles

Chelsea Van Thof started calling on D.C. officials to add a barrier to the Taft Bridge after her partner’s suicide. Days ago, she saw police cars there again.

Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd tried cleaning, pleading and suing, but she said the attack on her home of 30 years was unrelenting. Sometimes she felt as though she couldn’t breathe, couldn’t sleep,…

D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto has requested police body-worn camera footage captured when officers responded to the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Karon Blake on Jan. 7.

D.C. police chief warns efforts to out identity of shooter are reckless and dangerous

When Angel Gregorio closed on the property at 2201 Channing St. in Northeast D.C., it was the home of a tow truck company and little was happening in the industrial neighborhood. It was “ugly and…

Calling for a “cease-fire,” D.C. council member for Ward 4, Janeese Lewis George, issued a passionate plea to the community Friday, begging people to put an end to the gun violence that has flared up…

Metro announced Friday that Metrorail operators will follow new training procedures after discovering problems with recent training classes.

As cities across the country discuss potential bans on gas, D.C. persists.

When Angel Gregorio opened a new location for her specialty spice shop called the Spice Suite, she invited several other Black women business owners to join her. She thought big.

Councilmember Brooke Pinto and six of her council colleagues want to encourage D.C. residents to adopt greener and safer transportation options. A new bill being submitted this month would create…

One evening during the 2020 protests that followed the death of George Floyd, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) was getting out of her car and preparing to enter her home when she got a call from…

D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III stood behind crime-scene tape draped across four lanes of Georgia Avenue, the evening rush hour brought to an abrupt halt by a hail of gunfire that killed one…

The transit agency is considering its first fare increase in five years, which would hit those traveling long distances the hardest

A pair of congressional Republicans say they will push to overturn a bill passed last year by the D.C. Council that would allow non-citizens — including undocumented immigrants — to vote in local…

Last week’s killing of 13-year-old Karon Blake by a Brookland resident who was reportedly responding to a noise of a car being broken into has prompted anger, anguish, and one still-unsettled…

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo will stick with its policy requiring online passes to enter the facility “indefinitely,” despite pushback from D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, according to a zoo…