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July 26 marked the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and through the decades, the Smithsonian museums have made some major changes to create a more inclusive space.

Valerie Kindt wants to return to work full time. Kindt, the mother of a rising third-grade son, scaled back her hours to part time at an international nonprofit organization in April so she could…

In mid-March, as the pandemic was just beginning, Red Hook Lobster Pound owner Doug Povich spent $1,000 to service one of his food trucks.

WASHINGTON — Crowds of people gathered at Columbia Heights Civic Plaza on Saturday to continue to call on D.C. leaders to cancel rent during the pandemic. D.C. Tenants Union organized the gathering,…

A woman has died after she was struck by a police car in Southeast D.C. according to police.

A police officer responding to a call for assistance struck and killed a female pedestrian in Southeast on Friday night, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

In early June, an anonymous group began spreading online flyers for a March on Washington 2020, slated for Aug. 28, to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech and…

A former employee in Howard University’s finance office pled guilty to defrauding the college of more than $100,000 in financial aid.

Sitting in her car, Ivonne Peterson pressed her foot on the gas pedal to the sound of cheers and the sight of Jimmy Moreland, a cornerback with her beloved Washington Football Team, holding a box of…

To see museums in the same way as Beth Ziebarth requires stepping out of what you know.

More than three miles of travel or parking lanes in the District will be turned into bus-only lanes this summer — including the first such transit lane east of the Anacostia River — in what is the…

In an unusual Thursday session, the D.C. Council voted to eliminate the proposed advertising tax it endorsed two weeks ago after several individuals and news organizations voiced their opposition.

The D.C. Council on Thursday voted 11 to 2 to remove from the city’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget a proposed 3 percent sales tax on advertising that a coalition of community newspapers, including the…

Twenty residents have picked up petitions to qualify for the D.C. Council’s citywide independent position in the General Election as of July 17 and with the exception of three male candidates, Ed…

A former Ward 8 landlord will pay a total of $3.5 million to tenants and the District to settle a lawsuit over unsafe housing conditions and inadequate security, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine…

An interview with one of DC's 300 investigators.

After months of back and forth with the mayor, controversial additions and more contentious cuts, the D.C. Council approved a $8.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2021 Thursday night.

A former top director of Howard University’s bursar’s office pleaded guilty Friday to stealing nearly $140,000 from the university.

Netflix announced on Friday it will release a documentary series featuring a close-knit group of Deaf students coming-of-age at Gallaudet University. “Deaf U” will have eight episodes that are about…

The Smithsonian National Zoo reopened its gates to the public Friday for the first time since closing at the start of the pandemic.