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Yesterday, the DC Council voted to amend an obscure act of Congress that has bearing on one of the city's largest redevelopment projects.

The D.C. Council members on Tuesday introduced legislation that would require landlords to provide air conditioning to elderly tenants and would strengthen the city’s ethics laws.

It was a nail-biter of a vote. But in the end, a frantic attempt to keep the doors open at Washington Metropolitan Opportunity Academy failed to get the ­supermajority of D.C. Council support needed.…

The Office of D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine says dozens of recent car thefts in the District could be linked to Getaround, an app that allows users to rent their personal cars to others.

The Four Seasons Hotel in Washington D.C. cracked the top 10 list of best hotels in the U.S. from U.S. News and World Report for 2020, while the D.C.'s Trump International Hotel, a luxury property…

A proposed bill that could require restaurants, bars, and nightclubs, including gay bars, to install diaper changing tables in women’s and men’s bathrooms, was the subject of a D.C. Council hearing…

On the day of the ribbon cutting for the new St. Jerome Library at St. Thomas More Catholic Academy in Washington, D.C., the banner outside the door showed an open book, with a rocket ship flying, a…

The District’s efforts to buy and shut down a trash transfer station in Brentwood are getting more expensive — and dragging on a bit longer.

The D.C. Council is taking some tentative new steps toward regulating electronic gaming machines with cash payouts, as one company works to install the devices in the District even as they face…

At the Shipley Super Market in Southeast Washington, Crystal Dozier walked past a rack of potato chips and pork rinds. There were shelves of candy bars and cookies, but she ignored those, too. Long…

An employee at a D.C. Burger King says she has filed a complaint with the D.C. Office of Human Rights for alleged discrimination at her workplace.

After operating for four years, DIY maker’s space the Lemon Collective is closing its Petworth location on February 29.

It’s getting harder to be considered wealthy in the District of Columbia. In 2019, the percentage of D.C. residents reporting at least $100,001 in personal income hit an all-time high.

A new study out of University of California Berkeley found that a majority of self-identifying Native Americans take offense to the Washington NFL team’s name, contradicting previous research.

Taco Bell will open its second Washington-area Cantina location in the District.

After a car hit and killed a woman crossing a particularly dangerous stretch of Suitland Parkway last week, local residents are raising questions about the neighborhood’s ongoing traffic safety…

While office-to-residential conversions may not be feasible for city subsidies, another one is entering the pipeline in DC.

Dupont Underground isn't going quietly into the night. Even as its lease with the District winds down and it may not have secured a new one for the subterranean space it turned into an arts venue in…

As all eyes were on Iowa last night — and while the complete results have been delayed due to “quality checks,” per the state’s Democratic Party — observers in D.C. saw a definitive showing for…

The students were bubbling with energy when they gathered at Ronald Reagan National Airport on their way to Des Moines, Iowa.