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A D.C. Jewish landmark was a target of anti-Semitic graffiti on Friday, an act of vandalism that the organization’s rabbis said fit into a painful nationwide pattern of rising anti-Jewish crime.

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo has increased security after teens set off fireworks that frightened patrons and a nearby shooting left two teens hospitalized at the start of the annual ZooLights…

Firecrackers thrown at an annual winter festival at the National Zoo, followed by the shootings of two teens on the street outside, have renewed concerns about safety at the Woodley Park attraction. …

A majority of the D.C. Council wants to censure member Jack Evans and strip him of his committee assignments after an investigation found repeated ethics violations, Chairman Phil Mendelson said.

D.C. Council member Jack Evans is a member of the Sierra Club. The embattled politician has also been endorsed by the organization in past elections. That has changed.

The plan for short-term furnished apartments may be taking a turn at Ampeer Residences.

When her daughter enrolled in preschool at Harriet Tubman Elementary in Columbia Heights last year, Taylor Jantz-Sell decided to sign up as a volunteer and chaperone for school activities and field…

"The school was kept out of the loop, clearly. Parents were kept out of the loop. The decision making was at a high level and it didn't involve the community most affected."

D.C. inspectors are checking curbside recycling bins, warning residents who aren't recycling right.

Security enhancements are pending at and around the ZooLights festival at The National Zoo in D.C., after scares on zoo grounds and nearby Saturday night.

The National Zoo beefed up security after two young people were found shot outside its grounds in a weekend incident that disrupted an annual winter festival, officials said Sunday.

The D.C. public school system is scaling back admissions requirements for the city’s selective public high schools, an effort to open elite classrooms to students who live in every corner of the…

Family and friends protested gun violence Saturday night, demanding justice for the 10-year-old girl who was shot and killed last July coming home from ice cream.

CLARENCE VENABLE, a 40-year-old with young children, was shot to death Nov. 22 in Southeast Washington, becoming the city’s 152nd homicide this year. His murder got more attention than is usual in a…

On a day that’s dedicated to giving a holiday boost to small businesses, a D.C. and independently-owned and operated bike shop announced its closing.

As the story goes, Jack Bubis was still in his mother’s womb when she stepped into a bingo hall in Montreal, saw the jackpot and had a feeling it would be hers. She had arrived late, but instead of…

The design concept for a memorial in D.C. honoring those who served and died during operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield has been approved, putting its completion on track for 2021.

D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) on Friday challenged an attempt to recall him from office, alleging activists submitted invalid signatures on petitions to force an election.

The moment she picked up the phone, she knew something was wrong.

D.C. Council Member Jack Evans has filed a challenge to the effort to recall him, saying that more than one-third of the signatures on the petition are inaccurate or forged.