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Craig Lustig used to be a planner. When he and his husband Pete Carter learned that foster homes welcoming to gay teens were needed, they thought opening their home for short stays would be a good…

The hallways at the D.C. Superior Court were packed with children and lined with balloons Saturday morning as families welcomed their newest additions during the 33rd annual D.C. Adoption Day…

More than a month after an inmate in the District’s Cell Block died after being found unresponsive and slumped over a bed alone in his cell, the inmate’s mother and local civil rights groups are…

A bill that would decriminalize the selling and buying of sex in the nation’s capital will not move forward this year, lawmakers said, after an emotional hearing and thousands of emails revealed deep…

District leaders are hoping a new health care center will give residents in Southeast D.C. more access to needed services.

After two gunmen fired into a group of people in Columbia Heights, killing one man and injuring five others, longtime D.C. homicide detective Jed Worrell spent more than 15 hours canvassing the…

Residents are concerned about safety as DC's Department of Transportation works through a backlog of city sign work orders.

As part of a 12-week pilot with the District Department of Transportation, the San Francisco-based company collected data at nine D.C. curbsides to help formulate policies.

To bring people into clinics, Washington, D.C. spreads the hopeful message that treatments and prevention work

The sign on Mamie Preston's 13th Street Northwest row house greeted us before we even before we even met her. But it still didn't prepare us for what we found inside.

For more than three decades, D.C. has hosted an Adoption Day and at this year’s annual celebration, dozens of families who have already created forever homes in spirit will add legal fusion to their…

When students returned to the District’s Capital City Public Charter School in September, they encountered old friends, new teachers and a one-of-a-kind classroom. Rather than walls and books, it…

Teachers and staff members at Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School are nearing a historic moment: They’re a vote away from settling with their bosses on a union contract, the first time that…

A coalition of Washington arts leaders are urging city officials to preserve Dupont Underground, fearing that the popular arts space will be turned over to developers or another group after the…

THE LATEST scores on standardized tests show the District’s traditional schools outperforming the gains made by the city’s public charter schools. You might think that would rankle the executive…

The region’s top prosecutors are announcing a local rollout of a national crime initiative aimed at curbing illegal guns, called Project Guardian DMV.

The death of a homeless man whose body was found this week at Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington may be linked to the recent cold snap and temperatures that have dropped below freezing on some…

This week, I received an email announcing that Vivek H. Murthy has endorsed Kishan Putta for the D.C. Council. Thus, a trifecta: I don’t know: 1) who Murthy is, 2) who Putta is or 3) which council…

Law enforcement agencies in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, are partnering under a new initiative from the U.S. Justice Department that seeks to better enforce existing gun laws, state officials…

President Trump’s Washington hotel has fallen well behind competing properties despite continuing to charge among the highest rates in the city, according to financial information provided to…