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The U.S. Education Department designated five private and public D.C. schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools — an honor given to campuses across the country annually.

A coalition of housing advocates launched a campaign Wednesday urging District leaders to adopt more aggressive rent-control measures as lawmakers consider extending the city’s existing law.

In the latest turn of events for a Dupont mansion with a reputation for wild ragers, law enforcement officials contend that the Q Street property has been operating as a marijuana pop up for at least…

And DCPS nearly meets its self-imposed deadline that every teacher is screened after an outcry over the summer.

It’s a wrap for the Newseum, at least at its current location near the U.S. Capitol: Visitors have until December 31, 2019 to pay a visit.

Liz Price, former president of the NoMa Business Improvement District, will succeed Lisa Rother as executive director of the Urban Land Institute's Washington chapter, ULI announced Wednesday.

Little Havana is calling it quits—for real this time. The Cuban restaurant in Columbia Heights announced Wednesday that it will close on Saturday, just 13 months after opening and five months after a…

Just as development has slowed (somewhat) along the H Street corridor, things are also moving slowly just east of the Starburst intersection, where appeals and uncertainty around the Comprehensive…

The Newseum near the National Mall is closing its doors at the end of the year, the museum announced Tuesday.

Roughly three miles of Georgia Avenue NW will close to traffic

More office buildings sold in the final two weeks of September than the first six months of 2019, a deal surge spurred by a commercial real estate tax increase that went into effect Tuesday.

A teaching assistant who was arrested for sexually abusing an 8-year-old student had a history of misconduct allegations yet managed to keep his job for years, according to a News4 I-Team…

Georgetown University is following through with its plans to establish student housing near its growing collection of academic facilities near Union Station.

The District’s red-light camera program has garnered millions of dollars in wrongly issued fines that the city is not obligated to refund, according to a study by the car owners club AAA…

A prominent Eastern Market building with a place in the history of women in business, is for sale.

D.C. police have increased patrols amid an uptick in shootings across the city, and Mayor Muriel Bowser has granted overtime to 115 officers with the aim to reduce violent crime.

The city’s transportation department is taking over from police, effective Tuesday

A wave of purple flooded streets in downtown Washington on Tuesday as unionized janitors and building workers sang, shouted and rattled homemade maracas while they pressed through idling cars and…

In 15 days, a labor contract covering more than 11,000 janitors in the D.C. region expires. That’s why dozens of cleaners took to the streets on Tuesday evening to protest during rush-hour traffic.

D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham has authorized paying overtime to patrol officers in three areas of the city hard-hit by shootings that have pushed the District’s homicide count upward as the year…