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Hassan Nezhadessivandi, 65, emigrated from Iran to the United States four decades ago in search of asylum. Dan Vock, 41, is a husband and father of two with a mortgage. Casey Quinlan is celebrating…

Since humans began burning fossil fuels, the Earth’s temperature has gone up about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit. In the years since the city of Alexandria, Virginia, was founded in 1749, sea level on the…

With a bag of condoms and a stack of business cards, Tamika Spellman began a route she knew by heart, peering out the window of her Lincoln sedan at dark sidewalks where she once stood.

Dozens of veterans rallied with city leaders in support of D.C. statehood Monday, as officials prepare to testify this week in support of House Resolution 51, which would make the District the…

One of the most joyous and rare events for a Jewish community is the arrival of a new Torah, Judaism’s holiest text. After the monumental task of handwriting the scroll is complete, a congregation…

An ethics probe commissioned by the D.C. Council into its longest-serving member, Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), is delayed because key witnesses have refused to speak to investigators, Council Chairman Phil…

A D.C. Council investigation into allegations of self-dealing by Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) has been delayed by at least a month because several key people subpoenaed have so far refused to…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Monday pressed her campaign for District statehood, leading a caravan toward the U.S. Capitol, past 140 newly hung American flags with an extra 51st star to symbolize…

Really, you can’t blame Georgetown neighbors too much: at first glance, the creature looks like a large and fearsome predator.

Days before Thursday’s congressional hearing on D.C. statehood, House Republicans are urging the Democratic majority to invite D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D) to testify at a time when he faces…

We’re now getting a glimpse of what will fill the Ben & Jerry’s space on M Street in Georgetown: Allbirds Inc., the fast-growing shoe startup that began as an online-only model and is now…

Providence Health System has launched the next piece of its Northeast D.C. campus puzzle.

On a pleasant warm late-August early evening near Alexandria’s Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Deborah Hammer sits on a bench and watches the sky. She isn’t looking for any old species of the world’s…

The development pipeline on Northeast D.C's Rhode Island Avenue corridor continues to grow, with plans moving forward for two more projects that would add nearly 350 units.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is looking to spur economic growth and attract grocery stores east of the Anacostia River with a major D.C. agency relocation.

At first blush, the surveillance video shows what looks like a very large cat. When a Georgetown resident noticed it Sunday on her home security camera, she worried it might be a mountain lion in her…

It’s a big week for D.C. statehood advocates, culminating in the first House of Representatives hearing on the topic in more than a quarter-century.

The D.C. Council has postponed a key vote on the District's Comprehensive Plan after planners and housing advocates raised concerns over a recent addition to the bill.

The move comes days before a scheduled congressional hearing on D.C. statehood

The hearing isn't the only statehood event this week.