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More high school students are playing more sports in the District, even as sports participation rates stagnate elsewhere in much of the region and nationwide.

The metro area ranks 52 out of 58 for ease of new development

The day before the Fourth of July, the owners of Capitol Hill Books did something they always do: They tweeted something sarcastic. The difference between this tweet and their previous 8,000 was that…

"If you're not a skinny white woman or a white gay dude with a six-pack, the fitness space on this boutique level does not speak to you."

As students around the region head back to school this week and next, some public schools are now allowing them to register as nonbinary.

Dust off your tote bag, find your special autograph pen and bust out your most durable bookmarks. It’s National Book Festival time.

One of the District’s most dangerous stretches of roadway for pedestrians and cyclists — Florida Avenue, Northeast — has new safety improvements in place.

A D.C. police officer notified two city agencies that a rowhouse appeared to be illegally rented months before two tenants died in a fire, but his warnings of “life safety violations” went largely…

A man in a U.S. Postal Service uniform leans against a brick wall at 14th and U Streets NW. He’s playing a tenor saxophone, with his mailbag resting at his feet. He’s also nine stories tall.

Before the house fire that killed a 9-year-old boy and a man earlier this month, at least three D.C. agencies knew of dangerous conditions inside the row house that was illegally divided into tiny…

THE NUMBERS are alarming enough. The District last year had an all-time high of 204 hate crimes, accounting for the highest per capita hate-crime rate of any major city in the country. Peel back the…

Ward 6 resident Mary Stevens says that she hears at least four helicopters flying near her home every day. “It’s like clockwork,” she says. Allison Bishop, who lives four doors down from her, adds…

While better known for his role as a tight end for Washington's NFL team, Vernon Davis is trying out a new set of skills he hopes will leave a more enduring mark on the District's Bloomingdale…

With the ninth year in a row of record-breaking numbers, overall tourism to D.C. isn’t slowing down—though the number of international visitors, particularly those from China, did fall last year.

The H Street corridor emerged this decade as one of D.C.’s hottest restaurant corridors, but its neighbor to the north appears to be pulling away some of that momentum.

Opponents of the long-stalled McMillan Sand Filtration Plant redevelopment are furiously insisting that demolition has started at the site — but District officials say that is not the case.

“Art All Night” showcases work by local artists into the early morning hours

Teachers and staff at Barnard Elementary School are raising money for a nine-year-old boy who died after a fire consumed an unlicensed rental property in Brightwood more than a week ago.

The team behind the popular D.C. burger joint Duke’s Grocery is bringing Korean barbecue to Shaw.

Almost 24 million tourists visited the District last year, the city’s official marketing organization said Tuesday — the ninth consecutive record year for the city, even as the number of foreign…