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The National Building Museum's huge atrium will host an indoor ice-skating rink over the winter holidays as part of new and expanded activities aimed at drawing crowds downtown.

A local pizza chain is facing threats of a boycott and demands that it drop its recently announced sugar-coated "Marion Berry" pizza knots amid criticism that the dessert item's marketing is racist, disrespectful and insensitive to the…

Mayor Muriel Bowser has submitted legislation to the DC Council to buy Capital One Arena for $87.5 million as part of a public-private partnership with Monumental Sports & Entertainment to keep the Wizards and Capitals at the Gallery…

DC's elected shadow representative, Dr. Oye Owolewa, is speaking out while recovering from an Oct. 4 car wreck that left him hospitalized for a week with a concussion, neck pain and a back sprain.

Attorney General Brian Schwalb is suing Fort Myer Construction Co. — a major DC contractor with highly visible road-paving projects across the city — for allegedly flouting the District's environmental laws and polluting local waterways by…

Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced a settlement with the owners of a Shaw apartment building that will mean at least $1.65 million in penalties and restitution as well as preservation of at least 76 affordable apartments for 30…

Giant pandas are once again living in the District of Columbia, with a public debut slated for January.

The District Department of Transportation will host its latest Open Streets event on Saturday, closing more than a mile of 7th Street NW to vehicular traffic and turning it into a car-free space for walking and biking.

At an event held this morning at Stanton Elementary and billed as a celebration of National Book Month and the importance of reading and writing, Mayor Muriel Bowser made a surprise announcement to cheers and applause: The Ward 8 school's…

Amid warnings about an affordable housing crisis because of mounting unpaid rents, the DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to approve emergency legislation to alter rules for eviction proceedings and Emergency Rental Assistance Program…

An updated revenue forecast from the District's chief financial officer projects a $72.7 million increase for fiscal year 2024 and a $44.4 million increase for fiscal year 2025 compared to the estimates that went into developing the DC…

During the pandemic, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson frequently sat side by side while briefing the public on conditions in the District and the government's response. This morning, they notably did so again to…

The DC Council is slated to consider emergency legislation Tuesday to adjust rules for the city's Emergency Rental Assistance Program and eviction proceedings in an effort to resolve a financial crisis faced by the District's affordable…

A new chief judge will take charge of the DC Superior Court next week, with the transition coming as several appointments to vacant judicial positions wind through the Senate.

Amid persistent complaints in Ward 5's Fort Lincoln neighborhood about mail being lost, stolen, destroyed and burned, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is calling on U.S. Postal Service officials to meet with affected residents — and pushing…

The DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's expanded transfusion program — announced in January and implemented in early April — is showing "drastically improved" survival rates for patients suffering from hemorrhagic shock, DC…

The U.S. Department of Education this afternoon announced the selection of Payne Elementary School and DC Bilingual Public Charter School as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2024.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Mayor Muriel Bowser this week announced that the District will receive $12 million in a federal grant to establish the Resilient Housing for All loan fund — a boost to the city's efforts to…

Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrated the start of the city's 10-day "Dine All Night" event with a visit this morning to the downtown site of the Asian Night Market Pop-Up, taking place today from 3 to 10 p.m. in Chinatown Park.

The DC Council yesterday afternoon followed through on plans to disband the committee previously headed by Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., who is facing a federal bribery charge.

The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to adopt an emergency version of the fiscal year 2025 budget — due in large part to an unusually protracted congressional review period that has resulted from a legislative calendar with…

The DC Council's ad hoc committee — established to determine whether the bribery charge against Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. and related residency questions merit his censure or expulsion — is slated to hold its first meeting…

The DC Council is poised to vote Tuesday on a resolution to disband the Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs — thereby removing Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. from a post key to the bribery charge he faces in federal…

Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. pleaded not guilty this afternoon to a federal bribery charge in a courtroom filled with his supporters as well as reporters.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Council held their annual commemoration and memorial ceremony this morning at a downtown fire station on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

In the wake of high-profile errors and delays at DC's 911 call center, the head of the DC Council committee with jurisdiction over the Office of Unified Communications is vowing increased oversight and pushing new legislation to improve…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced two lawsuits today against a DC landlord, accusing Ali "Sam" Razjooyan of jeopardizing the health and safety of tenants at two apartment complexes east of the Anacostia River.

A federal grand jury has indicted Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. on a bribery charge in the wake of his arrest last month.

Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning unveiled the first three conditional recipients of tax abatements for commercial-to-residential conversion projects downtown — a key milestone for a program years in the making as the District struggles…

As the yearslong transformation of the St. Elizabeths East campus in Ward 8 continues, Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration announced this morning that a team led by Banneker Communities will redevelop a 202,758-square-foot site…