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Once it’s done, the new City Ridge development on Wisconsin Avenue will boast hundreds of new residences, a hotel, retail offerings and the District’s first Wegmans supermarket. The massive project will cost $650 million and, when it’s…

Happy Presidents Day! Mayor Muriel Bowser is having a rough time making the rounds of the national media as a top surrogate for Michael Bloomberg.

Safeway and Giant workers in the D.C. area say they could announce a strike vote on Wednesday if contract negotiations with their employers do not change course. Such a move would include about 25,000 workers at more than 280 grocery…

An exhausted train operator dozed off and forgot to stop a Green Line train at the Waterfront station during morning rush hour last June, a Washington Metrorail Safety Commission report on the incident revealed.

The Redskins and D.C. leaders for years have hoped to return the team to the city by building a new home at the site of RFK Stadium, where fans once enjoyed a golden era.

This week, I renewed my driver’s license in the District of Columbia. It was fast and easy. And I don’t have to do it again for eight years. This frightens me.

The new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is halfway to completion, according to the D.C. Department of Transportation.

Memorable speeches given by Frederick Douglass filled the halls at the Anacostia Arts Center in D.C. on Saturday.

From a distance, it looked like it was sleeping.

A woman who nearly died at a Metro station was reunited with the people who helped save her life during a ceremony hosted by D.C.’s fire department on Saturday.

AT WASHINGTON Metropolitan High School, an alternative school in the D.C. public school system, just 10 percent of students meet expectations on state assessments in English. None of the school’s 157 students meet expectations in math.…

D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) educator and lifelong math aficionado Ashley Kearney said she’s revealing the language of life to her students and continues to do so in a manner that strengthens their ability to reason and take on real-world…

I recently spoke with Bowser, in a brief call arranged by the Bloomberg campaign. As Bowser’s answers became increasingly terse, I brought the interview to an end.

LGBTQ seniors, in particular, often face unique challenges due to discrimination in health care and housing. According to SAGE USA, LGBT seniors are five times less likely to seek medical care or social services than the general public…

A screening procedure that started as a pilot program in the D.C. area is credited with saving the lives of babies around the world.

Most college applicants tout their high school transcripts. Ana Petricic-Tinto has to explain hers.

There are both benefits and consequences involved in proposed regulatory changes for how food trucks operate in the vicinity of the National Mall, D.C. officials said.

The new safety commission overseeing Metrorail found several problems with how Metro maintains its tracks, including a failure to consistently check for heat-related buckling and kinks that could lead to derailments.

When the National Building Museum reopens in March after a major renovation to the floor of its iconic Great Hall, it will have a brand new visitors center and several months’ worth of planned exhibits. But something will be missing: about…

D.C. drivers are accustomed to seeing a wide assortment of license plates, from the District's own "Taxation Without Representation" plates to those representing countries around the world.