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Many of Washington, D.C.’s statues have a common theme: There are white men on horses, white men holding books, white men sitting in chairs, white men sitting on benches, white men … standing.

The State Department has kicked off a $2.5 million renovation of the former Iranian ambassador's D.C. residence to return it to use as a rental property.

"It's always nice when you're recognized in a good way."

A bobcat was captured on camera along the canal in the Georgetown area of D.C.

Yet another shared mobility pilot program appears to be getting traction in D.C.

Last decade began with the revelation that D.C. was no longer technically Chocolate City.

Metro is providing additional detail and estimates on its plans to cut or reduce service on more than 40 bus lines and to eliminate some early-morning weekday trains, but add some bus service on other lines and restore some late-night…

Waiting in committee: The Post editorial board is backing a bill to put an excise tax on soda and other sugary drinks.

A bobcat was spotted recently along the C&O Canal in the District, marking what biologists say is a rare sighting in the city’s wildlife landscape.

The amount of parking spaces included in the massive redevelopment of Union Station has become a flashpoint in the debate over the long-planned project, with D.C. officials and neighbors alike arguing for a substantial reduction in parking…

Plans include a farm stand, classroom, performance space, and memory forest honoring victims of gun violence.

Saturday evening at Capitol Hill Books featured wine, cheese, and a packed house, which isn’t unusual. The longtime independent bookstore, just a block from Eastern Market, hosts such parties on every second Saturday of the month.

It’s estimated that the Australian bushfires — scorching close to 15 million acres — could claim the lives of a billion animals. The cause? Human-induced climate change, resulting in weather conditions that stoked the blazes.

D.C. doesn’t have a great reputation for correctly recognizing wild cats caught on camera (no, that’s not a mountain lion in your backyard). But this time the experts have weighed in, and it’s true: There’s a bobcat in our midst.

I know the stats as well as the next person: America throws away up to 40 percent of its food, much of it destined for landfills where it slowly decays in stinking, methane-releasing heaps of trash.

A former Senate staffer and Peace Corps volunteer is bringing his brewing ambitions to life with a new craft brewery near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station in Northeast D.C.

Another makeover is coming for a Kimpton Hotel in the District — this time the Rouge Hotel, one of Kimpton’s first properties in D.C.

Latrobe Apartment Homes explicitly says on its website: “We do not accept housing vouchers at this community.”