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The Washington Nationals will host the Houston Astros Friday night in the first World Series game in the District since 1933. It almost didn’t happen.

The World Series spotlight shifts to the nation’s capital Friday night as the Washington Nationals come home with two wins against the Houston Astros. And D.C. is preparing for the games and the crowds they will bring.

Advocates and lawmakers say new measures will address the rising number of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities.

Caroline Garland is heading to Friday night’s Nationals game, and she is wildly excited. She’s even decided what she’s going to eat: A hot dog with mustard and ketchup, peanuts, cracker jacks — and a lemonade to wash it all down.

A District-owned psychiatric hospital that was without potable water for nearly a month after a potentially harmful bacteria was detected in its water system has resumed normal use after tests showed the water is safe.

D.C. health officials on Thursday reported the city’s first death associated with vaping.

Fourteen years after the family asphalt plant was shut down and booted out of a gritty, industrial neighborhood near the Anacostia River to make way for the Washington Nationals’ baseball stadium, Joey Roubin jokes that he’s still waiting…

Reuben Jackson, Seema Reza, and Jose Padua have each released distinct, personal books of poetry.

The United States Attorney for D.C. declined to attend a hearing on Wednesday meant to probe her office about why hate crime prosecutions in the District are down to a 10-year low. The councilmembers in attendance harshly criticized her…

Back in January, when the Kitten Lounge’s opening was announced, it was just supposed to be a placeholder—albeit a very cute one. The lounge with wee felines roaming around would be open for four months in the M Street storefront that…

D.C. is proposing major changes to the map that guides development throughout the city, and many projects stand to directly benefit from density increases.

The Grimke School was one of the first public schools for African Americans in D.C. after the Civil War.

"Ramen moves quickly off of our shelves here. How can we add some vegetables to that?"

Happy Thursday. Banning all right-on-red turns, lowering speed limits, establishing a “citizen cop” force, fining contractors for shoddy work — these ideas are all under consideration at the DC Council today as part of legislation to…

There’s more than just team pride and history on the line in this World Series matchup between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros. Public officials from both cities are wagering brews, briskets, and more on the outcome.

More residential development is being proposed for Georgetown's main drag.

On Wednesday night, 28 days after tests revealed harmful bacteria in the water at St. Elizabeths, the city announced that its only public psychiatric hospital finally had clean water again.