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Monday is Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the District after the city council approved emergency legislation last week to rename Columbus Day.

The District will increase education funding by at least $20 million for the current academic year after the traditional public school system struggled to balance its budget for the previous fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30.

WHISTLEBLOWERS, AS the country has become all too keenly aware, help serve the public interest when they stick their necks out to report wrongdoing in government. That, though, assumes that their complaints are actually investigated and…

It seems an unlikely subject for a movie: the battle over school vouchers in the nation’s capital.

As the number of victims climbed during a week of murders that left eight people dead in the District, the city’s police chief expressed frustration that more isn’t being done to deal with repeat gun offenders.

Young people in the District such as Marcus Goodwin are no longer asking their elders for permission to participate in the political life of the city — they are doing it and making waves in the process.

The hot, dry weather, which has sparked a moderate drought in the D.C. area, is taking a toll on the grass and trees in the nation’s front yard — the National Mall.

The Nationals’ playoff run is something fans have been dreaming about for well over a decade; and now that it’s here, D.C. has plans to make fans’ travel to and from the games a little bit smoother.

Almost exactly six hours after I first sent out the social media query, the Twitterati sleuths provided an answer: My mystery woman had a name (Vasilisa Smith) and yes, the missing white AirPod belonged to her.

Rapper and occasional provocateur Kanye West made an impromptu visit Saturday morning to Howard University’s homecoming, turning the campus yard into a church service busy with hymns, hip-hop and an appeal to black fans to accept recent…

For the past four years, as Melvin Nesbitt Jr. was coming up as a professional artist, he managed to find space in which to work. But he had a harder time finding a supportive network of fellow artists to help connect him to the larger…

He brazenly returned to the scene of the crash, one witness says.

Joy Zinoman found quite a surprise when work began on Studio Acting Conservatory's new building.

The museum re-opens this Sunday.

Four years after the community first saw a redevelopment proposal for the former Superfresh grocery site in Spring Valley, a vote on whether to approve the development remains on the horizon, even after a two-night zoning hearing this…

The D.C. area is known for potholes, but the District appears to be on track to accomplish its ambitious goal to provide a smooth ride citywide by 2024.

In a city where self-promotion is the rule of law and of survival, Ron Clark stood different. In a city where grown men shoot little boys eating ice cream cones and where meanness is the norm, Ron Clark was a kind and honorable man, and…

On a bright and sunny afternoon, the Friday before Labor Day weekend, a group of people was crowded in the shade against the storefronts of Red Bear Brewing Co. and La Colombe, D.C. watering holes that offer craft beer and mocha lattes,…