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D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has introduced a bill that would limit the ability of people charged with violent crimes from claiming they acted in self-defense when learning the victim was gay or transgender.

Most office buildings dotting the D.C. skyline work against the weather. When summer rolls in, the air conditioners click on and start blasting. As the sun starts shining through their windows, thermostat settings creep lower.

Hassan Nezhadessivandi, 65, emigrated from Iran to the United States four decades ago in search of asylum. Dan Vock, 41, is a husband and father of two with a mortgage. Casey Quinlan is celebrating their 31st birthday next week.

Since humans began burning fossil fuels, the Earth’s temperature has gone up about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit. In the years since the city of Alexandria, Virginia, was founded in 1749, sea level on the Potomac River has risen roughly one foot.…

With a bag of condoms and a stack of business cards, Tamika Spellman began a route she knew by heart, peering out the window of her Lincoln sedan at dark sidewalks where she once stood.

Dozens of veterans rallied with city leaders in support of D.C. statehood Monday, as officials prepare to testify this week in support of House Resolution 51, which would make the District the nation’s 51st state.

One of the most joyous and rare events for a Jewish community is the arrival of a new Torah, Judaism’s holiest text. After the monumental task of handwriting the scroll is complete, a congregation typically celebrates with prayer, a parade…

An ethics probe commissioned by the D.C. Council into its longest-serving member, Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), is delayed because key witnesses have refused to speak to investigators, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said Monday.

A D.C. Council investigation into allegations of self-dealing by Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) has been delayed by at least a month because several key people subpoenaed have so far refused to comply, according to Council Chairman…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Monday pressed her campaign for District statehood, leading a caravan toward the U.S. Capitol, past 140 newly hung American flags with an extra 51st star to symbolize the city’s quest for congressional voting…

Really, you can’t blame Georgetown neighbors too much: at first glance, the creature looks like a large and fearsome predator.

Days before Thursday’s congressional hearing on D.C. statehood, House Republicans are urging the Democratic majority to invite D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D) to testify at a time when he faces ethical and legal investigations.

We’re now getting a glimpse of what will fill the Ben & Jerry’s space on M Street in Georgetown: Allbirds Inc., the fast-growing shoe startup that began as an online-only model and is now branching into brick-and-mortar.

Providence Health System has launched the next piece of its Northeast D.C. campus puzzle.

On a pleasant warm late-August early evening near Alexandria’s Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Deborah Hammer sits on a bench and watches the sky. She isn’t looking for any old species of the world’s only true flying mammal, but specifically…