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On the outside, it looks like any other single-family rowhouse in the District. But 2310 Nicholson Street SE will soon be opening up as a project unique to the street and rare for the city: a residency for artists, with a community garden…

Remember when everybody in this city whined about how “There are no good bagels” and “In New York you can get great bagels on EVERY corner”? Now that’s been replaced with choruses of “Have you been to Call Your Mother yet?” and “How long…

Threats over ethics issues facing then-Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans are detailed in hundreds of pages of documents the transit system provided to members of Congress.

House Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation of D.C. Council member Jack Evans’s “ethically compromised” behavior when he was Metro board chairman, including whether he and an ally tried to obstruct the inquiry that led to his…

Good Tuesday morning. Attorney General Karl Racine has rolled out a new report on payroll fraud in the District this morning that found construction companies save at least 16.7% in labor costs by illegally misclassifying workers as…

Our guess: the revamped MPAA building.

Hotel brands continue to expand to the nation's capital, with the latest new entrant coming to Dupont Circle.

Two weeks ago, a tweet praising the fried chicken sandwiches at Roaming Rooster in the District went viral — and now, to repay the tweeter, the restaurant’s owners have granted her free chicken for life.

Most stops were of African Americans, but police chief says more data is needed

Look up the next time you’re in a park — any park — in the Mid-Atlantic. You’re likely to see vines climbing toward the treetops. These invasive vines can be deadly — not just to the trees they are overtaking, but to the larger ecosystem. …

In a city where African Americans make up less than half the population, 70 percent of people stopped by D.C. police in a recent one-month period were black, according to a report released Monday. But authorities said the disparity does…

It doesn't expect to be settled into its new space until early next year, but the National Association of Broadcasters has closed on the acquisition of the new headquarters building being developed for it near Nationals Park.

New data collected in the last month by D.C. police shows that black drivers are stopped by officers at a higher rate. But the city has a plan to do more with the data and delve into bias in policing.

Are the stops biased? Police say not to jump to conclusions, as more independent analysis is needed.

An impressive and growing list of restaurants and bars are donating between $1 and $3 per Caribbean-inspired cocktail.

After months of hinting at a run against Vince Gray in the Ward 7 D.C. Council race, ANC commissioner Veda Rasheed is throwing her hat in the ring.