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A D.C. corrections officer has been charged with embezzling thousands of dollars from the labor union representing D.C. corrections employees.

There is a place in Northwest Washington so sparkling and special that the first lady of France made it a point to visit — twice: Duke Ellington School of the Arts.

Before Nathan Brown was forced to move, he could have been seen playing basketball in the parking lot of Temple Courts in Northwest Washington or laughing with his neighbors while they barbecued.

When Nathan Brown and his family left Temple Courts in 2008, D.C. officials promised that they would eventually be able to return to the public housing complex at the corner of North Capitol and L Streets NW — though it would be fully…

D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine called the first-of-its-kind settlement a “major victory” for affordable housing in the District

A corrections officer at the D.C. jail is accused of spending thousands of dollars of union funds on a trip to New York where he caught a Broadway musical and an NBA game.

D.C. wants to redevelop the Reeves Center on 14th and U streets NW, someday turning the municipal building into shops, offices, and hundreds of apartments.

Bill Slover asked his wife the other day if she could recall his reaction when he learned that D.C.’s mayor was trying to kick him off the board that oversees public housing for the city’s poorest residents.

Mayor Muriel Bowser joined DC Housing Authority officials, dignitaries and community leaders early this afternoon to cut the ribbon on the first phase of the Northwest One redevelopment — a long-stalled project that is delivering on…

On Tuesday, the D.C. Council is scheduled to consider a proposal to create a temporary reform board to govern the authority

Nearly two months after D.C.’s official convention and sports authority said it was the victim of a cyberattack that may have compromised sensitive information about its employees, a ransomware group now appears to have published a tranche…

The U.S. Senate late Thursday confirmed seven judges to D.C.’s local courts, a move that partly addresses a spate of judicial vacancies that District officials, in recent appeals directly to Congress and the White House, said was causing…

Right now it’s not great weather for taking a dip in the Potomac… plus it’s illegal. But someday in the not-too-distant future, going for a swim in the District’s rivers could be a real option on a hot summer day.

Andrew Logan may have tried to fly under the radar, but this week Elon Musk finally spotted him.

“Babe, it’s the last time, I promise.”

When the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development this fall released a report on the D.C. Housing Authority, it featured four photos of the decrepit living conditions under the agency’s care: mold everywhere, peeling floors,…