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After D.C. Council member Jack Evans stepped down from the Metro Board amid an ethics scandal last week, another board member is under scrutiny and could be kicked off over accusations he lied to protect Evans.

On the lawn outside the National Building Museum, it’s a balmy 90 degrees. The area is busy with people rushing to work, and the air is filled with humidity and bus exhaust.

The U.S. attorney’s office of the District said Wednesday federal prosecutors will not file charges against a D.C. police officer who was off duty when he fatally shot a man last year in Northeast Washington, after determining the victim…

Less than a week after a writer declared to Popville that Dino’s Grotto was near its demise, the Shaw restaurant has confirmed it will shut its doors. Washington City Paper was the first to report that Dino’s will close in September

One of D.C.’s most controversial development plans got the green light from the same court that nixed it back in 2016.

For a moment, imagine that you couldn’t talk and were in pain.

D.C. lawmakers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on removing the city’s sole remaining voting representative to the board of the Metro transit agency, the latest fallout in the ongoing ethics scandal involving D.C. Council member and former…

A MAN with a gun demanded oral sex from a group of transgender women as they walked near an outreach center for LGBTQ people in Northwest Washington. A young gay couple was attacked near a bar on U Street NW in the District by a group of…

A three-judge panel rejects a zoning challenge by neighbors

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., officials are pushing back against an unsubstantiated claim by President Donald Trump that he orchestrated a purge of homeless people in the city to shield visiting foreign dignitaries from having to see…

"Now I have reason to doubt a number of the actions that were taken and who was being benefitted," says Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh.

Washington, D.C., became the seat of government for the new United States of America in 1790. But before that, it was inhabited by a tribe of American Indians called the Nacotchtanks.

The long-delayed McMillan development in Northwest D.C. appears poised to move forward after the court affirmed the second of two key approvals.

Miya Usui doesn’t remember how old she is, how many siblings she has or that she dropped out of college to care for her family. But after singing patriotic songs and listening to iconic poetry Monday at Iona Senior Services in Northwest…

Say goodbye to three of Dupont Circle’s biggest happy hours: Sign of the Whale, The Front Page, and Buffalo Billiards are all closing.

With all eyes focused on preparations for the president’s forthcoming July 4 celebration on the National Mall, another potential conflagration planned for the holiday weekend in D.C. has somewhat escaped broader notice—one that includes…