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The Washington Commanders have been sued again by the District of Columbia, this time accused of scheming to cheat fans out of ticket money.

Two new prototype faregates have popped up at Fort Totten as Metro continues to try different ways to deter people from evading fares.

Below-grade portions of North Capitol Street could be decked over, parts of Interstate 295 that cleaved through neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River could be put underground, and broadband internet could reach further into low-income…

At a ceremony presided over by Jill Biden, artists and museum leaders, the museum looks ahead to a more accessible future

Some of D.C.'s most recognizable radio voices are leaving the airwaves.

Bowser’s chief of staff pushed for a land giveaway to the city and a company owned by DCHA Director Brenda Donald’s brother received housing subsidy funds.

One of four grocery stores east of the Anacostia River, Good Food Markets, stopped selling produce and other groceries last Tuesday, leaving thousands of residents living in an area considered a food desert with one less option than…

The dispute has dragged on for more than three years, but arbitration could deliver some resolution.

Remaking the North Capitol Street corridor into an urban boulevard is among the various projects being recommended for funding by a mayoral task force in a report released today.

D.C. has released a draft version of its plan to move the District closer to racial equality.

Off-shift resident physicians and fellows from Children’s National Hospital demonstrated last night, saying they’re overworked, underpaid, and stretched thin amidst staff shortages. Despite the pouring rain, almost 40 physicians gathered…

Hypothermia season has just begun, meaning that D.C. is now legally required to make shelter available and that its annual winter shelter plan is now in effect.

Children’s book by Caroline Brewer spotlights a fictional girl protesting violence by police and others

Towanda Chew has gone to extraordinary lengths to prioritize her children’s education. Like many parents navigating homelessness, keeping this promise remains a harrowing challenge. It requires that she first keep them safe and sheltered. …

Hannah Kilcoyne, a first-year resident at Children’s National Hospital, started a recent 14-hour overnight shift with a tall order: spend as much time as possible with newly admitted patients, write treatment plans for each, tend to an…

The DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to approve a revised criminal code in the works for more than a decade, after voting down an effort to raise the proposed penalties for two offenses related to gun possession.

The D.C. Council unanimously approved a major overhaul of the city’s criminal code Tuesday, despite objections from Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and law enforcement leaders over certain aspects of the legislation.

Bonds previously claimed there was no way to advance the bill out of her committee, until Cheh started raising a stink.

D.C.’s ambitious $92 million 11th Street Bridge Park has been in the works for a decade, and is finally slated to begin construction next year. But a last-minute permitting problem nearly upended the project: D.C. environmental regulators…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a sweeping overhaul of the city’s century-old criminal code, a monumental 16-year effort that updates the definitions of criminal offenses, creates new grades of sentences based on the…