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In 1966 in the nation’s capital, what Kara and Frank Speltz wanted to do simply wasn’t allowed.

In his tenure as the District’s longest-serving council member, a reign now in its third decade, Jack Evans has been subject to periodic questions about his ethical conduct, none of which have prevented him from winning reelection seven…

What started as a chilly morning proved to be perfect running conditions for participants at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Saturday morning in the District.

The House of Representatives has passed a broad voting access and reform bill that calls for D.C. to be defined as a state.

Three years into his first term as D.C.’s first elected attorney general, Karl Racine was looking for a way out.

There are still no leads in a mysterious animal cruelty case that led to a dog being put down due to severe head trauma. Now, the Humane Rescue Alliance is offering more reward money to get to the bottom of it.

A little over a year after Antwan Wilson resigned as D.C. Public Schools chancellor, the city council unanimously approved Mayor Muriel Bowser’s selection of former Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis Ferebee to lead a D.C.…

When Kristi Whitfield, director of the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD), came to speak to the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization’s “First Friday” program on March 1, many expected her to…

When people think of Georgetown, images of chic stores, restaurants and upscale boutiques often fill their minds. In addition, Georgetown conjures up thoughts of multimillion-dollar mansions where the nation’s elite reside and entertain…

Under Librarian of Congress Carla D. Hayden, the world’s largest library is on its way to becoming another one of Washington’s acclaimed museums.

WASHINGTON (WJLA) — For the first time in history, on Friday the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill endorsing statehood for Washington, DC.

On March 7, 1965 one of the most violent days of the Civil Rights Movement occurred as peaceful marchers were brutally attacked and beaten by state troopers and men as they tried to cross along the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma, AL to…

The District of Columbia is known for many things: politics, Go-go, cuisine and culture. On historic U Street, public art is also another staple of the community and one of the District’s most important pieces of art is being returned to…

The word spread on a Reddit thread, in texts between friends, and on street corners in Northwest Washington: In honor of International Women’s Day, a liquor store in Columbia Heights would be giving out 1,000 bottles of wine to women who…

For decades, Leah Graham was a pillar in her neighborhood in Southeast Washington, tending her vegetable garden, helping sick neighbors, baking her signature strawberry cake with icing made of confectioners’ sugar and strawberry Kool-Aid. …

D.C. Lottery vendor Intralot, the beneficiary of a change in the law that handed it a sole source sports betting contract, has been downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service.