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WASHINGTON — Getting around D.C. comes with a higher risk at some intersections than others, a new list of 2018’s most dangerous intersections in the city shows.

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit intended to block controversial D.C. regulations requiring many of the city’s child-care workers to earn associate degrees.

WASHINGTON — For D.C. resident Alex Cournol, Feb. 25 was “Christmas,” 10 months early.

When restaurants pay kitchen workers a fixed salary, employees can miss out on overtime and minimum wages. Some have fought back by filing suits.

A member of Congress said Tuesday that he is continuing his inquiry into the District’s plan to award a sole-source contract for online sports gambling, contradicting the city’s representative in the House.

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and House representatives from neighboring jurisdictions penned a letter Monday warning Metro about the possible danger of buying its new railcars from foreign adversaries, mainly because of the risk of…

D.C. has terminated its contract with Life Deeds, the nonprofit service provider that runs The Horizon, a family homeless shelter in Ward 7. According to a Department of Human Services spokesperson, the contract was terminated because of…

The District terminated a nonprofit’s $3 million contract to manage a new shelter for homeless families just four months after it opened, after city officials were unable to verify the backgrounds of staffers.

Every year, the D.C. Real Property Tax Appeals Commission receives and considers thousands of appeals of residential and commercial assessments, usually filed in an effort to reduce the owner's tax burden. In at least two-thirds of the…

The authority says it will “address” at least 2,400 ailing apartments over a two-year period

The development sets up a potentially contentious vote on Metro late-night service Thursday.

Earlier this year, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) came under interim leadership and a bill to split the agency in two was reintroduced in DC Council. Now, the agency is pressing forward with an effort to make…

WASHINGTON — With more potholes piling up across the District, and about a third of local roads already in poor condition, the city is struggling to keep up with fixes due in large part to last year’s record rainfall.

Crooked Beat Records was a staple Adams Morgan record store for 12 years when it closed its storefront in 2016. Human residents of D.C. loved it, and apparently so did rodents.

Life Deeds will continue to provide services for the next 45 days while another provider is selected.

More than 50 Ivy City residents and other community members gathered at Bethesda Baptist Church on Feb. 11 to hear the latest proposed developments for the historic Crummell School site.

While seeking a new home, the acclaimed Children’s Studio School has been taking its innovative classes on location so low-income and homeless children can learn in their own neighborhoods. Founder Marcia McDonell refers to the current…