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WASHINGTON — Despite the blustery, frigid weather, D.C.’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade kicked off Monday with attendees all bundled up.

(CNN)The compact black pistol was tucked into the right side of Marcus Terrell Bryant's waistband when he casually strolled into a street corner MetroPCS in November 2015 in the District of Columbia.

Events D.C., the city’s conventions and sports authority, is raising the price tag of planned community sports fields at the RFK Stadium campus due to the discovery of lead in the soil at the site.

WASHINGTON — Despite the freezing-cold temperatures, volunteers showed up to share their time and talent at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School for the City Year MLK Day of Service.

On the coldest day of this year's winter, with wind chills ranging from -5 to -15 degrees, the District is seeing a significant spike in demand for its homeless services.

The development pipeline along Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue continues to grow.

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — The District’s Cold Emergency Plan is now activated, with frigid weather taking hold of much of the region on Sunday night.

Upshur Street Books, which opened in November 2014, is transitioning to a new owner and a new bookstore concept. Hannah Oliver Depp, who has been working as the managing partner of Upshur Street Books, is taking full ownership of the store…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) begins her second term in office with an unquestioned mandate from voters and a widely lauded vision for a city whose prosperity could finally be shared across barriers of race, class and neighborhood.

During Restaurant Week, restaurants in the Washington region offer steep discounts on meals to attract customers during the winter slump. The promotion usually lasts — you guessed it — a week, and this year’s was supposed to end this past…

Allison McGill says it is as much about morale as it is about need. The Hill resident is organizing free carry-out meals for workers affected by the federal shutdown, to be distributed Jan. 24th. Federal employees and contractors are…

If President Trump’s election revived the protest movement on the left, the D.C. Labor Chorus is providing the soundtrack.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In these times, The Guardian newspaper has something called a wealth correspondent, and it has dug up a scoop about our very own Dan Synder.

DC’s Woodrow Wilson High School stands on the edge of what used to be a thriving black middle class neighborhood, before it was systematically dismantled by the actions of white supremacists including… President Woodrow Wilson.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is urging the Trump administration to reconsider its refusal to make unemployment insurance available to federal workers who are still on the job amid the shutdown, yet missed their last paycheck and could miss…

WASHINGTON — The D.C. Department of Human Services is asking residents to be on the lookout for homeless neighbors and those in need of help as temperatures drop to dangerous levels Sunday evening.