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A D.C.-based religious order is still seeking an exemption from an Obama-era mandate that demands it cover contraceptives.

Metro has put eight pieces of extra land up for sale, and one plot has caught the eye of dog lovers in Columbia Heights: 1100 Park Road Northwest.

Those who live in the District’s only floating neighborhood like to think of themselves as hardy people — they have to be.

Federal officials have launched an audit of the D.C. government’s handling of millions of dollars in grants that the city has been awarded over the past two years to treat opioid addiction and reduce fatal overdoses.

Community members were visibly unsatisfied with answers and what they viewed as police refusal to release footage at a Jan. 15th meeting between Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6B and District…

Good Wednesday morning. Trust me — that was essentially Muriel Bowser's message this morning on Fox 5. Sitting next to her chief of police, the mayor vowed the recent homicide spike will go down, as the number of killings so far has…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has returned the D.C. Council’s short-term rental restriction bill unsigned and without a veto, seemingly allowing it to become law while warning the legislation may be unconstitutional.

Northeast D.C. brewing company Atlas Brew Works is asking a federal judge to allow it to sell “The Precious One,” a cheekily-named, apricot-infused IPA that the brewer has been rendered partially unable to sell thanks to the federal…

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - It was a rocky end to 2018 and has been a violent beginning to 2019 in the District. The two city leaders at the forefront of the fight to control crime, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C Police Chief Peter Newsham,…

While the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) waded into several endeavors to have their properties redeveloped last year, the agency is starting 2019 with its foot on the gas.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has selected a transportation policy veteran to lead the city’s ambitious plan to dramatically reduce traffic fatalities.

First it was The Meridian Hill Hotel for Women, which housed young women who moved to D.C. to fill government jobs during World War II. In the late 1960s, it was transformed into Meridian Hill Hall, a 600-unit dorm that housed Howard…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser is raising doubts over strict new regulations governing Airbnb and other short-term-rental companies, saying the limits recently passed by the D.C. Council are probably unconstitutional and likely to be…

The food court in the guts of Union Station is a popular destination for commuters, Hill staffers, and tour groups given its ample, cafeteria-style seating and affordable meals from fast food chains. Like much of D.C.’s economy, the…

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The battle over body camera video of a controversial stop and frisk in Southeast is still brewing.

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Locals still want answers from DC Police following the stop and frisk of three young black boys in DC's Capitol Hill neighborhood in late December.