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In the early 2000s, Frederick Uku found himself in D.C. on an expired student visa with no degree. He calls the decade he was undocumented in the U.S. the “Dark Years,” and points to one of his most desperate attempts to support himself…

The ongoing partial shutdown has stopped up the federal government’s payment of its water bills in Washington.

When sports gambling is formally legalized in Washington, fans will have the option to place bets in convenience stores, bars, restaurants or from their living room couches. But the most visible and elaborate betting venues could feel…

Happy Wednesday. The District had its eighth homicide of the year yesterday, when a 46-year-old man in Northwest was stabbed and killed, WaPo reports.

On the heels of the 2018’s uptick in deadly violence, D.C. has recorded almost one killing for each day of the new year.

As the D.C. Council begins a new legislative session, some shuffling among committee chairs has occurred.

Theater J has named Jojo Ruf as its new managing director, filling the slot left last fall when longtime Theater J staffer Rebecca Ende was hired by Studio Theatre, a few blocks away. Ruf will start at the end of the month, leaving her…

The D.C. Lottery is seeking to bypass the city's bidding process for vendors to operate a tech platform for sports wagering and, instead, extend its existing relationship with Intralot, a Greek international gaming firm.

The federal government owns a lot of sinks, faucets and toilets in the District of Columbia, where 195,000 government employees wash their hands, fill up their water bottles and flush their waste on a daily basis.

WASHINGTON — Good news for lovebirds: Marriage licenses will soon be issued in D.C. again.

Pour one out for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in the District. The nonprofit group that organizes the annual event—the all-volunteer-run St. Patrick’s Parade Committee—says it is “distraught” to announce that the 2019 parade is…

Tiara Logan's last day of work as a security guard at the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries in D.C. was Jan. 1. Before that, she had been on maternity leave since September after a high-risk pregnancy. She returned to work for just…

Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are the most hyperlocal form of D.C. government—each commissioner serves about 2,000 people without any pay except for one big perk: a free parking pass. Now, more than 20 commissioners have decided to…

The development team behind The Parks, the overhaul of a 66-acre portion of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, has closed on construction financing and lined up its equity partners for the first two ground-up, market-rate buildings.

Local lawmakers passed a workaround while the marriage bureau at D.C. Superior Court remains closed

If you’ve cancelled your membership with one of Washington Sports Club’s six D.C. locations, you might want to check your billing statement: the D.C. Attorney General’s office is suing the health clubs and their parent company, Town Sports…

WASHINGTON — A move to fast-track legal sports betting in D.C. has hit a snag.