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WASHINGTON — Expect to see more dockless bikes and scooters — a lot more — on D.C. streets in the next year.

WASHINGTON — Since lawmakers failed to come to an agreement on a budget deal Friday, the lights get turned off at some key federal agencies. But you can still catch the festive holiday lights at the National Zoo. And take a stroll through…

In February 2016, a woman told officials at a public school in Indianapolis that she had found sexually explicit text messages between her 17-year-old son and a guidance counselor. In an email that evening, a top aide told Superintendent…

D.C. Council member David Grosso called Friday for the creation of a special committee to investigate ties between fellow lawmaker Jack Evans and a digital-sign company.

An Oregon man who unleashed online attacks targeting the first black woman to serve as American University’s student government president has agreed to apologize, renounce white supremacy and confront his bigotry as part of a proposed legal…

The city’s wealth of free attractions are a harried Washingtonian’s best friend this time of year, especially for those with visitors: Pack mom and dad off to the Kennedy Center’s singalong “Messiah,” and drag the little cousins to…

There may be peace in some places on Earth this Christmas, but not in some parts of our nation’s capital. The spirit of the season hardly intersects with daily life on the streets, where death seems to carry the day — as shown by the…

The Washington Redskins’ prospects of building their next stadium on the former RFK Stadium site suffered a setback this week when Congress failed to come to terms on broad spending legislation that could have granted control of the…

The D.C. Council wisely let a bad bill die this session. And if it wants the District to be a bustling, vibrant place, it should make sure the bill stays dead.

The holidays often allow us some downtime to reflect on the important people and things in our lives.

As District officials prepare to see more electric scooters and dockless bikes on city streets next year, they are also reflecting on what they have learned since welcoming the vehicles through a pilot program that kicked off last year.…

In June, D.C. voters approved a measure raising tipped workers’ base wages. Four months later the D.C. Council overturned D.C. voters and repealed that initiative – Initiative 77.

A blockbuster report in the Washington Post found that Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans’ consulting firm received stock in an electric sign company right before he introduced legislation that would have directly benefited that company.

A corrections company that won a $60 million federal contract to open a 300-bed halfway house in Northeast Washington lost its lease Thursday after neighborhood residents sued to stop it.

D.C.’s planned SLS Hotel project is facing a delay as its developer works to line up financing.

The mourners carried white signs bearing the names and ages of the dead. Some held round plastic lights meant to look like candles. They followed in procession behind a group of men carrying an empty casket, all the while being pelted by…

A contractor for a company that worked with the D.C. Department of Human Resources was indicted Friday after allegedly bribing a former D.C. official, prosecutors said.

Mike Wise, the former Washington Post sports columnist, ESPN writer and 106.7 The Fan radio host, is joining WUSA9 as a digital journalist and on-air contributor, the station announced on Friday.