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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A D.C. man has agreed to settle a lawsuit against a Metropolitan Police Department officer over an unconstitutional and “exceedingly invasive” anal search during a stop-and-frisk incident for an undisclosed amount,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The District could become the second city in the U.S. to ban conversion therapy for some individuals over the age of 18 if a bill passed by the city council Tuesday night receives approval from the mayor and Congress.

A D.C. man who says he was intrusively patted down by a police officer last year has settled his lawsuit against the officer for an undisclosed amount of money, the ACLU of D.C. announced on Thursday. The city admitted no wrongdoing in the…

Genet Amare, an official with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit in Superior Court that -- if its allegations are proved -- gives a rare window on a D.C agency’s disdainful treatment of…

George Washington University Hospital said that it “cannot and will not be involved” in a deal with D.C. to operate a planned new Southeast D.C. hospital unless D.C. Council removes two amendments from proposed legislation that would…

After over a decade on the District's roster of parcels ripe for development, we are finally getting a look at what could potentially be constructed at 2 Patterson Street NE (map).

There’s something new on Seventh Street NW this week, and it’s not just the line outside the Christmas bar. Look down: The sidewalk bears a few plaques that honor musicians in the Howard Theatre Walk of Fame.

The much-ballyhooed Upshur Street has seen some surprising headlines in recent weeks: closings, rather than openings.

One way or another, D.C. gas station owners should soon be able to petition the city to redevelop their properties — an option unavailable to them for the last dozen years.

George Washington University Hospital—the Universal Healthcare Services-owned, 370-bed facility in Foggy Bottom—is really super committed to D.C.'s healthcare.

At the corner of 15th Street and Irving Street Northwest on a cold November morning, a man stands by a cart laden with granola bars, fruit, bottles of water and books. As people hurry by on their morning commute, he calls out, “Good…

George Washington University Hospital has suspended negotiations with the District to build and run a new hospital east of the Anacostia River, telling city officials in a letter Wednesday that conditions placed on the deal this week by the…

Taronica wants a Chili’s east of the river. It’s not because she wants to mix and match different flavors of ribs on a Friday night. She currently works at a location of the chain in Alexandria and wishes there were more restaurants in her…

On a recent afternoon, Derrick Young set up a microphone, unfolded some tables and put the finishing touches on an open space near MahoganyBooks, an African American bookstore he opened with his wife, Ramunda, in the District’s Ward 8 last…

In just under two weeks, the D.C. Council will take a final vote on whether to finance $56 million dollars’ worth of a long-planned redevelopment along Rhode Island Ave. NE. 

A neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to shopping local for the holidays

While the eyes of much of the world were trained on the throngs of D.C. visitors paying their respects to George H.W. Bush, Annie Maiden was in her Northwest home.

A 96-year-old woman died after a fire consumed her house in Shaw late Tuesday as her neighborhood’s assigned firetruck was covering Southeast amid a shortage of reserve emergency vehicles.