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The 32nd annual 17th street High Heel Race bore its traditional trappings on Tuesday night, from its colorful drag queens marching in sky-high stilettos to participants’ playful jibes at national politics. But the Dupont neighborhood’s…

On Friday, the District will reset traffic signals at 93 intersections in Navy Yard, Southwest, and neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River to give pedestrians and cyclists more time to cross the street. The move is part of D.C.’s Vision…

Last month, UrbanTurf reported on the two-building planned-unit development (PUD) proposed for a site in Brookland. Now, the zoning application has been filed and more details and renderings are emerging.

Despite the occasional diagonal state street or traffic circle, D.C.’s street grid makes it easy to navigate the city. East-west streets are lettered or named, and north-south streets are numbered. But there are plenty of exceptions to the…

Ron Moten is back with another politically themed earworm. The one-time unsuccessful Ward 7 council candidate, community activist, and co-founder of a violence prevention nonprofit released his latest music video in support of a local…

In October of 1918, during the last stages of World War I, major US cities were swept by a devastating wave of Spanish influenza. Washington was especially hit hard: an estimated 50,000 cases were reported from October 1918 to February…

The family of a restaurateur fatally struck by a driver in the District said this week they are waiting for closure more than two years after his death. Armin Amin, co-owner of Chaplin’s in the Shaw neighborhood, was struck by a…

WASHINGTON - After seven years in the United States, a Georgetown Day School teacher has just learned she must leave the country as soon as possible after her two visa applications were denied. A letter to parents from Associate Head of…

Just weeks ago, the D.C. government issued a warning about the prison in which notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger died. D.C. doesn't have its own in prison, so felons from the District are shipped across the country to serve…

Many participants left the first Southeast Library (407 7th St. SE) renovation meeting Tuesday night concerned about what services will be available during the two-year construction process. At the Oct. 30th meeting at the Hill Center (921…

The fight over tipping and how restaurant workers are paid in the nation’s capital may be returning to the ballot. The D.C. Council this month repealed Initiative 77, which voters passed in June to require employers to pay more to servers,…

D.C. Council candidate Dionne Reeder has continued raising money at a breakneck pace with help from the fundraising muscle of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), according to newly released campaign finance reports. Reeder (I) raised $118,000 in 18…