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Two traffic-related deaths in the past week have kindled anger and doubt over D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s “Vision Zero” plan to reduce traffic deaths. Meanwhile, the mayor has asked the D.C. Council to consider increasing fines for…

Edward Segal documents the leaks obsessively. The Georgetown resident has lived in his neighborhood off and on  for 17 years. He is, by his own admission, protective of it. So whenever he sees a gas crew working on a leak in his…

The D.C. region is known for producing basketball talent. For years, sportstalkers like WOL-AM’s Butch McAdams have suggested that the area’s reputation for quality youth basketball is a reason the Wizards have struggled to find a loyal fan…

Another proposed development is joining several others planned near the North Capitol Street and Florida Avenue intersection. Maedwell Companies is applying to the Historic Preservation Review Board to deliver a 50 foot-tall…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday cut the ribbon on the first of six family homeless shelters being built to replace D.C. General. The long-troubled shelter will be closed this fall as part of Bowser’s efforts to reform the city’s…

The Metro board intends to dissolve its Riders' Advisory Council next month, cutting ties with its rider liaison group at a time when the agency’s staff is prioritizing its online survey community, Amplify. The decision comes months after…

The management company that operates the senior apartment complex in Southeast Washington that burned last week has launched an internal investigation following reports of several safety deficiencies, according to a company representative.

On Friday, September 24, an SUV in Dupont Circle hit 20-year-old Carlos Sanchez-Martin as he rode a rented electric scooter from Lime, a San Francisco-based startup whose vehicles have popped up in cities across the nation in recent months.

If you exceed a D.C. speed limit by more than 25 mph, it could cost you $500; roll through a right-turn-on-red and it will cost you $100; and if you fail to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk, you could get a whopping $500 ticket under…

Residents of the Southeast D.C. neighborhood of Congress Heights stood by on Saturday as local politicians, developers, and tall young men holding basketballs under their arms cut into a ceremonial red ribbon with oversized scissors. They…

Council Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) says city needs more bike lanes, especially the kind that separate bicycles -- and maybe scooters -- from vehicles

The District issued more than 1 million speed-camera tickets last year, according to data released Wednesday, a record high for a city that has built a reputation as a “speed trap” for motorists in the nearly two decades since the automated…

Bucking a trend in other major U.S. cities where the homicide rate is heading down, the District has just passed a grim milestone: More people have been killed in the city so far this year than for the entire year of 2017. And there’s more…

The Washington Times reported on New Year’s Eve 2014 that “the city finished the year with 105 homicides, one more than was recorded in 2013 — a year that included 12 people killed in a mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.” 2014 also…

Two gay men were physically attacked on U Street near 16 Street NW in an incident that D.C. police are investigating as a potential hate crime, according to a police report taken at the scene of the crime. The incident occurred on September…