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Hotel activity in DC has largely recovered from the downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer on local economic trends.

Two people were killed, a body was found in a burned vehicle, and a 14-year-old boy was shot and wounded, police said

Over the next couple of weeks, Metro riders can expect to see longer Metro trains that will come by more often.

Nine months into bargaining, Politics and Prose workers reached a contract agreement with their employer, voting in favor of a deal that secures wage increases for nearly every union member.

Marbury Plaza, a Southeast D.C. apartment complex, was a major attraction for middle-class Black families looking for a place to call home in the 1960s.

Eligible DC residents can get the new omicron booster starting Wednesday at the District's COVID Centers.

For around 100 years, generations of Capitol Hill residents have had their own neighborhood market at 233 12th St. SE. Most recently, it was known as Mott’s Market.

The return of newer, longer Metro trains will help enable more frequent weekend service on some lines, Metro announced Tuesday.

When the pandemic hit in 2020, U.S. schools went into lockdown. For more than a year, students were separated from their teachers, isolated from their peers and required to attend class remotely. It was abundantly clear that this was not a…

A collection of original texts are designed to improve early literacy

Opponents of Initiative 82 — an effort to boost the minimum wage of tipped workers in the District — on Friday continued their fight to keep the measure off the November ballot.

It would be easy to walk past the handsome building at 1200 U Street NW and not consider its history. Each year, thousands of people surely do.

Six weeks into the new job, Metro General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke is trying to set goals for the D.C.-area transit system.

The National Book Festival returned to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center after a two-year coronavirus hiatus, drawing thousands of attendees and a flurry of tote bags on Saturday.

They’ve been a landmark in Rock Creek Park for nearly 50 years, but now the Capitol stones are set to be moved to a new storage facility at Fort Meade in Maryland, save a few.

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of its art program MuralsDC, the District has commissioned 15 new murals across four wards.

Regional public health experts are fine tuning their approach to getting monkeypox vaccine into arms, even as D.C. reports a steady decline in new cases.

A little over a month on the job, Randy Clarke is optimistic while facing lagging ridership and a financial shortfall, saying he doesn’t think the transit agency will have to make drastic cuts next summer

D.C.-area office occupancy rates and transit ridership remain far below pre-pandemic levels as many workers stay home

The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission allowed Metro to run as many as 20 of the agency’s 7000-series trains.