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By now you’ve probably seen the photos – a major thoroughfare turned into a brown river in minutes, a doggy daycare with more than a foot of greenish water sloshing outside the glass doors, like a filthy aquarium. Twice in the past week,…

It’s a popular spot for sweet treats for tourists and locals alike, but the well-known Georgetown Cupcake in D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood didn’t have its typical long lines of people waiting for cupcakes on Thursday, due to what it calls…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Department of Housing and Community Development on Thursday announced 11 more projects that will receive funding from the Housing Production Trust Fund, the city’s primary source of financing for affordable…

A manufacturer of untraceable “ghost guns” has been ordered to pay D.C. $4 million as part of a legal settlement that will also prohibit it from selling any guns to city residents in the future.

As local and federal officials argue over who bears the responsibility for aiding thousands of migrants bused by the governors of Texas and Arizona to the nation’s capital — a gesture of Republican disdain for President Biden’s immigration…

A D.C. Superior Court judge agreed Thursday to appoint an outside party to stabilize and reform the management of Casa Ruby, the LGBTQ nonprofit that shut down most of its operations last month.

Not long before neighborhoods across the District experienced flooding once again from heavy summer storms on Wednesday afternoon, the DC government announced that it's received more than $20 million in funding from the federal government…

D.C. has been locked in a behind-the-scenes legal battle with an architect over the renovation of the pool at Hains Point — leaving it without any timeline for reopening.

Douglass Morency submitted his resignation after the killing of 25-year-old Maurica Manyan.

Transit officials have asked the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission to operate up to 35 suspended trains.

A new effort on the boards in DC's Capitol Riverfront aims to make good use of some underutilized public space in the neighborhood.

Bulletin for Mayor Bowser: FOIA denials have soared to an 11-year high under your leadership.

When you walk through the building on D.C.’s National Mall commonly known as the Smithsonian Castle, you can check out a variety of the museum’s holdings, from trilobites to a panda cam to an electric guitar.

Metrorail is seeking to put more of its troubled 7000-series railcars back into service in the D.C. area.