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The DC Council is slated to kick off its two-month summer recess at the end of the week, but members first have to sort through a busy legislative agenda this afternoon.

D.C. has seen a rise in gun-involved crimes during the first half of 2022.

Business interests have managed to water down D.C.’s ban on the practice, despite it first passing back in 2020.

It’s not Relisha Rudd’s birthday. And it isn’t the anniversary of the day she was last seen.

It’s been more than eight years since D.C. girl Relisha Rudd went missing, and some are working to make sure that her case is not forgotten.

Used exclusively by bicyclists and pedestrians since the pandemic began, Beach Drive in D.C.’s Rock Creek Park would reopen to traffic nine months a year, under a new proposal by the National Park Service.

National Park Service proposes to keep the road car-free in summer and open to vehicles the rest of the year as a compromise amid pushback to give cars access to the scenic route.

Metro has been running fewer of its newest 7000-series railcars than allowed, according to data analyzed by Greater Greater Washington. The agency received permission to run up to eight of the trains per day in service, but averaged just…

The National Park Service says the upper portion of Beach Drive should be closed to traffic and open to recreation in the summer, in addition to weekends and holidays throughout the year.

Amazon.com Inc. wants to open a new grocery store in Navy Yard, according to public documents.

An affordable housing redevelopment project in Northwest D.C.'s Ward 4 is poised to get off the ground with financing from the D.C. Housing Finance Agency.

A D.C. resident is not able to get a driver’s license or renew an existing one if they owe more than $100 to the local government. A bill introduced by Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie would amend the city’s “Clean Hands” law, so…

Those in D.C. who are homebound now have access to in-home COVID-19 testing services with a registered nurse.

It’s a Tuesday evening in May, and three rows of Black girls ages 11 through 17 are lined up on the second floor of the Dance Loft on 14. The girls are students of the Jones-Haywood Dance School in Petworth — a historic dance school that…

A development team including Redbrick LMD and Emerson Collective broke ground Monday on a temporary retail village set to spring up on part of the St. Elizabeths East campus in Southeast D.C., a placeholder use for the 4.2-acre site.

As development continues on the St. Elizabeths East campus in Congress Heights, city officials and developers broke ground today on a temporary retail and food center envisioned as an incubator for entrepreneurs, artists and restaurateurs…