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The plan, called ‘Roadmap to Reducing Violent Crime in the District,’ seems to tout much of what city officials were already doing

D.C. mayoral hopeful James Q. Butler won’t be taking the debate stage Wednesday night after the U.S. District Court dismissed his case against host Georgetown University for excluding him.

Courts in the District have been awarded just over $600,000 to expand programs that help keep tenants in their homes.

Five stations on the Orange Line closed this past Saturday and won’t be back open until September, according to Metro. New Carrollton, Landover, and Cheverly are the latest in Metro’s line to have their platforms ripped up and new ones to…

There are plenty of new residential projects in DC that require approval from the city's zoning commission or historic preservation board. But just one on the boards needed the thumbs up from the U.S. Secret Service.

The legal fight between Georgetown University and a Democratic candidate for D.C. mayor has ended, according to a judicial ruling.

Gordon Ramsay has more fish to fry along D.C.'s Southwest waterfront.

After a months-long closure, The National Gallery of Art’s East Building will reopen on June 30, the museum announced on Wednesday.

Violence interrupters and outreach workers in D.C. often sacrifice their physical safety and emotional well-being trying to prevent shootings and reduce violence in D.C.’s neighborhoods. They work directly with residents who are at risk of…

Renee Thomas didn’t know where she was going to end up Wednesday afternoon, but she said she wouldn’t be going far.

The rent control “clearinghouse” was supposed to be ready in 2016.

The National Park Service cleared a homeless encampment outside Union Station this morning, prompting familiar divisions among those who see such measures as necessary because of an imminent threat to public health and safety and others…

After a violent 2021 for D.C., and police data showing 2022 trending to be more violent, with total violent crime 17% higher than this time a year ago, a new program is training violence interrupters to stop gun violence before it starts…

Police say there are legal hurdles to securing convictions even when they recover a weapon. Defense attorneys say they are bringing weak cases.

A candidate for D.C. mayor wants a court to order that he be allowed to participate in Wednesday night’s debate that will be broadcast on WTTG-TV (Channel 5).

Disagreement between D.C.'s mayor and council chairman has for months prevented the introduction of a bill in Congress that would allow the city to purchase and develop the derelict RFK Stadium site, according to Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton…

The D.C. Peace Academy hopes to train 150 people by the end of 2023

D.C. mayoral candidate James Butler is asking local courts to allow him to be included in a planned debate Wednesday night that will feature the other three Democratic contenders for mayor, arguing that he was unfairly excluded.