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Metro says riders are returning at higher rates than they anticipated.

This means good news for its finances but riders are growing frustrated over increased crowding

The Wicked Witch of the West in “The Wizard of Oz” movie wanted the ruby slippers, but a Wisconsin woman says she wants Dorothy’s dress that was recently found at Catholic University in D.C. because it belongs to her.

Miguel Gonzales spent his life in Adams Morgan. He grew up in a condominium on Adams Mill Road. He attended Oyster-Adams middle school and played basketball at Walter Pierce Park. He worked as a porter at a hotel a short walk across the…

The District would become a sanctuary city for abortion seekers under a bill introduced to the city council Friday.

D.C. Council member Brianne K. Nadeau introduced legislation Friday that would create a “human rights sanctuary” in the District for anyone traveling to the city to get an abortion.

A family of ducks has moved into the new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, and it’s holding up construction.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced a new $20 million investment in high-impact tutoring she says will help address pandemic-disrupted instruction and close opportunity gaps for thousands of K-12 students.

Mayor Muriel Bowser spent $130,000 in taxpayer money to send residents a booklet boasting about her administration in the middle of her re-election campaign, public records show.

Out in a barn in Accokeek, Maryland, three horses wait patiently for a bus load of girls making their way out of the district.

D.C. released a new strategic plan to address gun violence this week, part of an ongoing effort to organize the city government’s response to a significant rise in homicides over the past several years.

As D.C. emerges from the covid-19 pandemic of the past two-plus years, it faces numerous challenges. Combating a rise in violent crime, addressing student learning loss and spurring D.C.’s post-pandemic recovery are just some of the issues…

A non-scalable fence and concrete barriers have been added around the Supreme Court building this week, amid ongoing demonstrations over the future of abortion access.

Gay former D.C. police officer Salah Czapary, who’s running in the city’s June 21 Democratic primary for the Ward 1 D.C. Council seat, and gay D.C. school board member Zachary Parker, who’s running in the primary for the Ward 5 Council…

The Council has already worked to ensure abortion access in the city, but Nadeau is aiming for more changes in the wake of the astonishing Supreme Court leak.

Signs of spring are popping up around D.C. Warmer temperatures are drawing people outdoors, masks are coming off and neighborhood restaurants are seeing more foot traffic. Hopefully, these are early indicators that the worst of the…