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Eaglets from celebrity couple Mr. President and Lotus are likely to begin emerging soon.

Howard University is advancing plans to replace the hospital on its Northwest D.C. campus — and is set to receive $100 million from the federal government to help get it done.

The Rock 'n’ Roll Half Marathon and 5K are set to take place Saturday, closing streets and disrupting traffic, parking and transit across the city.

Pepco has committed a “pattern of systemic violations” in its handling of solar projects in D.C., potentially overcharging more than 6,000 customers, according to D.C. Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the People’s Counsel.…

Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have zeroed in on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s service on the board of a wealthy D.C. private school during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)…

It’s been decades since residents have been able to swim in the Potomac River, but summers could soon mean going for a dip as a push to lift the ban on swimming in the District’s rivers draws more support.

Runners will take to D.C. streets on Saturday for the annual Rock ‘n’ Roll half marathon — and yes, there will be road closures to go along with the tunes and the sweat.

A deputy auditor for public safety would keep an eye on MPD officers’ use of force.

In the wake of natural disasters like hurricanes, floods, and droughts, temporary relief tents house the displaced, serve as medical facilities, and store supplies. At the REACH at Kennedy Center, a similar structure now holds an immersive…

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said Wednesday she plans to introduce a bill requiring helicopters in District airspace to fly at the maximum altitude permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Karim Mowatt's film "Lorton: Prison of Terror" uses personal accounts to paint a full picture of the Lorton Reformatory.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol will reopen to the public on Monday for guided tours for limited groups of people who have registered in advance, congressional officials said, two years after the coronavirus pandemic prompted the…

Non-tenured faculty at Howard University reached a tentative contract agreement with the school in the early hours of Wednesday morning, averting a strike planned for this week.

Two expenditures by the DC government made it into an Associated Press review of questionable uses of COVID-19 relief funds across the country.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has named her appointees to a once-in-a-decade commission reviewing the tax code, setting up the next great debate over tax rates at a time when the city is flush with cash.

Howard University on Wednesday unveiled a $785 million plan to build three new academic buildings on its Northwest D.C. campus and renovate others — an investment the school president deemed a “watershed moment” for the institution.

With just under 50 minutes to go until the start of a D.C. mayoral candidate forum, Trayon White Sr. was six miles away, busy collecting signatures outside a Safeway near the Southwest Waterfront.

The investment signals an era of financial security for a university with a history of budget woes