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The name Swampoodle has a following of sorts. The century-old Irish immigrant nickname for NoMa will grace the neighborhood’s next park with overwhelming backing from the community.

The Metropolitan Police Department and New York Police Department have teamed up to investigate a series of attacks on people experiencing homelessness in both cities — including two that resulted in deaths in D.C. and New York City. The…

Five people experiencing homelessness were shot, two of which were killed, in a string of attacks in D.C. and New York that police say were committed by the same suspect.

The victims, including two who have died, appeared to be experiencing homelessness

As the Rev. Rachel Cornwell stood in front of the lectern to address Dumbarton United Methodist Church’s congregation during their weekly Sunday service, dozens of small quilts calling for D.C. to become the country’s 51st state were…

Four homicides in three months have involved child witnesses. In one, a man was shot as he held his 5-year-old’s hand.

An employee of D.C.’s Youth Rehabilitation Services agency is facing charges that he sexually abused a teenage girl in custody there.

An employee with the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) was arrested and charged Friday with sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl detained at the Youth Services Center.

D.C. efforts to legalize recreational sales of marijuana have suffered another setback in the form of federal legislation.

Deputy Mayor for Education Paul Kihn is “luke warm” on a stand-alone middle school.

The Smithsonian Institution says it has a few favorite sites in downtown D.C. that could eventually be home to two museums.

The District’s public school system will no longer require students and staff to wear masks indoors, Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee announced. The optional masking policy will go into effect Wednesday.

Agyei Williams, 35, who lives in Eastover near Oxon Hill, Md., rides his bike an hour to and from work every day. For him, cycling is a meditative experience.

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s former DCHA board chair takes another lump.

Students, staff and visitors at D.C. Public Schools can go mask-free starting next week, the school system announced Friday.

D.C. Public Schools could soon lift its mask mandate “for the majority of people.”

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) outraised challenger Robert C. White Jr. in February and early March as she seeks a third term as D.C. mayor. And with three months to go until the June primary and just weeks left to qualify for the ballot, it…

D.C. Public Schools will lift its indoor face mask requirement next week, joining several other school systems in the Washington region that have recently done the same.

Each weekend since Russia invaded Ukraine, lines snake around the block for D Light Café & Bakery in Adams Morgan.