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Four teams of composers and librettists take inspiration from D.C.'s historical landscape

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced that Karima Holmes will be returning to the Office of Unified Communications as acting director, less than two years after an audit determined the city’s 911 system fell short of national standards.

Ukrainian Americans have taken to the streets all over the country to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A large rally is expected in D.C. on Sunday asking for more U.S. support of Ukraine and harsher sanctions against Russia.

The District's ambitious plan to reconfigure K Street NW through downtown to ease traffic congestion, prioritize buses and better accommodate cyclists and pedestrians is advancing ever closer to construction.

D.C.’s second statue of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, an engineer who designed the city’s basic layout, will be unveiled in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, putting the District on par with states allotted two statues within the hallowed halls.

After days of attacks from Russia, many Ukrainians in the D.C. region are facing fear and anxiety from the ongoing assault abroad. As the invasion continues, many organizations and activists in the community are quickly putting together…

As promised, President Joe Biden’s pick for the Supreme Court is a Black woman.

Two Bald Eagles at the National Arboretum were spotted with two eggs in their nest, according to the American Eagle Foundation.

D.C. officials said Friday they expect convoys of truckers protesting COVID mandates to reach the District around President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address to Congress on March 1.

A two-tower development next to Audi Field has cleared a major hurdle as it aims to start construction.

It had all the trappings of any Washington party thrown by a trade group: free drinks on a swanky rooftop bar with a view of the U.S. Capitol, plenty of networking, and a panel discussion. But the free marijuana handed out to guests at the…

Most residents say more police would reduce crime, but the share of those who rate police positively has dropped

The former councilmember is all paid up on punishments for mixing his consulting firm with his government gig.

A D.C. Corrections Officer was arrested Thursday for allegedly accepting bribes to bring knives, drugs, and cellphones into the D.C. Jail to distribute to people detained there. The officer, 31-year-old Johnson Ayuk, has been charged with…

Five Orange Line stations will close from May 28 through Sept. 5, as Metro completes the final phase of its Platform Improvement Project, the transit agency announced Thursday.

D.C. has an estimated and eye-popping $576 million surplus from fiscal 2021, the third year in a row of annual surpluses of more than $500 million.

Reading that teachers at Anacostia High School have demanded safety improvements from D.C. school administrators in the wake of bullets piercing the school’s front doors made me grapple again with the great paradox of teaching. The job of…