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On the December afternoon that I visited the Brooks, the short-term family housing building in Ward 3 was home to 26 families. By evening, that number would be 25.

The owners of Roots 657 Cafe & Local Market in Leesburg plan to open a new restaurant in D.C.’s Ward 7, one that also provides space, resources and guidance to others looking to get into the food service business.

George Washington University has submitted plans to modify a residence hall on its Foggy Bottom campus to limit what are currently public-facing dining options to those for students only, a proposal that is part of the university's work to…

The Washington Informer has added subscribers and staff in an era when many local newspapers are struggling

The city has collected $93 million through a ticket amnesty program that ends this month, but millions of dollars in fines go unpaid

To Fred Brown, the sale of his grandmother's house was a big mistake.

Construction looks set to begin soon on an affordable mixed-use project just across from the Shaw library, as a new developer takes over the transformation of a city-owned property that’s been stuck in limbo for roughly two decades.

Two defendants faced a murder charge in the stabbing of Tyshon Perry. Then prosecutors backed down.

New York-based luxury mattress maker Saatva, a pioneer in direct-to-consumer online sales, has opened its third brick and mortar location in the country in D.C.’s Logan Circle.

Right before the holiday break, high school teacher Laura Fuchs experienced firsthand the impacts caused by what was described by DCPS as an “operation impact of recent COVID-19 cases.”

A regional transportation planning body is trying to nudge the District, Maryland and Virginia toward dealing with the disconnect

Howard University in D.C. is delaying the start of its spring semester citing, among other things, a rising surge in coronavirus infections.

DC Fire and EMS has seen an increase of COVID-19 cases in its department as the District experiences its own citywide surge.

Howard University will delay the start of the spring semester until Jan. 18 amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the region, university officials announced Monday. Classes for undergraduates and graduate students are then expected to begin…

The D.C. region went into Christmas weekend with record-setting coronavirus case rates — and came out with even worse.

The D.C. Consolidated Forensic Laboratory opened in 2012 to much fanfare. At a cost of $220 million, the facility was set up to be independent from law enforcement and the court system. It promised to bring objective, state-of-the-art…

Douglas Development Corp. shed a pair of Marriott-branded hotels in D.C., including one it had only owned since 2019, in mid-December — and the buyers include people with quite a bit of Marriott experience under their belts.

When John F. Kennedy announced America’s mission to the moon, he said we were going not because it was easy, but because it was hard. Striving toward this gargantuan goal, the president said, would “serve to organize and measure the best…

Christmas is over. Womp womp.