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D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee held a summit with city teenagers to discuss the impact of rising crime on their communities.

She’s a mother who lost a teenage daughter to random gun violence, and her message to D.C.'s young people is simple.

Students pay a mandatory fee for the passes, and many area schools have balked

D.C. is putting millions of dollars into funding a program that ensures kids get to and from school safely.

Kids who are homeless or at risk in D.C. will have a better chance for enrollment at the city’s most sought-after schools.

In search of how DC’s exclusive Chevy Chase neighborhood might address racial equity, some community members are creating a more inclusive vision for the neighborhood with the launch of the Chevy Chase DC Small Area Plan by the DC Office…

"It's a store, but it's almost like a flower factory," says owner Holley Simmons.

Reagan Thompson hopped out of a police SUV outside the Walmart on Riggs Road in Northeast D.C. to a greeting from Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and dozens of D.C. police.

More than three years after the DC Council passed a bill establishing a regulatory framework for short-term rentals in the city, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) has released the final rules for enforcement.

Expansion of “Safe Passage" program will help place more adults along student commutes.

The U.S. Marshals Service has so far transferred 200 people out of the D.C. Jail to a federal prison in Pennsylvania and other federal facilities as part of what they call an “ongoing draw down” from the jail because of concerns about…

D.C. officials said Friday that they want to be able to give away free rapid at-home COVID-19 tests, but there are procurement hurdles.

A new residential development is on the boards in DC near Union Market and the design is reminiscent of an iconic building in New York.

Kathleen Donahue, owner of Capitol Hill game and puzzle shop Labyrinth, is hoping to get some return on her huge investment of time this holiday season.

In story and stature, Cardozo-graduate baseball great Maury Wills has always been an underdog.

The government's pilot program to clear homeless encampments continues, as do calls from advocates and key DC Council members for at least a temporary halt.

The new recommendation to wear a mask inside comes two weeks after the mayor rescinded her indoor mask mandate.

A $60 million redesign plan for the Hirshhorn’s sculpture garden, years in the making, received final approval on Thursday, the Smithsonian announced in a press release. The National Capital Planning Commission voted in favor of Japanese…

There’s nothing funny about the controversy comedian and alum Dave Chappelle has stirred for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Georgetown. Chappelle’s recent queerphobic and transphobic remarks sparked a major backlash, including…