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D.C. police will increase traffic safety patrols around certain schools in the city, so that they can stop drivers who speed or run red lights or stop signs near school buildings, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Monday.

D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department will dispatch officers to school zones throughout the District in hope of improving drivers’ behavior when they are near kids.

For more than five years, I’ve advocated for improvements to DC’s plans for Dave Thomas Circle so that they would better serve the needs of local residents, pedestrians, and cyclists. On November 15, the District Department of…

D.C.'s Ward 5, one of the fastest-growing areas of Washington, sometimes seems split between old and new.

As the entertainment and fashion worlds mourn the loss of fashion-designer and author Virgil Abloh, a D.C. bookstore is remembering his act of generosity earlier this year.

Several D.C. lawmakers want to press pause on the award of a nearly $70 million advertising contract from the D.C. Lottery that had previously attracted a protest by its losing bidder.

Ice, ice, baby: It’s skating season, and Washington’s rinks — many of which went dark last year — are open once again. Here’s a guide to where to get your glide on.

Last December, Congress authorized the creation of a women’s history museum and the National Museum of the American Latino as part of DC's Smithsonian Institution. Now, the Smithsonian is zeroing in on some potential sites for these…

The Department of Defense is moving ahead with a planned expansion of the center tasked with monitoring air traffic in the national capital region.

D.C. Planning Director Andrew Trueblood is leaving city government at the end of the year, marking the end of a three-year tenure tackling major development questions in D.C. and opening up a key position in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Cabinet. …

After two child pedestrians died this year, D.C.’s mayor said Monday the city is expanding its Vision Zero plan to include enforcement around school zones.

For decades, a small network of volunteer-run nonprofits in D.C., Maryland and Virginia have tried, with limited resources, to help people access abortion services that they were legally entitled to but couldn’t afford. Now, as questions…

The next phase of The Wharf has attracted well-known nonprofit the Freedom Forum.

Steven Myles is known around his office as “Dr. Smyles.” The dentist usually has a smyle, er, smile, on his face and he can put one on yours, even if you haven’t had the best relationship with dentistry.

Forensic analysts have identified a new and highly potent family of synthetic opioids in the District’s illicit drug supply, a worrisome discovery in a city already struggling with a wave of fatal overdoses that shows no signs of abating. …

With the onset of cold weather, four DC Council members are urging Mayor Muriel Bowser to suspend any further encampment clearings until spring, though the mayor's initial reaction does not suggest a change is imminent.

After comedian Dave Chappelle’s comments on Netflix about the transgender community caused weeks of backlash, will a theater at his old high school still be named after him?