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The District has recorded its highest number of homicides since 2003 and is headed toward ending the year with the third-highest tally of the past 20 years.

D.C. has reached a grim milestone: There have been 200 homicides in the District so far this year, police confirmed to WTOP Tuesday.

An Anacostia church is looking to add to DC's housing stock.

Organic mattress-in-a-box manufacturer Avocado Green Mattress is opening its first D.C. outpost on Black Friday.

The District on Monday recorded its 200th homicide this year, the first time that symbolic threshold of deadly violence has been reached in the nation’s capital since 2003.

The grades are in from distance learning, and they show D.C. students have fallen behind.

Transit agency officials say they will install fare targets near rear doors, cutting down on the time it takes for riders to board

The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission is two years old, but last month it issued its most consequential order

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is partnering with D.C.’s police department to offer more reward money in hopes of getting illegal guns off the streets. ​​The ATF is offering up to $5,000 through the end of 2021 on…

Thanksgiving is a time to show off your chef skills, but all that cooking and baking means more risk for kitchen fires.

On the morning indoor masking restrictions relaxed in D.C., Calvin Watson strode out his front door barefaced — and almost immediately regretted it.

TSA and airport officials advise passengers to allow plenty of time during the holidays

Thanksgiving is going to be a little happier for some D.C. families, thanks to donations from the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy.

Masks are no longer a requirement indoors in D.C., as Mayor Muriel Bowser’s mandate was lifted Monday. Despite that, some small businesses have decided to require customers to keep the layer of safety in place.

Regardless of when federal rental assistance can be expected, DC’s renters should not go without assistance especially as the pandemic continues to be a threat. Local leaders should collaborate to revitalize the program as soon as…

"It's not about public safety. It's about dollars."

Authorities in the District announced Monday the temporary expansion of a monetary reward aimed at helping police find and seize untraceable “ghost guns” made from home kits, as well as other illegal firearms that are modified to fire as…

A D.C. Superior Court judge extended the suspension of the ‘speedy trial’ rule until next year, despite recent federal scrutiny about the D.C. jail’s poor living conditions.

The Cleveland Park residential pipeline may be growing a bit, but it will require moving a house.