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The transit agency holds a mock inspection just like the type it is proposing to conduct every 8 days on its suspended 7000 series cars

Raed and Alli Jarrar admit they don’t fit the profile of what many people think of when someone says gun owner.

City leaders are sharing just how many first responders remain unvaccinated in D.C. long after the mayor mandated they get the shot.

With 37 fatalities, 2020 was the deadliest year for traffic crashes in DC in more than a decade. Now it’s all but guaranteed that 2021 will be deadlier after Nina Larson became the 37th person to be killed in a traffic crash this year.

The director of the Mayor’s Office on Nightlife and Culture was born in Ecuador and adopted by a Northern Virginia family.

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to amend the city’s law that bans untraceable firearms, also known as “ghost guns,” in response to a federal lawsuit that alleged the law was overly broad.

Metro gave reporters a demonstration of how it inspects the wheels on its trains. The event Tuesday at Metro’s Greenbelt Yard showed the tools and processes technicians go through to make sure the wheels are in compliance.

As the longtime host of CNN’s “The Situation Room” and one of the most recognizable faces in American political journalism, Wolf Blitzer deals with a lot on a daily basis. But every now and again, his focus turns to much more pedestrian…

George Jones was 12 years old when he decided what he wanted to do with his life.

The District’s schools followed trends seen nationally as schools turned to remote instruction

Air pollution has dropped significantly in D.C., and around the country, over the past two decades — District-wide average pollution levels have been cut in half. But the benefits of cleaner air are not evenly distributed; neighborhoods…

More than 11% of all ballots sent to D.C. voters ahead of the November general election were returned as undeliverable, a rate more than eight times higher than the national average. Additionally, undeliverable mail ballots were highest in…

A longtime D.C. advertising firm said it was improperly passed over in its bid for a nearly $70 million government contract with the D.C. Lottery, alleging in a formal protest that the agency opted for a team that's skirting the District’s…

Metro welcomed the media Tuesday to its Greenbelt rail yard in College Park, Maryland, to demonstrate the testing and inspection process for its 7000-series trains.

The District is advancing a $35 million remake of a major commuter intersection that Washingtonians refer to as “Dave Thomas Circle” in tribute to the founder of Wendy’s, which once had a restaurant at the center of this thoroughfare.

Students in D.C. fell significantly behind last school year compared with pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from education group EmpowerK12.

The omakase den may finally draw sushi lovers who refused to step foot on the former President's property.

After a saga spanning years and including everything from purple prose from city officials to a skeptical arts commission and, of course, the drama of eminent domain, it’s finally here: There’s a new future on the horizon for the…

A hemmed-in territory surrounded by a sea of unbounded states.

The District has recorded its 199th homicide of the year, topping 2020’s tally with more than a month left to go in 2021. It’s the city’s single highest homicide count in 16 years.