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More than a week after a train derailed on Metro’s Blue Line, Metro has announced it will be retaining outside safety advisers.

Nellie’s Sports Bar will pay a $5,000 fine and serve a seven-day liquor license suspension after the bar agreed to a compromise with the District, which was investigating the complaint of a Black woman who was dragged down the stairs of…

The mother of Karon Hylton-Brown’s one-year-old daughter has filed a lawsuit on her behalf against D.C. and five police officers. Hylton-Brown died in a moped crash after police chased him in Brightwood Park last October. She is asking for…

Neil Albert, who has for the last four years served as the chair of the D.C. Housing Authority’s board of commissioners, resigned this week amid questions over alleged conflicts of interest.

There are no rats. That was my first thought when I stepped into a D.C. Metro station after riding through New York’s subway system for years.

An NTSB team has spent two days at a Metro car maintenance facility to disassemble and inspect wheel sets of a train that derailed

Four months after a private security guard dragged a Black woman down the stairs at Nellie’s Sports Bar, sparking months of protests, the once popular gay bar on U Street NW will pay a $5,000 fine and have its liquor license suspended for…

Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg could face penalties for failing to protect user’s data from political manipulation during the 2016 election.

D.C. native Lakisha Lowe was overjoyed to be pregnant with her second child — a girl this time. She planned to name her Miamor.

The genetics showcase is returning to DC after a six-year countrywide tour.

October is breast cancer awareness month. In D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser kicked off a breast cancer informational event outside Audi Field in Southwest with a reminder to residents.

“The Wall/El Muro: What is a Border Wall?” will be a multimedia experience at the National Building Museum.

Backers of office-to-residential conversions are trying again to incentivize such projects in downtown D.C., pitching a new package of tax abatements to try and repurpose some of the office buildings emptied out by the ongoing pandemic.

D.C.’s 911 operation reportedly needs some emergency services of its own.

One of the Washington transit agency’s most closely held secrets about its rail service in recent years is that the wheels have been coming off — literally.

Metro is offering the riders who were on board the Blue Line train that derailed on Oct. 12 a SmarTrip credit for future rides.

City leaders have long lamented the proliferation and accessibility of illegal guns with crime again on the rise. D.C. police often highlight all the arrests they make for possession of them, too.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill creating a “baby bonds” program that will put up to $1,000 a year into trust funds for low-income kids, allowing them to access the money only after they turn 18.