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The Biden administration reversed a Trump decision that had kept bike-sharing off the White House grounds since 2017

In August, the U.S. Census Bureau released population counts for DC's wards, revealing an eye-popping resident boom in Ward 6 and much leaner population counts in Wards 7 and 8.

On a recent visit, we didn’t see the hotel’s elevator doors open even once.

A federal judge found the D.C. government liable Wednesday for wrongfully arresting between 2012 and 2014 six people who were accused of violating its ban on carrying handguns in public.

In a record-setting decision, a D.C. Superior Court judge has ordered a property owner to repay tenants nearly half a million dollars in rent. The judge found that the owner of a Columbia Heights apartment building repeatedly broke D.C.…

They are certainly among the oldest DMV families, the Quanders, and that’s been documented by family historian Rohulamin Quander.

The District of Columbia will close several miles of Georgia Ave in Northwest — a major north-south route through the nation’s capital — for five hours Saturday, as a way to encourage residents, visitors and businesses to consider…

The question 4-year-old Nathan Ballard-Means asked his mom after school Friday would not have stood out, if it weren’t for what happened about an hour later.

Weeks into the school year, D.C. Council members are drafting emergency legislation that could make virtual learning more accessible and require COVID-19 vaccinations for students who are eligible to receive them.

You’ve probably heard the old cliché that Washington was built on a swamp. It wasn’t, but much of the National Mall is built on land reclaimed from the Potomac River and its wetlands, and much of downtown, and the heart of the federal…

What to know about redistricting as the D.C. Council begins public hearings about it

The ongoing pandemic has left hundreds of thousands of Americans grieving in isolation. A public art installation on the National Mall provides a space to mourn as a nation.

The fifth annual Women’s March will take place in D.C. this Saturday.

Mama J has been living at the NoMa encampments since 2012. She said she has met everyone who lives there, and says she’s comfortable.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine chalked up a major court victory Wednesday in a case against a neglectful Columbia Heights landlord.

Halcyon, the social entrepreneurship organization anchored by a flagship incubator in Georgetown, is moving deeper into the investment arena with the creation of a new funding vehicle.

If there’s one time you needn’t hurry, it’s when you’re in your casket on the way to your cemetery plot. You’re not going anywhere. Well, you are, but no one’s going to care if you’re tardy.

What’s known as street harassment happens all too frequently, and D.C. leaders are asking residents to help address the issue through a new bystander intervention training program.

Two D.C. men have been indicted on charges related to trafficking firearms — including untraceable “ghost guns” — according to U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C.