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The University of the District of Columbia will continue offering a number of financial perks to attract more students to the school, as well as lending a helping hand to current students heading into their final year.

A large fire at a trash-transfer station in Northeast D.C. is expected to keep firefighters busy through Friday morning.

It’s official: Former chief of the Montgomery County Police Department Thomas Manger will be the new Capitol Police chief and he takes command Friday.

J. Thomas Manger, who spent 21 years as a police chief in the wealthy Washington suburbs of Montgomery and Fairfax counties, was named Thursday to take over the U.S. Capitol Police as it tries to regain its footing in the aftermath of the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed Thursday that the Justice Department would crack down on gun trafficking corridors as part of a comprehensive approach to combat surging gun violence that also includes funding…

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware issued an order Thursday approving the former Marriott Wardman Park’s $152.25 million sale to an affiliate of Carmel Partners, likely marking a permanent end to the Northwest D.C. property’s days as a…

This article is the second in a two-part series on the neighborhoods between the Anacostia and DC Route 295 in Northeast DC.

School starts in D.C. in about a month, but parents and teachers said they don’t have answers to simple questions. The District’s schools chancellor offered what information he has, but he said it could change.

Officials with DC Health said the relatively low rate of cases where vaccinated residents come down with COVID-19 — known as breakthrough cases — are an encouraging sign that the vaccines are effective and safe.

Two hundred of the more than 375,000 D.C. residents who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus have tested positive for the coronavirus and four have died, according to a dashboard District officials unveiled Thursday.

D.C. Public Schools will continue to mandate face masks for all students and staff when campuses reopen for in-person learning in August, Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee said Thursday.

D.C. Council members voted unanimously in December to create a commission that would undertake a comprehensive review of the city’s tax code. It was a recognition of the need for careful study and a thoughtful approach in bringing change…

A private school serving children with hearing loss is looking to build a new campus in Tenleytown — but, like so many other projects near American University, the development is attracting some intense community pushback.

The District's first Amazon grocery store, the region's second overall, opened Thursday morning in Logan Circle.

Amazon’s first full service Amazon Fresh grocery store in the District opened for customers Thursday in Logan Circle at 1733 14th St. NW. It is just the second Amazon Fresh location on the east coast.

D.C. lawmakers approved a historic tax increase this week that, if implemented, could lift thousands of District residents out of poverty. But advocates say further steps are needed to make sure people know the new resource exists.

Markeith Muskelly, a barber who has spent half his 52 years cutting hair in Southeast Washington, has seen people get shot on the street outside the shop where he works.

After almost 15 years as director and chief executive of the Phillips Collection, Dorothy Kosinski will leave the Washington art museum at the end of next year, the museum announced Thursday.