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Metrorail will extend train service until midnight starting this Sunday, July 18, the transit agency told riders in a press release on Wednesday. The new hours will apply to all seven days of the week.

The five-story development in the middle of a block of two-story row houses in the Carver-Langston neighborhood has been a source of tension for residents who live nearby and the developer for some time.

Rafael Nadal is coming to D.C. for the first time ever to compete in the Citi Open, and more people will be able to see him live in-person.

Washington’s Citi Open will be permitted to admit full-capacity crowds for this summer’s event, headlined by 20-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, under an agreement reached with city and federal officials.

Tenants at three D.C. properties have spent the past year fighting for rent relief and better housing conditions. While they’ve had some success, their fight isn’t over.

D.C.’s police department is joining law enforcement agencies across the U.S., including the Virginia State Police, in phasing out the use of dogs to detect drugs.

Diners are back but it's far from business as usual at D.C. bars and restaurants.

For anyone who's peered through the metal gates into a closed Metro station on a weekend night, relief is in sight — at least until the clock strikes 12.

The company that makes a crime-fighting tool used by D.C. police has opened an office in the city that will become its East Coast satellite location.

Those who have been hoping for late-night Metro service are in luck, as the transit agency announced it will be extending service to midnight seven days a week beginning Sunday.

The increase in service each day is part of a package of fare reductions and service improvements the transit agency approved in June

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has proposed renaming an elementary school after the late Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. The proposal is part of the mayor’s year-old promise to reassess the names of more than 150…

Since the District decriminalized small amounts of marijuana in 2015, D.C. police officers have been told that they cannot detain or search people based solely on the smell of cannabis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon founder and soon-to-be-space traveler Jeff Bezos is donating $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution to boost its National Air and Space Museum, the largest gift received by the institution since its founding…

The majority of restaurants who applied for grants have received nothing.

Hope and skepticism grip city officials and community members in anticipation of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s historic $400 million investment in affordable housing.

The Smithsonian Institution announced Wednesday that Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and spaceflight company Blue Origin, is donating $200 million to the National Air and Space Museum — the largest donation to the Smithsonian since the…

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is donating $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution, the largest single donation since its founding gift from James Smithson in 1846, the museum announced Wednesday.

Any parent will tell you: kids always need something else. For D.C. resident Yehesuah Downie, that something else is a replacement cell phone for his 12-year-old son, a major expense given Downie’s challenging financial situation during…