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The word “book” doesn’t quite capture what St. Clair Detrick-Jules has spent the past four years trying to complete.

Outside an apartment building in Northwest Washington, volunteers propped their laptops open and began to help tenants apply for STAY DC, an emergency rent relief program that has been heralded as a lifeline for those who have fallen…

The District upped its safety review standards for multifamily and commercial properties on Friday, following the recent collapse of a building under construction in Northwest Washington.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the surprise twin hiring of two of the country’s most prominent writers on race, Howard University is positioning itself as one of the primary centers of Black academic thought just as America struggles through a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the surprise twin hiring of two of the country’s most prominent writers on race, Howard University is positioning itself as one of the primary centers of Black academic thought just as America struggles through a…

The metal fencing and concrete barriers that encircled the Capitol after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the complex on Jan. 6. gave way Saturday to an open plaza filled with families lounging on picnic blankets, dogs on leashes and…

D.C’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs added several enhancements to building safety review on Friday.

On a muggy June morning, Sadiya Abubakri pulled her Nissan into a quiet Southeast Washington street of squat rowhouses to pick up her student.

The District has agreed to pay $220,000 in legal fees to a Capitol Hill church that had sued over coronavirus meeting restrictions, one of a slew of successful legal challenges by religious groups during the pandemic.

Undocumented workers and others in DC excluded from government aid during the pandemic are pushing for $200 million in cash assistance from the DC government.

The metal fence that has encircled the Capitol since a mob of Trump supporters stormed the complex on Jan. 6 began coming down early Friday evening, relieving residents who had been walled off in their own neighborhood and making way for…

The place joins izakaya Shibuya and cocktail bar Death Punch at his three-level destination.

The District is seeing some success with their vaccination incentive programs, but are still looking for ways to get people out to vaccine sites around the city to be vaccinated.

The collapse of the Surfside, Florida, condo tower and a much smaller condo building under construction in Northwest D.C. have prompted District leaders to make safety changes.

A Massachusetts Avenue Heights estate whose original owners founded one of the largest piano and keyboard retailers in the United States has sold for $10.9 million, according to public records.

When almost all of D.C.’s government employees return to their offices in person starting Monday — in some cases after as long as 16 months working from home — they’ll be greeted with balloons, free food, Pilates and other perks that city…

A new loan fund launched this week hopes to bridge the gap faced by Greater Washington developers of color as they seek financing for their projects.

The D.C. Zoning Commission unanimously approved American University’s campus plan Thursday, propelling forward the university’s goal to keep up with anticipated growth for the next 10 years.