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Mary’s Center, a community health center with locations in D.C. and Maryland, started its addiction services program in 2015, offering medication-assisted treatment, naloxone training, counseling and a weekly recovery support group. Over…

A woman with her mask dangling off her chin rushed past a waitress, who was sanitizing a menu, to take a call.

Some of the bravest and hardest-working people who helped the nation — and the nation’s capital — get through the Jan. 6 insurrection, the presidential inauguration, protests and demonstrations, and the coronavirus pandemic work for the…

Terrance Wilson didn’t need to hear how his daughter ended up stabbed at least 48 times.

AFTER THE Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, lawmakers in Washington recognized the urgency of taking steps to prevent future attacks. A landmark commission investigated the attack’s root causes, reforms were made in intelligence gathering and…

The Bowser administration is opposing calls to reduce the size of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Michael Fontaine woke up in a hospital bed confused, completely unaware that he nearly died Aug. 1, when his heart failed on a Northwest Washington street.

The D.C. Council on Friday began to imagine what an end to the long list of pandemic-era aid programs may look like in a city where evictions have been halted, utilities shut-offs have been blocked, and mortgage foreclosures and other…

Summer 2021 is shaping up to be a fun one in the District.

The D.C. Council heard from community experts on how it should navigate assistance programs put in place last year as the city transitions out of the pandemic. While health metrics are improving, unemployment claims are still high, and…

D.C. landlords say they’re struggling to pay their mortgages and maintenance bills while the city’s eviction ban is in place. Tenants point to an unequal economic recovery and a strained rental assistance program as reasons to keep the…

The huge document that guides the city's growth addresses climate change and affordable housing.

D.C. police officers, members of the fire department and others who responded to the insurrection on Jan. 6 to fight a pro-Trump mob and reclaim the U.S. Capitol were on Friday awarded a commendation of valor.

The D.C. Council convened a day-long joint public hearing to consider police reform efforts and recommendations in the District.

Here's what you need to know if you plan to go out as Washington reopens.

Online mattress retailer Saatva has struck a deal to open its first local bricks-and-mortar retail store along D.C.’s 14th Street corridor, part of a larger physical presence for the New York e-commerce company founded a decade ago.

"I hope the District's efforts at ethics reform will finally pick up on the momentum it ought to," she says.

Capital One Arena’s permanent sportsbook is set to open next week, complete with a new bar and restaurant managed by a prominent D.C. chef.

Two months after the public got a glimpse of what could be the future for a prominent U Street intersection, developers Eastbanc and Jameson have made a few tweaks.

In January, D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), chair of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, sang the praises of the selection of Linda Harllee Harper as D.C.'s first gun violence prevention director. The District…