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Anger, confusion and recrimination have erupted in one of the District’s tonier neighborhoods over city plans to raze parts of a park that is being renovated in order to build a public elementary school.

The outdoor installation is a companion to a larger exhibit that's been delayed.

The now widespread technology makes dining out more convenient and contactless, but does it compromise hospitality?

After canceling last year, the DC Funk Parade Festival is back this weekend.

Prosecutors say they are prepared to reexamine hundreds of open cases and convictions, if necessary, following a series of probes into the District’s crime lab, including an ongoing criminal investigation that centers on allegations that…

DC Attorney General Karl Racine said Thursday he is offering to seal the arrest records of about 220 people whom police took into custody for violating a curfew during protests over the police killing of George Floyd last June.

Hackers retrieved human resources files with personal information in the breach of D.C. police’s computer network, for which a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate is claiming responsibility and threatening to share the data with local…

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine’s office has announced it will not prosecute a majority of people who violated Mayor Muriel Bowser’s temporary curfew during Black Lives Matter protests last June.

In June 2020, when protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody filled the streets of D.C., more than 200 people were arrested for violating Mayor Muriel Bowser’s curfew.

Hackers who apparently infiltrated the D.C. police department’s computer network briefly posted personnel files of at least five current and former officers, a gambit one security expert says was to prove the group’s threats are real.

Curated by Georgetown professor Ori Z. Soltes, the exhibition reflects on culture, spirituality, and heritage.

The number of people experiencing homelessness in D.C. is seeing significant decline, and officials say this indicates that programs to help people are working.

Baltimore chef Spike Gjerde has scrapped plans to launch a food hall inside RiverPoint, the mixed-use project developed on the site of the former U.S. Coast Guard headquarters at Buzzard Point in Southwest D.C.

Washington, D.C.’s wealthiest residents pay a lower share of their earnings in D.C. taxes than its middle-income residents, a recent report published by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute found.

The number of chronically homeless people in the District increased by more than 20 percent last year, even as the total number of homeless residents fell by about the same amount, city leaders said Thursday.

Foreign hackers who claim to have stolen 250 gigabytes of internal D.C. police data and files have pulled back on threats to release the information if a ransom isn’t paid, but city officials have largely refused to say whether they are…

DC Health officials have relaxed guidelines on wearing face masks outdoors for people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, matching recommendations released yesterday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

After federal authorities found the J&J vaccine is safe for the vast majority of people, D.C. resumes using the one-shot vaccine.

A year-round outdoor crab shack and bar is coming to D.C.’s U Street corridor later this year.