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Reported use-of-force incidents in the Metropolitan Police Department decreased for the first time in five years by 22% last year, according to a new report from the independent DC Office of Police Complaints.

Deanwood Library Kiosk was the area's only library from 1976-2008

There's a lot of trash talk going on around the D.C. area. The News4 I-Team found in March alone, there were 400 more calls to 311 about illegal dumping in the District than the same time last year.

DC organization House of Ruth says it continues to receive double the amount of calls that it did for domestic violence situations prior to the pandemic.

D.C.’s acting police chief provided an update on the breach on the department’s computer network for which a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate is claiming responsibility and threatening to share the data with local criminal gangs…

Hackers who claim to have infiltrated the D.C. police department’s computer network are threatening to publicize confidential files that could reveal names of suspected gang members and intelligence from crime briefings, according to…

Several members of the D.C. Council have signed a proposed resolution to permanently close a portion of Beach Drive to traffic.

The two D.C. residents struck and killed by a vehicle at Hains Point Saturday morning were dedicated to advocating for the homeless.

A new report from the D.C. Office of Police Complaints found that reported use-of-force incidents by officers dropped 22% in 2020 — the department’s first decrease since 2015 — and the number of officers involved in repeated use-of-force…

After D.C. lawmakers approved legislation paving the way for more public restrooms in the city, a newly released report indicates where those facilities could go.

Over the past four months, enormous progress has been made in the fight against the coronavirus. More than 140 million individuals in the United States have been vaccinated. The number of daily infections is less than a quarter of its…

The Hay-Adams hotel in downtown D.C. has named Nicolas Beliard as its new managing director, the hotel’s owners said Tuesday.

Bowser and her team are standing up 11 vaccine sites where any adult can just walk up to get the jab.

Waldon Adams spent nearly every hour of every day helping people who lived as he once had — homeless, addicted to drugs and alcohol, and struggling with mental illness.

Two teams of prominent D.C. developers are locked in a head-to-head competition for the chance to redevelop the Reeves Center, one of the city’s most coveted properties at the heart of the U Street corridor.

A D.C. law that prohibits drivers with more than $100 in unpaid tickets from renewing their licenses “penalizes poverty and and disproportionately impacts Black D.C. residents,” according to a new report from Tzedek D.C., a legal advocacy…

Chris has been underground since 2018, diligently digging, starting at RFK Stadium and slowly moving northwest. Now, Chris’s work is complete — a 5-mile long, 23-ft. wide tunnel that will soon prevent sewage overflows into the Anacostia…

Police on Monday identified two pedestrians who were killed by a driver at Hains Point on Saturday morning: Waldon Adams, 60, and Rhonda Whitaker, 55, both of whom experienced homelessness and later dedicated their lives to helping people…