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Carless shoppers in Southeast D.C. navigate a separate and unequal food system under strain.

Next week will commemorate the 173rd anniversary of one of the most courageous acts in antebellum America that most Americans have never heard of. It occurred here in the nation’s capital on April 15, 1848.

Some sports fans will soon be able to return to Capital One Arena for Washington Capitals and Wizards games, after D.C. officials approved a waiver request from Monumental Sports and Entertainment to operate the indoor arena at 10%…

D.C. police is teaming up with Howard University for a series of listening sessions in hopes of improving relations between police and the communities they serve.

Black Entertainment Television's former D.C. campus is being offered for sale, nearly four years after its parent company announced plans to move the network's headquarters to New York.

The D.C. government will allow the Washington Capitals and Wizards to host fans indoors for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, effective immediately.

A limited number of fans can return to Capital One Arena for Washington Wizards and Capitals games, District officials said Friday, and the Washington Nationals and D.C. United can increase capacity at their venues.

Howard University is looking for developers to help it make some more big changes to the southwest portion of its D.C. campus, starting with a new 90-foot-tall building.

If you’ve managed to hold on to your same Metro card for more than nine years: 1. congrats, and 2. sorry to break the news, but it’s going to be obsolete soon.

Wizards and Caps fans rejoice: Fans will soon be able to attend games in person — though in very limited numbers to start with.

When William Fidel, president and CEO of Grubb’s Pharmacy in Southeast D.C., found out the store would be receiving the COVID-19 vaccine to offer to eligible District residents and workers, he started making a waiting list for his regular…

Mayor Muriel Bowser apparently has had it with the D.C. Council’s questions. On Wednesday, Herronor abruptly canceled her administration’s weekly conference calls with councilmembers for good.

Seattle has often led the way when it comes to the number of cranes in the sky in the U.S. However, the latest crane count puts DC in the lead.

A D.C. Superior Court judge has granted a default judgment against the Proud Boys for ignoring the lawsuit filed by a church whose Black Lives Matter sign was defaced during a Dec. 12 demonstration in the nation’s capital.

Employees and associates at the Carnegie Institution are pushing back against the nonprofit's plans to sell its D.C. headquarters building to the state of Qatar over "grave concerns and disappointment" they have about the Middle Eastern…

A Baptist church near NoMa is working to redevelop its land in partnership with the District government, an arrangement designed to incentivize the construction of affordable housing in one of the city’s hottest neighborhoods.

For the second year in a row, the National Independence Day Parade on the National Mall has been canceled.

Economic prosperity, or lack thereof, has long depended an awful lot on which local ZIP code you live in — a fact that comes as little surprise to George Thomas.

There are many students who crowd my memories of the years I’ve served as a social worker in D.C.’s public schools; none more so than one former student of mine. He came to Anacostia High School after a traumatic situation at his previous…

Will fare discounts draw more commuters back to Metro?