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A U.S. Capitol Police officer was killed, and a second officer was injured, after being rammed by a vehicle at the U.S. Capitol security perimeter on Friday afternoon

One Capitol police officer was killed and another injured Friday when a vehicle rammed into them near the U.S. Capitol, an attack that once again put the city on edge as threats stemming from the deadly insurrection in January had started…

The Tidal Basin is sinking. The cherry trees are under water. Now preservationists have tapped landscape architecture firms to plot out their future.

D.C. coronavirus cases have plateaued. Experts advise the public to keep masking.

D.C. lawmakers next week will consider allowing the first evictions since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, perhaps letting landlords evict tenants they deem dangerous to their neighbors.

A former leader of a health advocacy organization was appointed to head a newly-created office in the D.C. government dedicated to racial equity initiatives.

DC's go-go music and culture has always had a close relationship with people and places in the area, even as the music and its fans have been battling displacement from their figurative and literal homes over the past two decades.

Houses of worship and nonprofit organizations in D.C. can now apply for federal security grant funds to help make their buildings safer.

Giant pharmacies in D.C. have temporarily stopped requesting more coronavirus vaccine doses from the federal government.

Older hotels and office buildings in Northwest D.C. look increasingly ripe for conversions into apartments, according to a new analysis by D.C. planners, teeing up yet another debate about how city officials can get such projects moving.

Following several hateful and often racist attacks on churches in the past year, D.C. is encouraging the city’s faith organizations to apply for federal funding that would support increased security measures.

The District urged its faith-based institutions to apply for federal grant money to boost security after a year of unrest in the city and amid escalating violence against religious institutions across the country.

With their delayed move to Ward 3 next week, a public servant and her lawyer husband will join a pandemic-era trend of seeking more space.

Kristi Riggs says proprietor Billy Martin Jr.’s silence after an online meeting with her is an attempt to stonewall her.

The debate about the proposed changes to the D.C. Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map is now, appropriately, fully joined.