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Optimus Prime may have survived a crash landing on pre-historic earth and the many battles with the Decepticons that followed, but he’s likely not going to escape the Old Georgetown Board alive.

On a sunny Tuesday at White House Gifts boutique, cousins visiting the District from Oregon admired cherry blossom mugs left over from last spring. A couple from Florida, who came to town to escape spring-breakers, purchased hats and…

Restaurants eagerly awaiting the return of fans at Nationals Park in D.C. will have to wait a little longer after Opening Day was delayed due to positive COVID-19 cases within the team. But they remain hopeful that they will soon see a…

The crowd at Malcolm X Park (a.k.a. Meridian Hill Park) in Columbia Heights is a sparse one on this gorgeous Tuesday afternoon. Elijah Jamal Balbed doesn’t let that faze him.

The National Arboretum is a place full of contradictions. It was established by Congress in 1927 as part of the U.S. Agriculture Department “for purposes of research and education concerning tree and plant life.” Ninety-four years later,…

Developer Geoff Griffis relents on plans to develop the blighted Congress Heights Metro site, agreeing to a deal that would be a win for former tenants

Council member Vincent Gray has proposed DC use eminent domain to turn a Ward 7 site into a park instead of the halfway house proposed there.

DC can raise property tax rate on blighted, vacant homes

WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than two months of living in temporary housing, Vice President Kamala Harris will soon be able to unpack and unwind at her official residence on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

After seven months of work, the D.C. Police Reform Commission issued its report on Thursday, which contained more than 90 recommendations calling for, among other things, a reduction in the size of the Metropolitan Police Department and a…

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A new effort is underway to try to improve access to healthy, affordable groceries in DC's Ward Eight. It's a part of the city that's considered a food desert, with just one full service grocery store.

A vehicle struck and killed a 4-year-old boy on a Northwest Washington street on Thursday afternoon, D.C. police said.

D.C. Council member Vincent C. Gray (D-Ward 7) said Thursday he wants the city to use eminent domain to seize a Northeast Washington property intended for a controversial 300-person halfway house and instead build an urban park.

With his WAMU show ending, the radio favorite reflects on his decades covering DC.

The commission helping lawmakers overhaul policing in D.C. on Thursday recommended changes that would reverberate far beyond upending police culture and policies, potentially affecting a broad swath of city government.

Thanks to warmer-than-expected temperatures last weekend, D.C.’s cherry blossoms popped out ahead of schedule and swathed the Tidal Basin in their famous pink-and-white hues.

Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray is urging D.C. to use eminent domain to seize land from a company that plans on opening a halfway house off Benning Road NE, according to a draft of the bill obtained by DCist/WAMU. The proposal is the…

The D.C. Chamber of Commerce just picked up a win in court in a long-running legal dispute with some of its former attorneys, though the case isn't over.

D.C. police have a new second in command. Officials announced Thursday that ATF veteran Ashan Benedict has been appointed Executive Assistant Chief of Police.

Gray wants to use eminent domain to take the land out from under the Bureau of Prisons and its operator, CORE DC