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Even if you don’t recognize the American beech by name, you’ve surely seen the tree: it has distinctive, smooth, gray bark, often carved with people’s initials. In fact, beeches are the most common tree in much of the D.C. area, and now…

Metro says it will run more trains than at any other point in time during its 47-year history starting today, as service and fare changes go into effect with the beginning of a new fiscal year. Bus service is also returning to pre-pandemic…

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s most trusted adviser, John Falcicchio, resigned after he was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women.

Most of the roughly 75 people who were living in McPherson Square remain unhoused, according to the District

One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, more people are seeking abortions in D.C. as Congress threatens to limit access.

The DC government employee whose accusations of sexual harassment by a top mayoral adviser led to his abrupt departure provided extensive and explicit details about her allegations in an interview with The Washington Post.

By creating two new housing opportunities in D.C., Best Buddies is fostering more than friendships between people with and without disabilities

Accuser, in her first interview since John Falcicchio resigned, alleges sexual harassment

D.C. resident Lee Mayer is adamant that putting bike lanes on each side of Connecticut Avenue NW in Ward 3 will be disastrous for businesses in the Northwest neighborhoods of Woodley Park and Chevy Chase.

The pilot program, led by the city’s Department of Transportation and The Lab @ D.C., will send mailers and text messages to drivers with previous citations and traffic violations

Tipsters, who can also remain anonymous, will be eligible to receive the reward if the gun possession tip leads to an arrest

Tips that lead to the arrest and seizure of illegal guns in the District will now be eligible for at least $1,000 in cash.

Was the Saturday night release, without public notice, of a summary of the investigation by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s Office of Legal Counsel into allegations of sexual harassment against former top Bowser adviser John Falcicchio a cynical…

It’s often said that people are more likely to change their behavior when they know they’re being watched. Now D.C. wants to see if that’s actually true with dangerous drivers.

In the next few weeks, the NFL is expected to approve Josh Harris’s purchase of the Washington Commanders, which will rev up a competition for a new stadium between D.C., Maryland and Virginia. And while D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has…

As Mayor Muriel Bowser and some other local officials have garnered occasional headlines about their interest in hosting a new Washington Commanders stadium, WaPo is reporting that tensions have emerged over two of DC's existing sports…

Board members said there is little Metro can do to close a projected $750 million funding gap without jeopardizing the transit system, but they said they need to do as much as they can -- even raise fares

The bill contains some long-standing bans around legal marijuana sales in addition to a new proposal that restricts traffic cameras