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It’s been a long few years for Metro. A pandemic that decimated ridership. A derailment that sidelined most of its fleet. But more recently, there have been signs of hope. Sixty percent more trains are running compared to this time last…

A three-month investigation by the Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel has substantiated allegations that former deputy mayor and chief of staff John Falcicchio sexually harassed an employee in his office, making sexual advances and sending…

The D.C. attorney general announced the settlement in a deal reached with the Jesuit university

Late last November, Taniya Rogers was living in her car. Even when other neighbors in her Langdon apartment building began trickling back in – after a gas leak documented the day before Thanksgiving sent several of them packing – Rogers…

John Falcicchio, a former D.C. deputy mayor, made unwanted physical sexual advances toward an employee, according to a city investigation that also found evidence he "used the workplace as a 'dating pool.'"

When Rylinda Rhodes needed some peace, she turned to her soaps.

Officials also point to a push for employees to return to in-person work and an expansion of D.C.’s bike lanes as reasons for the May record

An investigation has found former D.C. deputy mayor John Falcicchio sexually harassed a female employee, according to a summary of findings released Saturday night.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 8 leaders are looking to build on the momentum from last week’s ribbon cutting of a new retail village, Sycamore & Oak, in the Congress Heights area of Southeast D.C.

Empty store fronts and a quiet grand hall currently define D.C.’s Union Station — now a shell of the once bustling and thriving transportation hub for the nation’s capital.

A report surreptitiously released by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration over the long weekend found that her longtime senior aide sexually harassed a subordinate by making “unwelcome” sexual advances towards her and sending her…

Every year, the District comes alive for Juneteenth.

The D.C. Council last week held its first-ever hearing on a bill that could lead the District to provide reparations to African American residents harmed by slavery, making the city the latest jurisdiction to seriously explore restitution…

John Falcicchio resigned in March after woman’s complaint

Edwin B. Henderson has been called the ‘father of Black basketball,’ and soon, a statue will immortalize him in the nation’s capital

In October 2019, Cleveland Park resident Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd sent an email appeal to her neighbor: Please stop polluting my home with marijuana smoke. “Today, after a short stay outside the house, upon returning and entering my home,…

The D.C. Council will consider a bill that would require the city’s emergency call and dispatch agency to release more information about its own errors.

Families at the sought-after charter school demonstrated over leadership concerns and other issues

The deal would represent a modest victory for a Delta Air Lines-backed coalition that wants more access to the federally owned airport

A new bill from Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto aims to increase transparency at the often-criticized Office of Unified Communications, the agency that operates the District's 911 and 311 call centers.