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A proposed bill in DC intended to protect new condo owners from defects may have unintended consequences, according to local developers.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has reached an agreement with the city’s housing authority over a June lawsuit concerning conditions at 10 of its properties, alleging the agency has been “refusing to address systematic…

This is expected to be an election season like none other in D.C.’s history. With the COVID-19 pandemic still a reality, D.C. is changing how it hopes residents will vote. There will be fewer (but bigger) polling places on Election Day.…

An annual holiday tradition in the nation’s capital is coming to a (temporary) end.

The residential development pipeline northeast of North Capitol Street and Rhode Island Avenue, spanning from Brookland to Langdon, remains active despite delays and legal wrangling. Some projects, like 901 Monroe Street NE, are still…

Ward 8 native Mallory “Rocky” Simpson works at a fitness and health club in Maryland, and he’s heard from a lot of people who tell him they can’t currently afford a gym membership.

Switching to electric vehicles would save lives, time and money, and the D.C. area would be one of the prime beneficiaries, a new study finds.

Salvadorans in the D.C. region expressed alarm and frustration Tuesday after a federal appeals court ruled the Trump Administration could end their protected immigration status in the U.S.

The sky in the D.C. region has had an eerie glow this week, the sun at times an orange orb glowing weakly through a layer of haze. That haze is smoke from wildfires raging some 2,500 miles away, according to the National Weather Service.

A provider of coronavirus tests is increasing D.C.’s supply after previously decreasing them by one-fifth per week. But before heading out to get a test at one of the District’s public testing sites, the head of the department of public…

One silver lining of the pandemic has been the resurgence of the drive-in, including in Frederick and at Union Market, Wolf Trap, One Loudoun, RFK Stadium and ALX Community. Next week, you can add the Capitol Riverfront Drive-In, which…

One of D.C.’s first senators and the first African American woman elected to the Senate, Florence Pendleton, has died at the age of 94.

Metro on Monday named a former assistant general manager to run and reform its embattled Rail Operations Control Center, the latest of internal shake-ups after a blistering audit this month revealed a host of safety and workplace issues.

At least 12 of the 77 charities and non-profits awarded COVID-19 assistance grants in July by the mayor of the District of Columbia have yet to receive the money. A News-4 I-Team investigation finds some of the $10 million in promised…

In 1984, Tewodros “Teddy” Aklilu was a student at George Washington University and a parking lot attendant in Washington, D.C. He was also the keyboardist in a band with other Ethiopian expats in their early twenties called Admas—Amharic…

Since the first day of school in D.C., Charday Eury has been waiting on laptops for her 10-year-old twins with autism — and answers to why one hasn’t resumed his inclusion classes.