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Happy Tuesday. Police Chief Peter Newsham reacted to the District hitting over 100 homicides, noting in brief remarks at a press conference yesterday that "we definitely need to think about what we’re doing right now, because it’s not…

“The psychological impact and the emotional impact of quarantining and just waiting for results is agonizing."

For Suzan Shown Harjo, 75, the prospect of ever seeing an end to the racially offensive name of Washington’s pro football team was slim to none. She had spent a decade as lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to change the name. But to no avail.

Black conservatives on Tuesday kicked off a campaign to save the Emancipation Memorial, the statue of Abraham Lincoln and freed slave Archer Alexander now under attack by Democrats and Black Lives Matter protesters in the District.

On Monday, the Zoning Commission unanimously voted to approve zoning text amendments that could enable more alley dwellings to be constructed in DC and more alley events from arts organizations. However, the commission would also like to…

Those who protect the legacy of the storied World War II African American pilot squadron are keeping the “Red Tails” name on the table for Dan Snyder and the NFL team to pick.

Sometimes it is not only important what you do, but how you do it.

Beach Drive in D.C.’s portion of Rock Creek Park will remain closed to cars through at least Phase Four of D.C.’s reopening, which could still be weeks away.

Part of Beach Drive in Northwest Washington’s Rock Creek Park will remain closed to vehicles as the District continues to reopen.

Sylvia Crews has worked in child care for more than 20 years. In the past five, she looked after nine children under the age of three at her home based-child care service, LTH Infants and Toddlers Center. But in mid-March, she decided to…

The D.C. Council on July 7 approved in a preliminary vote $2.7 million in funds for LGBTQ-related programs as part of the city’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget. The July 7 vote was the first of two votes required by the Council to approve the…

Broccoli City had to cancel its annual music festival due to the coronavirus pandemic.

D.C., Maryland and Virginia are among 18 jurisdictions suing the Trump administration over a rule that requires international students to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities stick to only virtual classes in the fall…

Even on a busy night at his Spaghetti Garden restaurant in the Adams Morgan neighborhood, Iraj Askarinam would answer a knock at the back door of his kitchen.

The West Building of the National Gallery of Art in D.C. will partially reopen Monday.

On Oct. 2, 2001, two years after he had taken ownership of the marquee NFL franchise in the nation’s capital, Daniel Snyder stood behind the lectern at the center of the head table at a National Press Club luncheon. He began with a speech…

In their heyday, the trucks drew hourlong lines of downtown office workers.

D.C. Central Kitchen has partnered with Maryland’s Flying Dog Brewery and enlisted top local chefs for a digital cookbook that will raise funds for the Kitchen’s COVID-19 response work.

Washington’s NFL franchise officially announced Monday it will drop its controversial nickname after 87 years, signaling the imminent end of an era in which the franchise was labeled with a dictionary-defined racial slur.