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A number of Howard University students and alumni took to social media on June 3 to share stories about sexual violence they’d experienced during college. The stories are graphic and disturbing. Several say a male Howard student raped them…

“The allegations show an utter disregard to Black lives.”

If you are looking for rays of hope in dark times, consider this: The urban forest in Washington is lush and vital. It is one part of our (green) infrastructure that is being maintained proactively and, from a plant lover’s perspective,…

There is a new alarming trend emerging this year in D.C.

On a recent afternoon, I clicked on the website of a publication I don’t normally read and landed on a piece that left me immediately regretful.

Following a month of protests against police brutality and new calls to defund police, the D.C. Council voted Tuesday to reallocate funds from the Metropolitan Police Department to agencies and programs involved in violence interruption…

District health officials are trying to reassure residents that it’s safe to visit their doctors — even during a pandemic.

After years of failed efforts, the District is one step closer to reaching a deal to build a new hospital in Southeast D.C., where residents face the most stark health inequities in the city.

MPD is sticking to their story.

If the mayor signs the bill, D.C. would join Maine and Vermont in allowing incarcerated people to vote.

The nation’s capital is on the verge of allowing felons to vote while they are still incarcerated and proactively mailing absentee ballots to D.C. residents held at the local jail and in federal prisons across the country.

Eight people were arrested Tuesday in downtown D.C. near Lafayette Square and Black Lives Matter Plaza, according to multiple local news outlets.

Mayor Muriel Bowser slammed the D.C. Council during a news conference Wednesday, saying “they made the District less safe” after approving a police budget cut in a preliminary vote.

Maryland Republican Rep. Andy Harris says Washington, DC, won’t decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, cacti and plants on his watch.

Before closing its doors in March due to the coronavirus, the International Spy Museum in L’Enfant Plaza encouraged visitors to test their stealth skills by crawling as quietly as possible through an air duct in the ceiling.

District lawmakers will keep money in the budget to fund the much-maligned extension of the H Street streetcar to Benning Road Metro station — but the future of the project looks far from settled.

A group of civil rights organizations now say that Metropolitan Police officers used tear gas to clear protesters from around Lafayette Square on June 1. The organizations have amended a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the…

D.C. reported a spike in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, marking the city’s highest number of new infections in almost a month.