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The three minority owners of the Washington Redskins are attempting to sell their stakes in the NFL franchise, according to multiple people familiar with the deliberations.

Darryl Jones spent three decades slogging on Washington’s southwest wharf, cleaning fish and building up a business. When developers came along with plans for a $2.5 billion mixed-use waterfront project, he saw an opportunity.

George Washington University plans to welcome students back to campus this fall, with some significant changes to the academic calendar.

With the coronavirus pandemic still humming in the background and calls from D.C. government officials to enjoy fireworks at home and not in public, the scene on the National Mall was relatively sparse but nonetheless intense.

An 11-year-old was shot and killed Saturday night in Southeast D.C., according to police. The boy was identified Sunday morning as Davon McNeal of Southeast.

Davon McNeal never missed a football practice. He would call his coach each day and ask: “What time are you picking me up?”

More than two centuries after the Declaration of Independence was signed, Americans converged on the Mall on Saturday for the Fourth of July during a season of protests over racial injustice, bringing with them clashing notions of what…

In the red, white, and blue glare of fireworks, a group of protesters and Trump supporters faced off near the Washington Monument.

During the 244th birthday of America, amid grand displays of patriotism on the National Mall and at the White House, the American flag burned outside Lafayette Square in protest of racial injustice in the country.

If you had been traveling on a train north from Washington in 1870, you could have looked out the window as you approached Bladensburg and caught a glimpse of a complex famed for its marriage of artistry and industry: the studio and…

Sports have a wonderful capacity to bring people and communities together. A change in the name of the Washington football team offers exciting new opportunities. As we wrote back in 1992, “We can do better.”Sports have a wonderful…

As the Boone Elementary School community continues to embark on the search for a new principal, an employee critical of what’s been described as militaristic classroom management practices has taken steps to further highlight the nature of…

When Helima Croft was growing up in Anacostia during the 1980s, she would often get “the question” from her father, Howard Croft.

At the start of an unusual Fourth of July weekend in the wake of COVID-19 and widespread protests, demonstrators blended music and protest throughout the city Friday night, marking the sixth consecutive weekend of protests in D.C.…

The Washington football team announced “a thorough review of the team’s name” Friday morning—the first time team owner Dan Snyder has indicated a willingness to consider scrapping the name that’s a dictionary-defined racial slur.

On Tuesday, the D.C. Council will vote on a budget proposal that designates some $40 million for public housing repairs over the next two fiscal years. But affordable housing advocates say that’s not nearly enough to revitalize homes that…

Here’s what D.C. leaders and team-watchers said about whether they think Dan Snyder will change the team's name or sell

Another controversial politico has joined the crowded field of candidates hoping to fill David Grosso’s soon-to-be vacant at-large council seat in November.

The Washington Redskins moved Friday toward what team owner Daniel Snyder once vowed was unthinkable: changing their controversial name in a bow to pressure from their largest corporate sponsors and the fierce winds of societal reckoning…