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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed a report by The Associated Press that some of the service members who were mobilized to Washington, D.C., last month in response to civil unrest over the…

A mixed-use residential development along nearly three acres on the banks of the Anacostia River has a slightly different look and a different unit distribution than what was proposed three months ago.

Mayor Bowser’s proposed budget is one of shared sacrifice — we are all in this together — at a time when the economic bottom is still unknown.

A vibrant real estate industry is a critical partner in helping the District achieve its goals, whether it’s addressing a housing crisis by producing 36,000 new housing units by 2025, cutting carbon emissions in half by 2032 or, now,…

Tickets are set to go on sale July 8 for film showings at the planned pop-up drive-in movie theater coming to the RFK Stadium campus.

Following months of uncertainty and incremental updates from administrators, several D.C. universities have released the most comprehensive plans for their fall semesters yet.

June 19 was an incredibly busy day for Nancee Lyons, the head of MuralsDC, the District’s street art program. It was the first day in a new project to put up 51 new murals on the theme of D.C. statehood, all in one week.

D.C. officials initially projected that it would open in 2019.

It was voted down in 1993. It never even got considered between 2007 and 2011. But last Friday, something historic happened: The House of Representatives approved a bill that would make D.C. the country’s 51st state.

A team of D.C. fire inspectors was posing for a picture after a long afternoon of handing out fireworks safety fliers when a deafening boom erupted a few blocks over. The officers jolted in unison and watched as smoke lingered against a…

The policy uses citations instead of arrests for certain offenses.

The District could soon make another $100 million in grants available for companies coping with the coronavirus fallout, targeting restaurants, hotels, retailers and other hard-hit businesses for relief.

The owner of Showtime Lounge would have to pay $16,000 more in premiums to add an extra outdoor table.

On a calm, late-June evening in Lincoln Park, a handful of U.S. Park Police officers stand around the perimeter. Couples walk their dogs and groups of people on picnic blankets dot the park, where two bronze sculptures sit in the middle.…

Van Martel Brathwaite always made sure his daughter Caprice had everything that she needed because he was both mom and dad. Caprice was a toddler when the family was in a car crash that killed her mother, Sharon Brathwaite, and Van never…

The Washington Teachers’ Union has instructed its teachers not to respond to a letter from D.C. Public Schools seeking an answer as to whether they are comfortable returning to work in the fall.

There is no scenario in which Daniel Snyder will be able to build a new Washington Redskins stadium on the federally owned RFK Stadium site unless he changes the team’s name.

The family who lives in the NE house now is searching for anyone who may recognize the people in the photos to reconnect them with their family memories.

The people of Washington, D.C., want congressional representation. They have wanted it for a long time, and have said so in explicit terms. In 2016, a district-wide referendum in favor of statehood passed with 78 percent of the vote.…