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D.C. police have increased patrols amid an uptick in shootings across the city, and Mayor Muriel Bowser has granted overtime to 115 officers with the aim to reduce violent crime.

The city’s transportation department is taking over from police, effective Tuesday

A wave of purple flooded streets in downtown Washington on Tuesday as unionized janitors and building workers sang, shouted and rattled homemade maracas while they pressed through idling cars and buses during the afternoon rush hour.

In 15 days, a labor contract covering more than 11,000 janitors in the D.C. region expires. That’s why dozens of cleaners took to the streets on Tuesday evening to protest during rush-hour traffic.

D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham has authorized paying overtime to patrol officers in three areas of the city hard-hit by shootings that have pushed the District’s homicide count upward as the year draws to an end.

A D.C. Superior Court judge has extended a temporary order blocking the District from moving forward on a controversial no-bid contract with a Greek company to manage the city’s planned foray into online sports betting.

Johns Hopkins University is moving into the building, which will be renovated

Hundreds of D.C.-area janitors are gathering downtown during rush hour on Tuesday to rally and march in favor of better working conditions, including higher wages and more full-time positions.

Four D.C. restaurants achieved rarefied status Tuesday, when Michelin announced its 2020 guide selections.

A 19-year-old Southeast resident died after an SUV driver collided with him

For decades, the District’s fight against the economic and social forces of gentrification has been a rearguard action: Belated restrictions on development, overdue attention to the needs of working-class families, modest affordable…

Years after it appeared authorities had shut down a notorious party house near Dupont Circle known for its loud concerts, D.C. police have again put the expansive carriage house with heated pool and indoor 25-foot waterfall in their…

An affiliate of Cas Riegler Cos. Principal Kevin Riegler paid nearly $2.3 million Monday for the Adams Morgan retail building that previously hosted drinking establishment Bourbon, just one of dozens of commercial real estate properties…

A judge has extended the restraining order that effectively puts a hold on mobile sports betting in the District. The move comes amid a lawsuit challenging a no-bid contract for developing a sports betting app.

Everything chef Aaron Silverman touches turns to a Michelin's star.

For the fourth year, some out-of-towners have descended to render their judgement on D.C.’s food scene. As usual, there are a few surprises and new additions in the Michelin Guides’ annual list of starred restaurants.

Maydan and Little Pearl earn stars, while Bad Saint is a surprise shutout.

Gravitas, Little Pearl, Maydan, and Sushi Nakazawa have something to brag about.

The Michelin guide, now in its fourth year of awarding stars to Washington restaurants, is known for prizing stability over flash. And so there is nothing you could call seismic about the changes announced Tuesday for the 2020 list of D.C.…

Happy Tuesday and new fiscal year. Council member Jack Evans has a legal defense fund, and the law regulating how its funds can be spent was just recently amended.