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One of the most joyous and rare events for a Jewish community is the arrival of a new Torah, Judaism’s holiest text. After the monumental task of handwriting the scroll is complete, a congregation typically celebrates with prayer, a parade…

An ethics probe commissioned by the D.C. Council into its longest-serving member, Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), is delayed because key witnesses have refused to speak to investigators, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said Monday.

A D.C. Council investigation into allegations of self-dealing by Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) has been delayed by at least a month because several key people subpoenaed have so far refused to comply, according to Council Chairman…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Monday pressed her campaign for District statehood, leading a caravan toward the U.S. Capitol, past 140 newly hung American flags with an extra 51st star to symbolize the city’s quest for congressional voting…

Really, you can’t blame Georgetown neighbors too much: at first glance, the creature looks like a large and fearsome predator.

Days before Thursday’s congressional hearing on D.C. statehood, House Republicans are urging the Democratic majority to invite D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D) to testify at a time when he faces ethical and legal investigations.

We’re now getting a glimpse of what will fill the Ben & Jerry’s space on M Street in Georgetown: Allbirds Inc., the fast-growing shoe startup that began as an online-only model and is now branching into brick-and-mortar.

Providence Health System has launched the next piece of its Northeast D.C. campus puzzle.

On a pleasant warm late-August early evening near Alexandria’s Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Deborah Hammer sits on a bench and watches the sky. She isn’t looking for any old species of the world’s only true flying mammal, but specifically…

The development pipeline on Northeast D.C's Rhode Island Avenue corridor continues to grow, with plans moving forward for two more projects that would add nearly 350 units.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is looking to spur economic growth and attract grocery stores east of the Anacostia River with a major D.C. agency relocation.

Happy statehood week. Just past noon today, statehood supporters arrived once again at the foot of Capitol Hill, where countless previous bids for DC autonomy and full voting rights have gone to die. It marked the culmination of a march…

At first blush, the surveillance video shows what looks like a very large cat. When a Georgetown resident noticed it Sunday on her home security camera, she worried it might be a mountain lion in her yard.

It’s a big week for D.C. statehood advocates, culminating in the first House of Representatives hearing on the topic in more than a quarter-century.

The D.C. Council has postponed a key vote on the District's Comprehensive Plan after planners and housing advocates raised concerns over a recent addition to the bill.

The move comes days before a scheduled congressional hearing on D.C. statehood

The hearing isn't the only statehood event this week.

About a decade ago, back when smartphones were a new thing, my cellular carrier kept pestering me to upgrade.

Sarah Zick swerved through the crowds clogging 14th Street NW in Columbia Heights one recent muggy afternoon, trekking to one of her student’s homes.

A top federal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office in the District sent 1980s drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III correspondence in which he said he would recommend Edmond’s life sentence be reduced to time served in exchange for his years…