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A long-standing legal battle over a neighborhood gathering spot in Northwest Washington was extended Thursday when the D.C. Court of Appeals ordered a trial to determine whether the parcel should be preserved as a public plaza.

The District’s Department of Transportation is proposing an expansion of its storage facility for D.C.'s streetcars.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Adnan Syed, who was released from a Maryland prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime podcast “Serial,” has been hired by Georgetown University as a program associate for the university’s…

The whistle starts 16-year-old Maya Werbow’s first wrestling match ever. Her teammates cheer her on from the bench.

Sedricka Knight is trying to escape a dangerous situation after her neighbor assaulted her outside her front door. But the D.C. Housing Authority has nowhere to move her, leaving Knight in limbo.

The D.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday revived the long-running fight over whether a condo building can be built on a small, privately owned concrete plaza in the heart of Adams Morgan. A lower court must now hold a trial to consider…

DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson yesterday unveiled his proposed committee structure that envisions a substantial overhaul for the next two-year legislative period, but a veteran lawmaker says the suggested change in his role is…

Hotel rooms may soon get a little more expensive in D.C., but city officials say it’s for a good reason.

Officer Terence Sutton and Lt. Andrew Zabavsky were convicted on all charges.

A jury has convicted D.C. police officer Terence Sutton of second degree murder in the October 2020 death of Karon Hylton-Brown. They also found Sutton and his supervisor, Lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky, guilty of obstruction and conspiracy…

Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) unveiled new committee assignments this week, but his proposal to reduce Gray’s responsibilities has upset the longtime lawmaker

Two D.C. police officers were found guilty of obstructing justice and one of them was convicted of second-degree murder Wednesday in connection with a 2020 vehicular chase that killed a young Black man on a moped and sparked destructive…

For the first time in a while, Bree says she feels excited and optimistic. “We’ve spent hundreds of hours to try to become regulated,” she says.

Dozens of people marched to Freedom Plaza Tuesday night, chanting “housing is a human right,” carrying candles and lanterns in remembrance of those who died homeless in D.C. this year.

The DC Council voted yesterday to overhaul governance of the DC Housing Authority in a 9-4 split — just enough support for the measure to pass as emergency legislation.

Students and parents from Duke Ellington School of the Arts rallied Tuesday morning to protest ongoing negotiations to give D.C. Public Schools complete control of the hybrid institution’s operations.

At least 77 homeless people have died in the District so far in 2022, according to D.C.’s medical examiner, perishing by intoxication, hypothermia, homicide and other causes as officials and the White House battle a problem entrenched in…

The share of high school graduates increased from about 73 to 75 percent between the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years, officials said

An unlikely group of supporters on the Council sees reason for optimism, but structural issues linger.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday passed emergency legislation dissolving the D.C. Housing Authority’s 13-person board and replacing it with a nine-person alternative that will remain in place for two years to help right the troubled agency. The…