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D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said Monday that a long-delayed bill to amend the critical introductory chapter of the District's comprehensive plan is back on his radar, saying it's a "high priority" that will provide clarity for…

At-large Councilmember David Grosso plans to introduce legislation to legalize the sale of marijuana in D.C. this Tuesday, just as he has every Council term he’s been in office—but this year may prove different.

D.C. needs more housing — and fast.

Poke, cacio e pepe everything, and fancy roast chickens? So 2018. A new slate of trends are on their way in this year.

Since the Smithsonian museums closed their doors just after the new year, the number of federal workers who have visited the Phillips Collection—where one can contemplate life from within the confines of a 6-by-7-foot room made entirely of…

Over a year ago, preliminary plans were unveiled for the mixed-use MLK Gateway development at one of Anacostia's most prominent intersections. Now, the development team is returning to the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) with a…

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A DC Water tunnel helped save the Anacostia River from 4.5 billion gallons of sewage overflow in 2018, DC Water announced Monday.

The team at Atlas Brew Works prepared their special spring release the same way they do with every new beer. Late last year, they started fermenting, had a couple taste tests, and finally—the last step before canning the brew—they sent the…

Washington Wizards fans will get a glimpse at how in-game sports betting will look later this week when NBC Sports Washington produces an alternate game telecast focused on gaming.

Good Monday morning. Muriel Bowser will hold her first general press conference of the year around noon. Meanwhile, the DC Council is preparing for tomorrow's legislative meeting, its first of the new term.

WASHINGTON — The chief executives of D.C., Maryland and Virginia have joined together in a letter which calls for an immediate end to the partial government shutdown.

THE RECENT announcement by D.C. officials of a plan of action to tackle the District’s opioid epidemic prompts two questions. What took them so long? And, what are the chances for success given the city’s sorry performance to date in…

Expressing “enormous frustration over education,” District lawmakers are vowing to rigorously review Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s choice to lead the city’s schools, portending a potentially bruising confirmation process.

The nonprofit agency Bread for the City is preparing to expand its operation in the District, citing what it says is an increased need for food, medical care and social services among city families.

People auditioning to be the next Racing Presidents for the Washington Nationals ran and danced while balancing large, heavy presidential costume heads on their shoulders Sunday. See photos and video.

In less than two decades, immigrants from Latin America, Asia, the Pacific Islands, Africa and the Caribbean have significantly changed the District’s ethnic composition, according to a recently released report by the Bowser administration.

When Sheryl Connelly was growing up in Metro Detroit, she worried that the ease of newfangled power steering was going to lull Americans into oblivion.

As bike lanes popped up across the city, the owners of Bicycle Space hoped to capi­tal­ize on a growing cycling craze when they leased a prime storefront three years ago in Northwest Washington.

After a year marked by a rise in traffic fatalities, the District is entering 2019 with a plan city officials hope will make streets safer for its 700,000 residents and the hundreds of thousands more who visit and work in the nation’s…

D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham took an unusually sharp swipe at a council member on Friday, saying criticism of police aired at a public hearing over the summer “emboldened” criminals on one troubled street.