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The call to police came at 4:30 p.m., two days before Christmas. A “porch pirate” was at it again, this time swiping holiday packages delivered to front porches and front steps in Georgetown.

"They were so little, and their bodies are just so small, and their pockets are being dug into. Their little legs are being touched," Ariel Gory said.

WASHINGTON — Like many cities, D.C. has seen a big spike in the number of opioid overdose deaths over the past several years.

A group of concerned parents, and staff from Duke Ellington School of the Arts sat behind a small wooden desk during the State Board of Education (SBOE) public meeting Dec. 19 with one purpose – to get answers.

The District on Monday announced a plan aimed at cutting opioid-related deaths by half over the next 21 months, using a long list of treatment, tracking and education initiatives.

Happy Christmas Eve. The mayor’s nominee for schools chancellor will have questions to answer for his confirmation next year over how he handled a sexual abuse case when he led Indianapolis Public Schools.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is aware that the optics aren’t great on this one.

The American Dream used to be that if you worked hard and saved, you could buy a house in the same neighborhood you grew up in. It’s what gave ethnic enclaves their flavor, many of which are missing from city to city today. The names of…

Carolyn Marshall needs more turkey. Actually, four more turkeys. Make that three, because she does have that one already in the freezer. A quick run to Walmart, 68 cents per pound, defrost, prepare, bake, cool, cut, and then Marshall should…

Dwayne Morris can draw anything he can see. And he can draw anything he can imagine. On a recent morning, he was imagining Christmas.

Call it a magnificent obsession: A 12-foot Christmas tree with 7,000 white lights and 600 ornaments.

The majority of the Washington area’s national parks will remain open during the government shutdown, but there may not be anyone there to answer your questions, and the restrooms will likely be closed, the National Park Service said…

WASHINGTON — The number of parking spaces for tour buses in the District will soon double, and the D.C. Department of Transportation hopes the change will improve traffic.

WASHINGTON (CIRCA) — December is typically referred to as "the season of giving." It's a term that's become synonymous with being generous, especially to those in need.

For more than a century, the Long Bridge has carried freight and passenger trains across the Potomac River between Crystal City and the District’s Southwest Waterfront, facilitating rail transportation along the Eastern Seaboard.

WASHINGTON — Expect to see more dockless bikes and scooters — a lot more — on D.C. streets in the next year.

WASHINGTON — Since lawmakers failed to come to an agreement on a budget deal Friday, the lights get turned off at some key federal agencies. But you can still catch the festive holiday lights at the National Zoo. And take a stroll through…

In February 2016, a woman told officials at a public school in Indianapolis that she had found sexually explicit text messages between her 17-year-old son and a guidance counselor. In an email that evening, a top aide told Superintendent…

D.C. Council member David Grosso called Friday for the creation of a special committee to investigate ties between fellow lawmaker Jack Evans and a digital-sign company.

An Oregon man who unleashed online attacks targeting the first black woman to serve as American University’s student government president has agreed to apologize, renounce white supremacy and confront his bigotry as part of a proposed legal…