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WASHINGTON — Eels were once a tasty meal for early Washingtonians and Native Americans who lived along the banks of the Potomac River. The American eel thrived in the rivers and streams of this area, but are now rare — victims of the urban…

WASHINGTON -- D.C. landlord, Alicia Hines, was arrested Monday afternoon for violating five different housing code violations including, working without a permit and violating a stop work order.

With three weeks left in 2018, the number of homicides in the District is nearly 45 percent higher that last year’s total, prompting one lawmaker to say the city is in a “state of emergency.”

Providence Health System is taking steps to keep its emergency department and needed support services open through April.

WASHINGTON — Opponents of a new congressional effort that would pave the way for a new Redskins stadium in D.C. are ready to mount a defensive stand against putting the new facility at the site of RFK Stadium.

The skyline of the nation's capital has been dominated by cranes for the last several years, with development rapidly spreading to new parts of the District, and a new report detailing D.C.'s pipeline shows it is not expected to slow down…

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s quest to develop the RFK campus and put a new football stadium there is getting an assist from an unlikely but powerful group of allies — the Washington Redskins, the White House and Republicans on Capitol Hill.

A large fire ravaged the entire second floor of Sumah’s West African Restaurant and Carryout in Shaw late last month. Now, community members have set up a GoFundMe page on behalf of the Sumahs to help them rebuild their extensively damaged…

Over the weekend, news broke that DC officials may be negotiating behind the scenes with the Trump administration to grease the wheels for a new stadium for the Washington professional football team.

Words like Wonk Cat, Lau, and Vex might not mean anything to some, but, to many D.C. college students, they’re a way of life.

The housing market in the District has been a mixed bag this year, with slight increases in inventory being offset by generally healthy demand and steady price growth.

School can be fraught with gender norms. Just ask Addison Moore.

So far this year, at least 38 people have died in the District “without the dignity of a home,” according to The Way Home, an advocacy group focused on ending chronic homelessness.

Two D.C. Council members are inquiring about the fire department’s apparatus, as fire and city officials push back against a report in The Washington Times citing senior department sources who said a lack of reserve vehicles contributed to…

WASHINGTON — This week marks 30 years since the public got its first view of a photo-heavy book depicting the earliest days of D.C.’s hardcore punk scene — and its author says the anniversary is both rewarding and disappointing.

More than 20 years ago, a professor at George Washington University interested in the interplay between sports, race and culture started a project to share the story of Jackie Robinson’s legacy.

When he opened his used-book shop 37 years ago in Washington’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, Jacques Morgan vowed to remain in business forever, a promise he kept until dying of cancer in 2012.

WASHINGTON -- Rising rent in D.C. is claiming yet another mom and pop business and this time it’s family run coffee shop that is closing its doors after more than two decades.

GEORGE WASHINGTON University’s suspension of negotiations with the District to manage a new hospital in Southeast Washington may send the city back to the drawing board. That should be welcomed. Little thinking went into the politically…

Last week, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) issued a comprehensive — and potentially controversial — action plan for improving traffic safety in the nation’s capital.