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When it’s this hot, nothing beats a dip in a cool pool or splashing in a spray park. D.C. has them scattered throughout the city.

D.C. voters have good reason to concentrate their minds on November. Not only will they elect a mayor, a D.C. Council chair, two at-large and four ward council members in the Nov. 8 general election, but the congressional midterms are also…

Gun violence in this country is constant and devastating. In addition to the high-profile national tragedies, we have seen a troubling increase in instances of local, often unreported, community violence many people live with every day.

John A. Donnelly Sr. talks January 6, Covid, and memorable rescues.

A year ago, the DC Council touted funding for 2,400 new housing vouchers — enough to dramatically reduce the number of people experiencing chronic homelessness in DC. Now, with little more than two months left in the fiscal year, DC has…

Ronald Mason Jr. has been at the helm of the University of the District of Columbia since 2015

The District, snared in the heat wave that began this week for more than 100 million people nationwide, is bracing for temperatures that could hit triple digits for the first time since 2016.

"Love you oolong time" reads the subject line from a promotional email.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Democratic mayors of New York and Washington are asking the Biden administration to help with what they say is a surge in their cities of asylum-seeking migrants from border states, eliciting gleeful reactions from…

Developers are forging ahead with a tweaked plan for the historic Bond Bread Factory and Washington Railway & Electric Co. buildings near Howard University after Covid-19 induced delays.

The District is in the midst of one of its longest 100-degree droughts.

After years of planning, work is finally set to begin on the redevelopment of the West Heating Plant in Georgetown.

This weekend, as temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees or higher with the heat index, the District is extending hours at 11 outdoor pools across all eight wards. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a heat emergency through Monday.

Shawn O’Donnell, 40, worked for the State Department and loved to travel, her mother said

Dennis Sobin first ran for D.C. mayor 40 years ago. Since then, he’s made millions in the sex trade, lost those millions, moved to Florida, spent years in prison, gotten out, launched a nonprofit, written plays for the Kennedy Center’s…

The House of Representatives passed the fiscal year 2023 DC appropriations bill yesterday without the longtime riders that have limited the District's ability to spend local funds on abortion and on regulating recreational marijuana.

The history of Woodlawn Cemetery in Southeast D.C. spans nearly 200 years, and the latest chapter involves a mission to restore the grounds.

After almost a decade of planning and fundraising, the 11th Street Bridge Park is preparing for construction.

There’s some new retail coming to Ward 8, and the entrepreneurs opening there say that they hope the development at St. Elizabeths East will have a big impact on the community — and on their organizations too.

It should come as little surprise that the federal government intends to end the recreational use of upper Beach Drive.