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A D.C. Juneteenth celebration read the names of 2,000 soldiers who, in 1865 in Galveston, Texas, helped spread the word that slavery had been abolished.

There’s an obvious problem in the D.C. cannabis market: Recreational sales are still not legal. As D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen, D-Ward 6, stated at a recent hearing, “There is no such thing as a commercial transaction that is I-71…

Officials say the 15-year-old killed in the incident had been shot twice before

On Tuesday, voters will head to the polls to select Democratic nominees in several D.C. races, including mayor, and pick nominees in some of Virginia’s most-watched GOP congressional races.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit a Washington, DC, vaccine clinic offering Covid-19 vaccinations to children under the age of 5 on Tuesday, a White House official told CNN, in an effort to highlight the rollout of…

It’s not an urban problem, an inner-city problem, a blue city or a red state problem.

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is back in person this week, after the pandemic forced it to pause for two years.

A new 0.8-mile stretch of the Metropolitan Branch Trail has been completed, offering cyclists and pedestrians a new dedicated connection between Brookland and Fort Totten.

Democratic voters will go to the polls Tuesday to select the party’s nominees for mayor, for chairman and members of the D.C. Council, attorney general and a nonvoting delegate to Congress. Given the overwhelming advantage the party has in…

Electra America Hospitality Group plans to kick off a $40 million renovation of One Washington Circle, a 152-room hotel by Washington Circle that George Washington University had carved out as temporary student housing before the pandemic.…

Street vendors in D.C. are pushing to decriminalize unlicensed street vending in the District.

The planned renovation of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's longtime headquarters building is moving forward after its developer had flirted with, then abandoned, the idea of converting the 1970s-era property into…

A 15-year-old was killed and three people injured — including a D.C. police officer — when a shooting broke out at a popular annual musical celebration at the intersection of 14th and U Streets NW on Sunday night.

Tuesday's primary is almost here, but roughly 13% of DC's registered voters have already cast their ballots.

One of the women who filed a class-action lawsuit against the department is speaking up about Czapary’s candidacy.

As D.C. go-go bass slaps and drumbeats by the Ambition Band set the vibe and the smell of fried fish wafted through the air, a group of young people from the Creative School nonprofit in Southeast offered free fresh juice to passersby in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mayor Muriel Bowser cruised to reelection in the nation’s capital four years ago without serious opposition, and as the city enjoyed prosperous times, the main criticism of her policies was that Washington was growing too…

The 18-year-old flew in from Miami wearing jeans and a denim jacket in the dead of winter.

Juneteenth is not only a celebration of freedom, it’s a celebration of knowledge.

Abdul Muzikir, now 67, was convicted of killing a 24-year-old news reporter as a group of Hanafi Muslims took hostages.