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On a recent sunny afternoon at Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington, hip-hop provided the soundtrack as skateboarders hurtled across the marbled expanse, practiced leaps and landings, and impressed onlookers with gravity-bending tricks.…

Gallaudet University is planning to build a microgrid of solar arrays on its Northeast D.C. campus, which will deliver electricity and thermal power to its facilities and provide energy credits for nearby households and businesses.

It’s a cold Sunday morning in April at the National Zoo, and a small group of dedicated “panda people” are watching young Xiao Qi Ji climb over his mother Mei Xiang.

The Open Movie Captioning Requirement Act of 2022 has been filed. Erik Nordlof, founder of DC Deaf Moviegoers & Allies, says it’s about time.

Howard University’s future replacement hospital is now slated to deliver in 2027, later than its previous 2026 target, with important implications for its medical school as a pipeline for diversity in health care.

Sure, maybe the pink blossoming cherry trees around the D.C. area have turned to green, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still celebrate them.

A proposed development at Howard University has a striking early design and a sizable public amenity.

Reservations opened Friday for the 12 mixed-use fields and 12 dedicated softball fields on the National Mall in D.C.

This Saturday marks the 160th anniversary of Emancipation Day. To celebrate the day in which 3,100 people were freed from enslavement in the District, the Mayor’s office will be hosting the Emancipation Day Parade on April 16th for the…

Last month, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced her request for an unprecedented $500 million of funding for the Housing Production Trust Fund, D.C.’s main affordable housing financing vehicle, in her proposed fiscal 2023 budget, doubling…

Mayoral candidates gathered on April 5 for a virtual forum hosted by local nonprofit Miriam’s Kitchen to discuss homelessness in the District.

Todd, 56, has lived on the Columbus Circle encampment site in front of Union Station since December.

Sharron Brown, a 61-year-old unsheltered resident of Virginia and 25th street encampment, has had to call police on multiple occasions to break up fights or ward off intruders near her tent.

In June 2020, the D.C. Council voted to reduce the police budget by $15 million, which limited the hiring of new D.C. police officers. The council promised that those funds would then be reallocated to alternative, non-police responses.…

Festivities tomorrow in honor of the 160th anniversary of DC Emancipation Day will include a parade along Pennsylvania Avenue as well as a food truck festival, concert and fireworks.

At least two dozen residents in Petworth had their air conditioning units, appliances, or light fixtures blown out after a Pepco electric project sparked a power surge on Wednesday morning.

D.C. tomorrow celebrates Emancipation Day, the 160th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln signing a bill ending slavery and freeing over 3,100 enslaved people in the nation's capital.

Losing out on matching funds could be a major problem for White as he seeks to keep pace with his rivals.

In a pattern that has been repeated for more than two years, coronavirus cases are rising again in the D.C. region and nationwide, after a brief respite with some of the lowest rates of virus circulation of the pandemic.

The railroad said the move is necessary to upgrade the nation’s second-busiest train hub