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For the third time in just a month, Howard University warned its campus on Tuesday of a bomb threat. Each time, a law enforcement search found no sign of the threatened explosives.

D.C. lawmakers have passed a bill to raise the wages of those who care for the District’s youngest residents.

After spending weeks last year trying to clear up a fraudulent unemployment claim made using his personal information, D.C. resident Scott Wallace thought his problems were resolved.

The transit agency has been short of drivers this year because of a labor shortage and the omicron coronavirus variant

The council also voted to allow any senior citizen to buy medical marijuana without a doctor’s note.

Metro is digging deeper into its pocketbook in an effort to hire more bus drivers.

A new program launched Tuesday by the District will help cover the costs of college tuition for residents seeking a degree in high-demand fields at three local universities.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday approved a $309 million contract to upgrade the city’s 75,000 streetlights with high-efficiency LEDs and Wi-Fi access points, signing off on what will be the first and so far the only public-private partnership…

The Amazon co-founder donated $2.7 million to the D.C. Public Library Foundation.

The District gives up roughly $86 million in potential real property tax revenue annually from just 10 properties owned by tax-exempt organizations.

D.C. residents pursuing a degree in certain “high-demand” career fields are now eligible for up to $8,000 in annual tuition assistance under a new city program D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Tuesday.

The Ward 3 councilmember drew online outrage following her dubious assertions about a shooting at the neighborhood’s Days Inn.

Authorities are investigating a string of bomb threats affecting four historically Black universities in the Washington region.

A quirky residential redevelopment is in the works for Cathedral Heights.

DC Health issued new guidance yesterday on "test-to-stay" programs at schools, as well as amended protocols for ending isolation after a positive COVID-19 test result.

Officials are investigating bomb threats made against Howard University, the University of the District of Columbia and Morgan State University — less than a day after multiple, historically Black schools were targeted by similar threats. …

When D.C. teacher Kathy Thorne learned another educator at Marie Reed Elementary School had launched a fundraising campaign to provide higher quality masks to his students, she considered ways to copy the idea.

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in D.C. have dipped further after running steady for a week.

D.C. officials have halted work on what its founder hopes will be the city’s only yeshiva, or stand-alone Jewish study center, after regulators found a two-story building under construction — not the “enlarged family room” for which the…

School officials will investigate whether Ilya Shapiro’s tweets breached policy; Shapiro says he expects to be vindicated