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On Sunday night, WMATA announced they were pulling all of their 7000-series trains out of service Monday morning as part of the ongoing investigation into the Blue Line train derailment last week. The 7000-series trains make up about 60%…

A new audit of D.C.’s emergency call system finds that the people tasked with answering 911 calls in the city sometimes struggle to pinpoint a caller’s exact location and fall short of national standards for dispatching services in a…

Neil Albert, the chair of the D.C. Housing Authority’s board of commissioners, will resign, according to a source familiar with Albert’s thinking. Albert’s resignation comes after revelations that he approved contracts worth millions of…

Like the periodic invasion of cicadas, the blooming of the cherry blossoms, and dashed hopes that a certain football team will eventually do better, a predictable cycle in D.C. is upon us: elections.

A package of spending bills unveiled by a U.S. Senate committee on Monday evening does not include language that had prohibited D.C. from legalizing the sale of marijuana for the last six years, lifting a significant roadblock to the…

D.C.’s 911 system has been hampered by inconsistent handling of calls, difficulties in determining the location of emergencies and has not met national standards for getting prompt help to callers, according to a new report by the Office…

Reforms are urgently needed so the District's 911 system can handle emergency calls quickly and efficiently, according to a new study from DC Auditor Kathy Patterson.

The public is getting its first glimpse at the project expected to bring the first full-service grocery store to Buzzard Point.

A new traffic safety investigation dashboard will enable people in the District to report a potential problem, and stay apprised of the D.C. Department of Transportation’s investigation, research and safety solutions.

Metrorail’s reduced service pattern will continue through the weekend as investigators probe the derailment of a 7000-series Blue Line car.

The largest public high school in the District, Woodrow Wilson High School, will have a different name in the near future, but it likely won’t be the name that was proposed by the D.C. Public Schools chancellor.

The Downtown D.C. Business Improvement District is hitting the reset button on its planned retail revitalization plans after the Covid-19 pandemic had suddenly forced other pressing issues to the top of its list.

Coronavirus rates continue to steadily decline in the greater Washington region after a surge brought on by the highly contagious delta variant, but public health experts say it’s too early to declare victory against the unpredictable…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s regional Metro system abruptly pulled more than half its fleet of trains from service early Monday morning over a lingering problem with the wheels and axles that caused a dramatic derailing last week. The…

D.C. police are being taught how to intervene if they observe fellow officers reacting to a situation in a way they should not.

Metro announced late Sunday that the majority of its rail fleet was being removed from service and trains beginning Monday would run only every 30 minutes. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB-led) investigation into last week’s…

D.C. police officers fatally shot a person while responding to a domestic violence call on Monday afternoon, said officials.

D.C. police fatally shot a person Monday afternoon in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Southeast Washington, according to D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III.

The 7000 series Metrorail fleet abruptly pulled from service had at least 31 wheel-based failures over the past four years, the National Transportation Safety Board disclosed Monday morning.

It has long been controversial for officers to shoot at moving vehicles, and banning the practice hasn't always worked.