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A D.C. lawmaker known for fighting for freedom is denying any responsibility for setting a group of zebras loose in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

The Metropolitan Police Department on Friday released body-camera footage of the fatal shooting of George Watson as he emerged from his apartment in the U Street area on Aug. 31.

On Sept. 11, 2001, D.C. was still a majority-Black city. Black residents made up 61% of the population as of the 2000 census. Two decades later, census figures tell a different story.

The redistricting process is getting into full swing in DC with a public hearing hosted by the DC Council’s Subcommittee on Redistricting set for late September.

Dave Grohl broke the news during a Foo Fighters show on Thursday.

D.C. officials this week identified a police sergeant who fatally shot a man last week after police said he pointed what appeared to be a rifle at officers at the entrance to his apartment in Northwest Washington.

A new music venue — well, technically, an old one — is coming to 9th Street NW. During a sold-out, surprise Foo Fighter’s show Thursday night — the first in-person concert at the 9:30 Club in 18 months — singer/guitarist Dave Grohl told…

One day before the 20th anniversary of 9/11, a school in southeast D.C. took time Friday morning to remember James Debeuneure, a well-liked fifth-grade teacher who was killed in the terrorist attacks.

One of most highly publicized gatherings in the District, the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee’s spring convention, won’t be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in 2022 due to concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic.

A D.C. charter network is requiring that all employees get vaccinated or lose their jobs, making it the largest public school network in the nation’s capital to enact such a strict vaccine mandate.

Tax revenue from sports betting in D.C. totaled about $1.8 million from May 2020 to March 2021, according to a report published Thursday by D.C. Auditor Kathy Patterson. The overwhelming majority of that money came not from GambetDC, the…

A new report from DC Auditor Kathy Patterson seeks to explain why city revenue from sports gambling is falling short of expectations and offers ideas on how to increase the District's take.

Eighth-graders allegedly carjacking motorists, a 14-year-old allegedly kidnapping passersby at gunpoint, a pregnant woman shot in her car, six gunned down before sundown — leaving three dead and three wounded, including a 3-year-old. Just…

The man who’s behind a controversial D.C. rally later this month in support of those arrested and accused in connection to the deadly Capitol riot has no plans to call it off despite fears over potential violence.

After more than two hours of Foo Fighters music, at the band’s surprise concert to reopen 9:30 Club, Dave Grohl posted a question, waxed eloquent — then dropped a bombshell.

The 9:30 Club was back up and running Thursday night, reopening its doors for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic with a special guest in the Foo Fighters headlining its first show.

Police have recommended reinstalling fencing around the U.S. Capitol ahead of a rally scheduled for Sept. 18 in support of the people arrested in the Jan. 6 riot, according to two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss…

The excluded workers who weren't eligible for pandemic unemployment benefits can teach us a thing or two about perseverance and fighting for what you need.

Revenue from legalized sports betting in D.C. has fallen short of expectations, in part because gamblers don’t have a lot of options when it comes to placing those bets, according to a Sept. 9 report by the Office of the District of…

The D.C. region’s top elected officials — the District’s mayor and governors from Maryland and Virginia — assured local business leaders Thursday that they would cooperate closely as they plan for and build a post-pandemic economy.