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The D.C. police department is launching a task force to take on the rise of carjackings. The District is one of a handful of cities across the U.S. experiencing a spike in the crime.

After failing lots of laid off workers during the pandemic, the department is making an $11 million investment.

Acting D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee has created a task force to tamp down on carjackings amid a rise in vehicle thefts in the District. He told reporters Tuesday that the task force will include specialized detectives to investigate…

The General Services Administration will pursue some renovations at the aging J. Edgar Hoover Building in downtown D.C. as an interim step as it remains unclear whether the Biden administration will restart the search for a consolidated…

A number of noteworthy developments in the Shaw area delivered last year (accounting for roughly 600 new residential units and a Whole Foods), and some of the larger projects still in the pipeline were covered in UT's Howard University…

Within hours of taking the oath of office, President Biden signed an executive order to advance racial equity within the federal government, citing “the unbearable human costs of systemic racism” and pointing out the additional $5 trillion…

The pandemic may still be raging, but the District’s tourism and events boosters will soon launch a new advertising campaign aimed at luring visitors back to D.C. over the coming months.

A former D.C. mayor said on Tuesday that the retail, leisure and hospitality industries will need creativity to recover from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

New coronavirus variants are cropping up across the U.S. — including in the D.C. region.

After a popular cosmetology teacher died from complications related to COVID-19, the Washington Teachers’ Union filed a complaint against D.C. Public Schools on Tuesday, alleging the school system violated health and safety protocols at…

One of D.C.’s most consistent cash cows has been a lot less productive during the pandemic.

Over the past two years, D.C.’s go-go scene has grown from a hometown music genre into a key element of local social justice activism. Go-go bands have performed at some of the biggest rallies and marches in recent history, from the…

A new bill aims to help victims of violent crime in D.C. both financially and emotionally.

DC's expansion of vaccine eligibility to workers at licensed child care providers and independent and charter schools resulted in about 2,000 vaccinations in the first week, officials said.

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A teacher at Ballou STAY Opportunity Academy has died of COVID-19, according to Washington Teachers’ Union president Elizabeth Davis.

D.C.’s delegate to Congress is taking action on her opposition to permanent fencing around the U.S. Capitol.

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton has been an outspoken critic of the Capitol Police’s fencing around the U.S. Capitol. Now she’s introducing legislation to make sure it doesn’t become permanent.

One corner of town saw an 8 percent swing toward Trump.

Attorneys argue that right to a speedy trial is a foundational element of justice system

A D.C. judge Monday dismissed a murder charge against an anti-violence counselor in the District who had been accused in a 2017 fatal shooting, concluding authorities did not have enough evidence linking him to the crime, according to…