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A prominent D.C. developer, Douglas Jemal, has decided to end a months-long legal battle with Anacostia’s Check It Enterprises, a go-go clothing store, and gift it a beloved community garden.

“We can not call this financial report of our economy good news unless we are content with the massive number of residents we are leaving behind, most of them people of color.”

One of the developers looking to remake the McMillan Sand Filtration Plant just picked up another win in court, though there are still some barriers remaining before construction can start on the tortured project.

D.C. is ramping up efforts to stem the rising threat of carjackings in the District since the coronavirus pandemic began.

D.C. wants the brave men and women who helped secure the U.S. Capitol after the deadly Jan. 6 riot to come back and enjoy what the city has to offer. And there are big discounts in store for those who do so.

The National Zoo said Thursday that after 63 years it is severing its relationship with its longtime nonprofit partner, Friends of the National Zoo.

Twenty-four-year-old Seker Anderson cuts an unassuming figure: In person, the D.C. native, who grew up in Brookland, appears quiet behind the yellow-tinted round sunglasses that are a staple in his wardrobe.

I hope, like so many others, that 2021 will bring a sense of normality. But in D.C., that’s still far away, with enhanced Phase 2 restrictions in place at least until March. As the owner of a small gym, protecting the health and well being…

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is in full swing around the D.C. region. But it’s still pretty difficult to secure an appointment, even for people who are currently eligible.

Many Zoo-based education programs and camps have been suspended.

The last of the short-term family housing sites that were part of a plan to end homelessness and to close a massive shelter in D.C. has been completed.

A Republican congressman said Wednesday that it’s time to tear down the fence that was hastily erected last month around the Capitol, saying it’s turned the seat of American democracy into a fortress more akin to a military base.

DC's journey to fully replacing the former decrepit family homeless shelter at DC General has reached the finish line with a final planned opening in Ward 1.

Reacting to the latest proposal to grant statehood to the District of Columbia, the sole member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota recently introduced legislation to merge most of D.C. with Maryland instead.

Last summer, when the protests over the police killing of George Floyd led to calls for racial justice and equality, museum officials from coast to coast posted heartfelt statements of solidarity and promises of reform.

Social media posts by a Washington state member of the Proud Boys arrested Wednesday indicate that he and others were planning in advance to organize a group that would attempt to overwhelm police barricades and breach the U.S. Capitol on…

D.C. released early vaccine data on the race and ethnicity of residents who have received the coronavirus vaccine, but the District’s health officer said it is missing some key information — namely race and ethnicity.

On the first day of Black History Month, a time that calls for reflecting on the past, a well-known D.C. developer, a longtime city activist and three local lawmakers stood together on an outdoor stage in Southeast Washington and talked…

The District has completed construction of a new shelter for families experiencing homelessness in Ward 1, marking the end of a years-long process to replace the troubled D.C. General shelter with smaller shelters spread out across the…

“I do feel like the fence is really going to punish the people who live and visit here a lot more than it's going to actually protect anyone.”