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Loose bolts were found to be at least one common thread between the sudden separation of two Metro trains over the past two months, the agency that oversees Metrorail safety said Wednesday.

Metro’s plan to dramatically scale back service next year as a result of a pandemic-related budget shortfall is facing more backlash.

Like the rest of us, Sheila White has been trying to stay safe in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, while balancing work, school, and thoughts about the election. But after seven years of homelessness, she has one asset on her side she…

The longtime WUSA journalist was recently honored with a mural of his face that was secretly painted, mostly at night, over three days.

In past years, in the days following Thanksgiving, local author Jason Reynolds attended book signings and events at area bookstores for Small Business Saturday and Giving Tuesday as a way to “drum up business and really support our local…

Outgoing D.C. Council member David Grosso will take a job as a lobbyist for a firm representing clients with business before the council.

American University has received two donations totaling $4.5 million to put toward building a new 58,000-square-foot athletics facility, the Center for Athletic Performance.

Matthew Goins is constantly surrounded by cardboard boxes. They fill nearly every corner of his family’s home in Northwest D.C.: The front door can be accessed by traveling through a precariously constructed tunnel of boxes. In his dining…

A phone meeting between members of President-elect Joe Biden’s inaugural committee and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton was abruptly canceled Tuesday, leaving unanswered a long list of questions as to what the inauguration will actually…

The D.C. Council approved a bill on Tuesday that would ban cashless businesses in the city, pushing back against a nationwide trend that excludes many low-income and undocumented people.

The at-large councilmember has already recused himself from several votes that related to the firm's business.

D.C. lawmakers are looking to arm the city’s advisory neighborhood commissions with more resources and expertise as they negotiate with developers, hoping to empower the volunteer commissioners as they engage in highly technical debates…

The Federation of State Medical Boards has retained commercial real estate services firm Newmark to help it sell the former Colombian embassy building in Kalorama it bought in 2017 with the aim of converting into office space.

Outgoing D.C. Councilmember David Grosso will join U.S. law and lobbying firm Arent Fox after his term ends in January, the firm said Wednesday. Arent Fox represents major businesses, nonprofits, and charter schools with interests before…

“I was never particularly interested in cemeteries,” Grace Bateman said as we stood amidst the gravestones of Holy Rood, a burial ground that sits on the cusp of Georgetown and Glover Park.

Residents of a Northeast D.C. neighborhood are proposing that a vacant former slaughterhouse be designated historic in a bid that could prevent a planned halfway house from opening.

Kristen Sheldon’s bedroom looks like a Caribbean resort: brilliant blue walls, white furniture, lots of plants. It’s part of her strategy for dealing with seasonal depression.

Throughout the spring, summer, and fall, many of the region’s public COVID-19 testing sites were outside. Besides the occasional downpour and “heat exposure,” the weather has generally cooperated.

Median single-family home sales in DC have surpassed $1 million for the first time.

As the city waits with bated breath for the DC Council's potential passage of a revised Comprehensive Plan, the Office of Planning (OP) is launching a more micro-level effort.