The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore was sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday for arranging fraudulent sales of her self-published children’s books to nonprofits and foundations to promote her political career and fund her run for the city’s highest office.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is pushing for late-night Metro service as a new study on the city’s nightlife industry shows that the subway’s hours of operation greatly affect businesses.
The salvage firm that has plucked silverware, china and gold coins from the wreckage of the Titanic now wants to recover the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Machine that transmitted the doomed ship’s increasingly frantic distress calls.
Not only will D.C. United uniforms bear the Caesars logo on one sleeve starting in 2020, but the company is also looking into opening Caesars-branded bars or entertainment venues around Audi Field. D.C. United is likely positioning itself for the new frontier of legal sports gambling in the District.
D.C. Council held a hearing Thursday on bills that would give housing voucher recipients money for rental application fees and prohibit landlords from denying rental applications from people who pay in part with vouchers.
D.C. Council members on Wednesday questioned Metro Transit Police Chief Ronald Pavlik Jr. about his department’s use-of-force policies after officers last week handcuffed a 13-year-old at a station and the agency confirmed that some officers had competed to see who could make the most arrests and issue the most citations.
Anti-Trump protesters are planning more than 270 "Reject the Cover-Up" rallies for Wednesday evening after the U.S. Senate's likely vote to acquit President Trump in the impeachment trial.
Democrat Kweisi Mfume says that if he regains the seat in Congress he once held in a heavily Democratic Baltimore area district, cutting violent crime in the city and its suburbs will be his top concern.
The D.C. Department of Public Works (DPW) later this month will begin issuing $150 fines to motorists who stop or park in bicycle lanes.
The D.C. Council members on Tuesday introduced legislation that would require landlords to provide air conditioning to elderly tenants and would strengthen the city's ethics laws.
Maryland voters in the Baltimore area are deciding Tuesday in a crowded special primary who will be their parties' nominees to fill the rest of the late Elijah Cummings' term in Congress.
A gunman who killed a woman and wounded five others on a Greyhound bus in Southern California was cursing and muttering incoherently before the attack, passengers and authorities said.
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Senate Bill 399, introduced by Sen. Adam Ebbin, D-Alexandria, would've joined Virginia into the National Popular Vote Compact.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser opened the application process for this summer's youth employment program on Friday.
Former Rep. John Delaney of Maryland on Friday announced he was ending his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, just days before the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses.
John Delaney, the longest-running Democratic candidate in the 2020 presidential race, is ending his campaign after pouring millions of his own money into an effort that failed to resonate with voters.
With the African American Civil War Museum as a backdrop, the District's top elected officials on Thursday promoted progress in their campaign to make the city the 51st state.
Muriel Bowser added her name to a growing list of mayors endorsing billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg for president, and it's not surprising.
The D.C. Council sent out a joint statement collectively condemning Jack Evans' decision to run again for the Ward 2 Council seat following his resignation for ethics violations.
Jason Hargraves, a versatile wordsmith who served as an editor for national news, culture and social media at the Washington Times for over a decade, has died following a brief illness. He was 49.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has endorsed former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the Democratic nomination for president, the Bloomberg campaign announced Thursday.
Three Democratic state attorneys general are suing a U.S. government official to force him to recognize Virginia's vote this week to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and certify the measure as part of the Constitution.
Friday, Feb. 14, is Valentine's Day. Area restaurants will be offering special meals for couples.
D.C. Council members acknowledged Wednesday the city agencies' progress in reducing homelessness but questioned the methods they have used — particularly clearing an encampment of homeless people on K Street NE this month.
Anti-Trump activists are planning to rally outside the Senate ahead of Wednesday's impeachment proceedings and then march through the city during the afternoon rush-hour commute.
