Ryan M. McDermott

D.C. thieves hit TV reporters’ car as news crew covers mayor’s anti-robbery photo-op

Equipment was stolen from an ABC7 News crew car Wednesday as local reporters were covering D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's press conference on preventing robberies.

January 6, 2016

D.C. City Council extending ban on private pot clubs

The D.C. Council on Tuesday extended an emergency measure in the District's marijuana legalization law that bans private pot-smoking clubs. The ban was set to expire on Jan. 15.

January 5, 2016

Muriel Bowser, D.C. mayor, and council at odds over her stalled safety plan

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser chided city lawmakers Monday for not passing her public safety plan last year, but a key legislator said her administration failed to provide information to support her proposal.

January 5, 2016

Eleanor Holmes Norton seeks to ease Metro reimbursement restrictions

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton wants the Federal Transit Administration to ease its funding reimbursement restrictions on Metro to allow the transit agency to stop taking out short-term loans from private lenders.

December 31, 2015

D.C. sees 54% increase in homicides

The District's homicide rate spiked dramatically this year, and officials say there's no single reason for the increase.

December 30, 2015

Mary Cheh questions Muriel Bowser on plan to increase speeding fine

D.C. Council member Mary Cheh is calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser to prove that her plan to increase speeding fines to $1,000 will deter speeders and not just provide more revenue for the District.

December 29, 2015

D.C. police record District’s 162nd homicide of 2015 with two slayings in Southeast

The District hasn't seen a homicide rate this high since 2008.

December 29, 2015

Washington D.C.’s Ward 8 to get ‘boost’ from Homeland Security move

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton predicts that the Department of Homeland Security's move into Southeast "will give a boost to Ward 8" because where federal workers go, commercial development follows.

December 28, 2015

D.C. workforce being held back by lack of ‘life skills’

A key reason many D.C. residents fail to get or keep jobs isn't a lack of technical skills, but a lack of "life skills," says restaurant owner Andy Shallal.

December 24, 2015

D.C. man charged with armed robbery in Northeast last month

Metropolitan Police have arrested a Southeast man in connection with an armed robbery last month in Northeast.

December 24, 2015

Phil Mendelson, chair of D.C. Council, vows transparency by requiring campaign disclosures

The chairman of the D.C. Council said Wednesday that he intends to make the District's deals with vendors and land developers more transparent by requiring them to disclose campaign donations to city officials.

December 23, 2015

D.C. police investigating stabbings of three men in Northeast

Metropolitan Police said three men were stabbed, one fatally, in Northeast Washington, D.C., on Monday.

December 23, 2015

D.C. police charge two suspects with selling marijuana in Northwest

D.C. police have arrested two people in connection with a narcotics operation in Northwest.

December 23, 2015

D.C. sees growth rate of nearly 2% since July 2014

If you thought lines at the grocery store were growing longer, elbow room at your favorite bar was shrinking and Metro subway cars were getting more stiflingly packed, you weren't imagining it. The District is getting more crowded.

December 22, 2015

Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C. delegate, seeks more protection for federal workers in OPM breach

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is calling for federal legislators to expand identity theft coverage to federal workers after the data security breach at the Office of Personnel Management.

December 21, 2015

D.C. police investigating stabbing death in Northwest on Sunday

The Metropolitan Police Department is offering a reward in its investigation of the stabbing death of a man Sunday in Northwest.

December 21, 2015

Washington, D.C., Metro access dominated by young, white, wealthy

Young, white, highly educated workers disproportionately live near Metro subway stops, driving up property values and making it more difficult to build affordable housing with rail access, according to a report by the Census Bureau.

December 20, 2015

D.C. government fights over legal pot sales in capital, budget riders

D.C. lawmakers and advocates called Congress' proposed fiscal 2016 spending bill a victory, but said more needs to be done to expunge riders affecting the District, including one that bans the city from permitting retail sales of marijuana.

December 17, 2015

D.C. police arrest second suspect in Mount Pleasant shooting death in September

Metropolitan Police have arrested a second suspect in the shooting death of a Maryland man who killed in Mount Pleasant in September.

December 17, 2015

Business leader hits minimum-wage ballot initiative over expired terms of D.C. Board of Elections

A D.C. business leader is calling for a minimum-wage initiative to be removed from next year's ballots because the D.C. Board of Elections has exceeded its term of office.

December 16, 2015