The chair of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors says she feels blessed after the United Daughters of the Confederacy requested its statue back. The monument to Confederate soldiers has stood ...

Walking through the steep, narrow servant staircases of Riversdale House, it’s hard not to be struck by how separated you are from the dramatic halls, dining room, and parlors in the rest of the ...

When Amilcar Benitez bought a mobile home at Harmony Place in Alexandria, it needed a lot of work. The flooring, insulation and plumbing in the two-bedroom home he shares with his wife and two ...

The outcome in the U.S. Senate last week couldn’t have been more clear: 81 senators, 33 of them Democrats, voted to block a D.C. bill that revised and modernized the city’s century-old criminal laws.

For decades, Pepco knowingly discharged toxic chemicals into the Anacostia River, using the river and other District waterways as a “cost-free dumping ground,” according to lawsuits filed by D.C.

In forests in the eastern U.S., it can be easy to miss the fact that things are going awry. Elsewhere, in places like the Rocky Mountains or the Sierra Nevada, the signs may be more obvious: a whole ...

On Tuesday, amid the morning traffic of Metrobuses and a small crowd of bystanders, D.C. officials unveiled a new mural celebrating go-go on a corner in Shaw, where a battle once brewed over D.C.’s ...

On a recent Friday evening outside of D.C., musicians, videographers, managers, and invited guests mill around a brick house on a wooded lane in an otherwise quiet residential neighborhood. Drinks are ...

Every year, about 500 identifiable people in D.C. drive as much as 70% of the city’s gun violence, according to a new report commissioned by the city. The study was authored by the National Institute ...

The D.C. Council passed a bill on Tuesday that will create a free master’s in social work program at the University of the District of Columbia, aiming to bolster the city’s network of social workers ...

The Arlington County Board unanimously approved a major change Wednesday night, ending single-family only zoning in the county. The so-called “missing middle” zoning ordinance opens up residential ...

Gorgeous common hardwoods like American Beech and elm fill the canopy of Washington, D.C., but it has many surprising trees, too. Some tell stories from history. Others traveled from unexpected places ...