WASHINGTON — More than 200 people have signed up to testify before the DC Council on Wednesday as the city considers legislation that would establish a bottle bill in the nation's capital. The proposal introduced by Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau ...

The images after a truck slammed into a pedestrian overpass in D.C. in 2021 are hard to forget. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt. Since then, D.C.’s Department of Transportation has lifted and rebuilt pedestrian bridges over DC-295 in Northeast.

Monday begins the National Week Without Driving, an effort to get people to park their cars and walk, bike and take public transportation. But it’s not just an initiative to benefit the environment, organizers say it’s also a time to help people ...

WASHINGTON — DC police have released the identity of a man who was shot and killed by an officer during an incident in the 4400 block of Reservoir Road, Northwest Friday night. Police say they were responding to a residential alarm at the location around ...

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memo on Thursday directing U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro to pursue federal jurisdiction for crimes committed in D.C. that allow the death penalty under federal law.

Under dim Capitol Hill streetlights on September 20, Gary Dziekan headed down 8th Street Northeast dressed in lederhosen, walking home from the Oktoberfest party he co-hosted five blocks away. Dziekan, who goes by “Zeek,” crossed at the intersection ...

Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced a citywide curfew for anyone under the age of 18 beginning Saturday night in response to weeks of ongoing violence and unrest. The move comes just a few months after President Trump mobilized thousands of ...

Teens gather in a Navy Yard park as D.C. police circle the area on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.(Courtesy X: @Robbb1947) Starting Friday night, kids and teens are once again under an 11 p.m. curfew in the District. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed emergency ...

Government officials have admitted there were failures by the Army Black Hawk helicopter crew in the fatal crash with an American Airlines jet over the Potomac River in January. The crash left 67 people dead.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered President Trump to bring his monthslong deployment of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital to an end. US District Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee, approved Washington, DC’s request for a preliminary ...