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D.C. Gas Station Denies Price-Gouging Accusation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A businessman who owns nearly half of all gas stations in the District of Columbia is defending himself against an anti-trust probe. The D.C. attorney general’s office is...
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D.C. Residents Warned Not To Open Fire Hydrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forecasters say Memorial Day could mark the start of the region’s first heat wave of the year and District of Columbia authorities are reminding Washington residents not to open fire...
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D.C. Officers To Use Web For Info On Georgetown Suspect
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Police in the District of Columbia plan to start a website seeking tips and leads about a suspect whose DNA is linked to the 1998 killing of a young scientist in Georgetown and...
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D.C. Mayor Says City Won’t Tolerate Flash Mobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray says the city won’t tolerate flash mob robberies like those seen in recent days in Northeast Washington and Montgomery County. Early Thursday...
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Office Cleaners In D.C. Area Threaten Strike
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — About 12,000 office cleaners in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia are threatening to strike when their contract expires this week. The union representing the...
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Hunger Strike For D.C. Rights Faces Long Odds
WASHINGTON (AP) — One week into their hunger strike for District of Columbia voting rights in Congress, Joe Gray and Kelly Mears have lost 20 pounds each. Fellow strikers Adrian Parsons and Sam Jewler,...
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51 Nifty United States? New Bill Would Give D.C. Statehood
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware has introduced a bill that would make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state. While the bill has little chance of passing, the introduction shows...
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District Of Columbia Has $417M Budget Surplus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia ended fiscal 2012 with a $417 million budget surplus, a windfall that illustrates how the fiscal climate in the nation’s capital differs from much of the...
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D.C. Mayor Gives ‘State Of The District’ Address
BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray says the city needs to move away from its dependence on the federal government and promote job growth in the...
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D.C. Lottery Revenue Up After Recent Sales Slump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lottery revenue in the District of Columbia is on the rise again after a five-year slump in sales. The Washington Post reports that D.C. Lottery revenue in the fiscal year that ended...
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Metro Closing 4 Stations For Weekend Work
WASHINGTON (AP) — Metro says it’s closing four stations on the orange line for weekend work, and passengers will have to use shuttle buses to travel between those stations. Metro will close the Vienna,...
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Metro: Silver Line Track Not Damaged In Tests
WASHINGTON (AP) — Metro officials says new Silver Line tracks don’t appear to have been damaged in an incident during testing that caused major rush hour delays. Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says there...
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Police: Man Fatally Shot In Downtown D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police are investigating a fatal shooting in downtown D.C. that happened overnight. Police say Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo, 24, of Laurel, Md., was shot multiple times in the head just...
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Panda Breeding Season Arrives At D.C.’s National Zoo
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo says breeding season has arrived for the giant pandas after a cub was born last year but died six days later. The zoo said Wednesday that female panda Mei Xiang and...
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D.C. Schools Face Boom With Influx Of Young Families
RACHEL BAYE The Washington Examiner WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia is seeing a boom in its population of children younger than 5, prompting local education experts to question whether the...
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In Online Giving, D.C. Among Most Generous
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new ranking of the most generous cities in online donations shows Seattle residents give the most money to charity, followed by three cities in the Washington, D.C., region....
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Gray’s Budget Funds Space Simulator For D.C. Schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray’s 2014 budget proposal includes money to build a space station simulator in the district’s public school system. The Washington Examiner...
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24 Sites Around D.C. Compete For Preservation Funds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s home in Arlington, Va., and Clara Barton’s downtown Washington office, where she ran an operation to search for missing Civil War soldiers, are among...
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Get A Bird’s-Eye View From The Top Of The Washington Monument In D.C.
WASHINGTON (WJZ) — It’s a view of the Washington Monument in D.C. like you’ve never seen before. This week crews topped off the scaffolding needed to fix damage caused by 2011’s earthquake. Monique...
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Archdiocese Of Washington Welcomes 6 New Priests
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Catholic Church has six new priests who will serve in the Washington area. Washington’s Archbishop, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, ordained the six men on Saturday during a ceremony at...
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D.C. Residents Can Apply For Free Visitor Parking
WASHINGTON (AP) — Residents of some District of Columbia neighborhoods will soon be able to apply for free visitor parking passes. The Washington Post reports that the surprise announcement last week...
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Woman Charged In D.C. With Kidnapping Of Infant
WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia police say a woman has been charged with kidnapping after failing for days to return an 8-month-old child to her mother. Police say Jessica Walls, 20,...
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D.C. National Guard Museum To Open
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a new museum in Washington: a gallery commemorating the history of the District of Columbia National Guard. The D.C. National Guard Museum will open for the first time on...
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Report Calls For Review Of D.C. Tinted Window Law
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says District of Columbia police officers need better training on enforcing the law on tinted vehicle windows. The report from the Police Complaints Board also says the...
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Hearing Postponed In D.C. Officer In Prostitution Case
WASHINGTON (AP) — A preliminary hearing has been postponed for a District of Columbia police officer charged with running a prostitution ring involving teenage girls. Officer Linwood Barnhill Jr. was...
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Group Holds Vigil For 21 Who Died Homeless In D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeless advocates are holding an all-night vigil for homeless people who have died this year in Washington. The vigil begins Thursday evening at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue....
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National Parks In D.C. Area Called $929 Million Boon
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service says visitors to parks in and around the nation’s capital spent nearly $929 million in surrounding communities in 2012. The agency released a report Monday...
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D.C. Adds 15 New Traffic Cameras Around City
WASHINGTON (AP) — Motorists will have to watch out for 15 new traffic cameras in the District of Columbia. Police say the 14 speed cameras and one camera that targets oversized trucks will debut...
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D.C. Pot Group Submits Ballot Initiative Signatures
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of a ballot initiative that would let District of Columbia voters decide whether possession of up to two ounces of marijuana should be legal in the nation’s capital say...
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DC Police Arrest Suspect In Triple Shooting That Killed 2 Md. Men
WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia police say they have arrested a suspect in a triple shooting on North Capitol Street that has left two people dead. Police say one juvenile and two adults were...
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Man Charged With Stabbing Transgender Girl
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man has been charged with stabbing a transgender girl on a Metro train. Local media partners report the Metro Transit police say 24-year-old Reginald Klaiber has been charged with...
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D.C. Library To Host Free Book Giveaway
WASHINGTON (AP) — Educators and local officials will give away more than 2,000 books to District of Columbia children this weekend. The Washington Teachers’ Union says the new books will be given away...
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IRS Reviewing Records From DC Housing Complex
WASHINGTON (AP) — Criminal investigators from the IRS are reviewing records related to an affordable apartment complex in the District of Columbia that’s become a flashpoint in the race for mayor. A...
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Report: DC Drivers Ticketed Erroneously
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report from the District of Columbia government’s internal watchdog says drivers are too often considered “guilty until proven innocent” when they receive traffic or parking...
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D.C. Man Gets 17.5 Years In Sex Abuse Of Young Girl
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A District of Columbia man has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for taking a 9-year-old girl to his government office in Prince George’s County for sex. Fifty-three-year-old...
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D.C. Subway: Fire Changes Led To Difficulty Using Radios
WASHINGTON (WJZ)—Multiple failures are the latest findings from the National Transportation Safety Board’s probe into the deadly D.C. Metro incident. Tracey Leong explains this major breakdown that...
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DC Prepares To Deploy Snow Trucks For Sunday Into Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia plans to deploy more than 200 snow trucks this weekend for a potential winter storm that could bring snow and rain to the area. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced...
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U.S. Attorney For D.C. To Step Down After 5 Years
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia will step down after five years on the job to return to private practice, he announced Monday, leaving behind a record of prosecutions...
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Carper Reintroduces Bill To Make D.C. Nation’s 51st State
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware has reintroduced a bill that would transform the District of Columbia into the nation’s 51st state. Carper is a Democrat and a longtime supporter of...
View ArticleMaryland, DC Prepare For Unite The Right Rally
WASHINGTON, DC (WJZ) — Protest groups are getting ready for a possible clash in the nation’s capital, while law enforcement in DC prepares to gear up for the potentially tense clash. Charlottesville,...
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