The pandas are coming! The pandas are coming!
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought seems to be coming to an end. Eleven mo...
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As fast as it comes down, graffiti returns to DC streets. Not all of it unwelcome
WASHINGTON (AP) — U Street is mostly deserted when Aceba Broadus and his three-person crew from the ...
Police arrest 15-year old for making social media threats against DC schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police on Friday arrested a 15-year-old boy on charges related to threats on socia...
Gaza war protesters hold a ‘die-in’ near the White House as Netanyahu meets with Biden, Harris
WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters against the Gaza war held a “die-in” across from Lafayette Park and the...
Demonstrators stage mass protest against Netanyahu visit and US military aid to Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters against the Gaza war staged a sit-in at a congressional office building...
The Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola are among the newest Kennedy Center Honors recipients
WASHINGTON (AP) — An iconoclastic filmmaking legend and one of the world’s most enduring musical act...
Off-duty police officer injured in shooting in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — A off-duty police officer in Washington, D.C., was injured Monday afternoon when a...
Comedian Kevin Hart is joining a select group honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American humor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin Hart, who rose from the open mics and comedy clubs of his native Philadelphi...
Housing Secretary Fudge resigning. Biden hails her dedication to boosting supply of affordable homes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she wou...
Two fragile DC neighborhoods hang in the balance as the Wizards and Capitals consider leaving town
WASHINGTON (AP) — Already struggling to keep his Chinatown bar afloat, Yousef Tellawi felt a sense o...
A sure sign of spring: The iconic cherry trees in the nation’s capital will soon begin to bloom
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s cherry blossom season again, and officials in the nation’s capital are predic...
Protestors pour red powder on U.S. Constitution enclosure, prompting evacuation of National Archives
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives building and galleries were evacuated Wednesday afternoon af...
The crane attacked potential mates. But then she fell for her keeper
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the great interspecies love stories of our time has come to an end. Walnut,...
The March for Life rallies against abortion with an eye toward the November elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a year after a generational victory for their movement, opponents of abo...
DC to consider major new public safety bill to stem rising violent crime
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public safety legislation unveiled Wednesday by local lawmakers in the nation’s ca...
Technology built the cashless society. Advances are helping the unhoused so they’re not left behind
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Littlejohn remembers the days when lots of people had a couple of dollars to ...
It’s Kennedy Center Honors time for a crop including Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and Dionne Warwick
WASHINGTON (AP) — The newest group of Kennedy Center honorees, including comedian Billy Crystal and ...
Toppled White House Christmas tree is secured upright, and lighting show will happen as scheduled
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Christmas Tree in front of the White House fell down during high wind...
Homicides are rising in the nation’s capital, but police are solving far fewer of the cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Though it’s no longer the homicide capital of the United States, the nation’s capi...
DC combating car thefts and carjackings with dashcams and AirTags
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeff Pena contacted his father as soon as he heard that police were passing out au...
Could America’s giant panda exodus be reversed? The Chinese president’s comments spark optimism
WASHINGTON (AP) — Panda lovers in America received a much-needed injection of hope when Chinese Pres...
National Zoo’s giant pandas fly home amid uncertainty about future panda exchanges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The day that panda lovers have been dreading has finally come. The National Zoo’s ...
DC Murder suspect who escaped police custody recaptured after seven weeks on the run
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have recaptured a murder suspect who escaped custody in September, forcing ...
The Biden administration is encouraging the conversion of empty office space to affordable housing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is launching a multi-agency effort to encourage states an...
DC pandas will be returning to China in mid-November, weeks earlier than expected
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo’s three celebrity giant pandas will be heading home a little earl...
Food insecurity shot up last year with inflation and the end of pandemic-era aid, a new report says
WASHINGTON (AP) — An estimated 17 million households reported problems finding enough food in 2022 —...
The US government seems ready to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators for safety concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government appears poised to order a recall of millions of air bag inflat...
Ray Epps, Trump supporter targeted by Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ray Epps, a onetime Donald Trump supporter who was the target of a right-wing cons...
As all eyes are fixated on Pennsylvania manhunt, a DC murder suspect is on the run and off the radar
WASHINGTON (AP) — While the nation has been transfixed by the two-week manhunt for escaped prisoner ...
George Washington University sheltering in place after homicide suspect escapes from hospital
WASHINGTON (AP) — George Washington University issued a shelter-in-place order Wednesday afternoon a...