In 2023, crime surged in D.C. as homicides reached levels not seen in a generation. In 2024, violent crime receded. But young people here are still living with their guard up and making decisions to keep themselves, their friends and their siblings safe. https://t.co/ya0PKpOHm9

A D.C. education nonprofit will use a $20 million gift to tutor 6,000 children in math and train more than 2,000 teachers on the best ways to teach the subject.

D.C.’s behavioral health agency is walking back a commitment it made to staff every public school with a licensed mental health clinician following ongoing staffing challenges, officials said.

More than five years later, a long-promised D.C. halfway house remains a construction site, little more than a concrete foundation and a trail of blown deadlines.

After being arrested on a warrant at the Anacostia Metro station, a suspect in an assault became unresponsive. Medics were called and the man was taken to a hospital, where he died, Metro Transit Police said.

A Virginia man was sentenced to life in prison on federal hate crime and firearms charges Thursday, after pleading guilty to shooting two men because he suspected they were migrants from outside the United States.

In Maryland, where Sharita Cristwell and Harry Lindsey lived with their two daughters, strangulation was made a felony five years ago. But experts say it’s often treated too lightly in court.

A five-year old female cheetah named Amabala gave birth to four cubs at a conservation facility operated by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo in October during the government shutdown.

For the past few weeks, Simone Randolph has been packing meals every morning with staff and volunteers from international food aid group World Central Kitchen. She estimates that by her last delivery on Friday, she will have given out over 3,000 meals.

Holiday markets, light shows and pop-up bars are returning. But make sure you don’t miss “Wicked”-themed parties or fun runs for charity, too.

For more than two decades, Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner seemingly found little to disagree about during their parallel rise through the ranks of Virginia politics. But this week, the allies split on a major tactical decision.

Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger asked the University of Virginia’s board to pause its search for a president until she takes office, signaling she’ll make reshaping the state’s higher education institutions an early priority.

D.C.’s dockless electric bikes have become slower, and in some cases more expensive, after police raised concerns that the rental vehicles are enabling teen crime and misbehavior.

Maryland faces a cash shortfall of $1.4 billion in fiscal year 2027, driven by economic fallout from the Trump administration’s policy decisions and unanticipated spending on entitlement programs like Medicaid, according to budget projections.

A real estate administrator from Maryland allegedly funneled money from her employer’s accounts into her own, then spent it on Louis Vuitton, five cars, Disney vacations and Taylor Swift Eras tour tickets, court records show.

After a run of mostly mild, low-snow winters, last year broke the pattern with slightly cooler-than-normal temperatures and near-average snowfall. This year, we expect a repeat of the chill — but with a bit less snow overall.

The mystery artists responsible for statues mocking President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein have found a new location to display their work. The statue’s reemergence coincides with renewed demands by lawmakers for a closer examination of their relationship.

Gayle and Tom DeLashmutt are like any elderly couple trying to downsize, only their transition is a tad more complicated: The home they’re leaving is a 1,200-acre Virginia estate that once belonged to a Founding Father.

Tara H. Jackson, the interim state’s attorney for Prince George’s County, has launched a campaign to keep her seat, setting up a contest for the county’s top law enforcement position that pits two politically connected Democrats against one another.

Restaurant owners across D.C. are crunching the numbers to see if they can afford to keep the streateries that helped them survive the pandemic as the city plans to sunset one program at the end of the month and install a new, more costly one.

A Trump nominee plans to push for an end to Dulles International Airport’s signature “people movers,” saying the shuttles that drew headlines this week for a crash that sent 18 people to the hospital are slow, outdated and dangerous.