The number of collisions resulting in injury is up 11% in the District in the past year, according to Department of Transportation data. This comes despite traffic collisions remaining the leading cause of child death...
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Maya McKenzie
Safety concerns during 16th Street Bus Lane Project
The District Department of Transportation is right in the middle of a multi-million dollar street improvement project along 16th St. aimed at improving bus ridership, on-time reliability and increased pedestrian safety ...
Petruce Jean-Charles
“Culture park on the river” at the Kennedy Center draws crowds to Foggy Bottom
Opening ceremony draws huge numbers to new hub for the arts by Shabnam Danesh Imagine listening to outdoor reggae music on a warm evening accompanied by a magnificent sunset on the Potomac River. That was the scene at...
Shabnam Danesh
The Kennedy Center gets more personal with The REACH
When the John F. Kennedy Center first opened in 1971, its first reaction from critics and patrons was intimidation. The tall, marble monument was not necessarily a place to come and relax, but to simply sit, watch an...
Molly Feser
How a pair of late-night shootings in a leafy DC neighborhood have some residents up in arms
Two, back-to-back reports of gunfire on the same night near one Petworth rowhouse have reignited a simmering controversy among neighbors.
Austin R. Ramsey
Facing increase in hate crimes, DC pushes education, relationship building
2019 is on track to meet or exceed last year’s 194 reported hate crimes. Law enforcement, community groups and government agencies are working to stop that before it happens.
Sianna Boschetti
DC man sentenced to 8 1/2 years for death of beloved bicyclist
Robert E. Little Jr. was sentenced in Superior Court for the death of Dave Salovesh, a community bike advocate.
Taylor Ardrey
Thousands of students ditch school, call for drastic action on climate change at US Capitol
A climate strike organized by and for students at the U.S. Capitol drew thousands of people, just a small part of the largest mass protest for climate action in human history.
Emily Hayes
Potential new grocery store under construction in Brookland
Residents are optimistic about the new building on Monroe St. becoming a grocery store.
Chris Casey
NoMa cafe pursues community to help maintain funding
When The Village Cafe first opened in NoMa last October, the goal was to establish a place where people could not only order coffee and healthy food, but help aid the community as well. Now a year later, founders Kevon...
Mariyah Espinoza