After losing their children to gun violence, these moms turned their ‘pain into purpose,’ performing in a play to empower and uplift other grieving women.

Ohio’s capital city removed its statue of the Italian explorer last week. But removing a name is harder.

The event highlighted the positive role of Black men and sought to boost coronavirus vaccination rates.

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has announced its nominees for the 2024 Salute to Excellence Awards. Winners will be announced during a gala at […]

For students from underrepresented backgrounds, getting to college isn’t first barrier they’ve overcome.

The libraries are meant to provide beauty, access to literature and cultivate a community space in prisons nationwide.

During the candlelight vigil held by the Scioto Mile on March 27 to honor the life of Amber Evans, something awe-inspiring happened — a rainbow appeared. “It was a rainbow, but it was a rectangular...

The deaths come as federal officials and the highway construction industry mount a push to protect workers during a boom in building funded by the infrastructure law.

Applause and standing ovations blasted from the television set in Danielle Nusbaum’s living room late Monday evening on March 23, 1998.  The night of the 70th Academy Awards, in the wake of the...

Fairfax County police said officers chased the man, who was thought to have stolen sunglasses at Tysons Corner Center, and shot him in a wooded area nearby.

Nina Larson was an aspiring opera singer, her family said. She was hit by a vehicle Saturday while crossing the street at Columbia Road and Biltmore Street NW, police said.

The rallies turned into block parties and spotlighted concerns in the D.C. bar community after a Black woman was dragged down the stairs by security at the business in June.

Getting back to normal by July 4 means getting creative about where people receive their shots.

Donielle Powell, a first-year in pre-nursing, is the youngest of three siblings and the last to leave home for college — which to her parents was a relief, she said. As part of a working-class...

The number of carjackings in the D.C. region soared during the pandemic, baffling authorities and rattling communities.

After a man was fatally shot following a flag football pickup game, a safe space is ruptured.

Three girls under the age of 10 — Jayla Brown, NyJae Meade, and NaJhari Meade — died in a Hillcrest Heights blaze. Officials are still investigating the cause of the fire.

In many American communities, the puzzle of how to reach unvaccinated people intersects with the long list of reasons underserved communities get left behind.

As Chelsea Mishan walked down her residence hallway in Houston House on Feb. 18, leaving her door unlocked to go chat with a floormate, she noticed a man she’d never seen before emerge from the...

Rodney Richardson, 26, of Brandywine, met his victims on a dating app before attacking them at gunpoint, police said.

The music festival is celebrated annually at Chuck Brown Memorial Park to honor the D.C. legend.

The boy was celebrating a football win with family when a car pulled up and started shooting in the parking lot of an apartment complex.

D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr., pastors and funeral attendees called for community action against city’s gun violence.

Fire officials on Wednesday offered smoke alarms and fire safety tips in the neighborhood where Karen Thomas, a third-grader, died after she was pulled from a burning home.

The D.C. bar agreed to a compromise during an Alcohol Beverage Control Board hearing Wednesday.

The federal programs expired on Labor Day, but the delta variant continues to hamper job prospects for D.C.-area residents.