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What might be D.C.'s slowest development project is back on track, with a pared-back grocery store. Why it matters: The McMillan development — now branded as the Reservoir District — near Bloomingdale is being built in phases after a fraught history of NIMBYism and lawsuits delaying its start.

The man who gunned down a former staff member to a DC councilwoman is heading to prison for more than a decade. Deandre Miles, now 30, of Washington DC, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his role in the shooting death of 28-year-old Davon Fuller in October 2023, authorities announced.

The Metropolitan Police Department has swiftly resolved an armed robbery incident that occurred in Northeast D.C., leading to the apprehension of a local teenager. According to a press release from MPD, the event unfolded last Friday evening when Sixth District officers were summoned to the 1400 block of Eastern...

Early this morning, the DC Police Department reported a shooting that occurred in the 900 block of 52nd Street NE. According to a social media post from the department, Metropolitan Police Department units arrived on scene to investigate the situation. The authorities have issued an alert for a suspect described as a...

Or, let’s say you spot a fountain in the distance and by the time you get to it, you notice it has seen better days. You push the button and the water barely dribbles out, or it’s during the winter and the fountain is frozen. Well, those days...

DPR's Late Night Hype events provide a safe space for youth to enjoy music, food, dancing, and video games while learning about resources, while the emergency juvenile curfew has been met with criticism for not addressing the root causes of youth violence and for penalizing those who want to enjoy their summer...

In America, a decades‑old misdemeanor or nonviolent felony can be the barrier between a job offer and a rejection, a rental approval and a closed door. Now, two Howard University graduates are using technology to change that. Lawrence Blackmon, a Mississippi State Representative, and Roger Roman, a tech founder...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — The National Park Service (NPS) announced on Monday that it will restore and reinstall the bronze statue of Confederate General Albert Pike in Washington, D.C. Pike's statue stood as the only Confederate monument in the nation's capital for years before it was torn down, spray-painted,...

Ledo Pizza, one of the pioneers of “Maryland Style Pizza”, is currently testing delivery services at select locations across Washington, DC, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. When a user on X (formerly Twitter) asked, “Can y’all add more MD locations 🙂,” Ledo...

A correctional officer was stabbed with a homemade weapon at the DC Department of Corrections (DOC) on Sunday.