In forests in the eastern U.S., it can be easy to miss the fact that things are going awry. Elsewhere, in places like the Rocky Mountains or the Sierra Nevada, the signs may be more obvious: a whole ...

On a recent Friday evening outside of D.C., musicians, videographers, managers, and invited guests mill around a brick house on a wooded lane in an otherwise quiet residential neighborhood. Drinks are ...

Metro is rolling out a new version of its iconic Metrorail map today ahead of the Silver Line Phase II extension opening later this fall, potentially in November. The transit agency says it has 5,000 ...

Last decade began with the revelation that D.C. was no longer technically Chocolate City. While black Washingtonians comprised 71 percent of the District in 1970, that number had fallen to 49.2 ...

Metro released its “visionary” bus network redesign maps on Monday, proposing drastically more bus service to the region. The plan, which is 35% more expensive than the current service, is unfunded so ...

For the past two weeks, the store on “Chuck Brown Way” was forced to turn off its go-go beats, which had been cranking from stereos outside the store since it opened in 1995. Owner Don Campbell told ...

What comes to mind when you think of the shoe brand New Balance? If you’re from D.C., you might reflect on your first pair, or the big imprint the shoe brand has had on the city’s culture. Now, a new ...

It was Oct. 11, 1972. The crumbling D.C. Jail was about 100 years old. The facility, designed to hold 550 people, was holding a population of about double that size. People detained there complained ...

You know how you might see one ant — a lone ant — crawling around on your cupboard shelf? And once you notice the lone ant, your eyes dial in, scanning the cupboard shelf until they land on a second ...

Rosslyn’s church atop a gas station is losing its halo, if you’ll permit a tortured metaphor about a demolition permit. Arlington County has issued a permit for the site developer to tear down the ...

Even if you don’t recognize the American beech by name, you’ve surely seen the tree: it has distinctive, smooth, gray bark, often carved with people’s initials. In fact, beeches are the most common ...

This story was completed with support from SpotlightDC and in partnership with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. For D.C. Metropolitan Police Department sergeant Tony Giles, ...