The park includes wide open views of the river, reclaimed for residents from a once fenced-off, contaminated, industrial past.

Most commercial buildings, restaurants, and big apartment complexes use private haulers to collect their trash. That made a difference during the DC 33 strike.

The stores' pharmacies will close first, with prescriptions transferred to nearby CVS or Walgreens locations.

The transit agency’s planners have been putting together two fall schedules at the same time: One is normal. The other represents a 20% cut in service that would start Aug. 24.

Amid agency changes, some VA workers in Philadelphia were looking to leave their jobs. The agency says enough have left across the country to avoid a reduction in force.