This week on Get Out There, we're exploring D.C. while saving a few bucks.

Parkour combines elements of gymnastics and martial arts. It uses the urban environment as a kind of playground, with athletes balancing on handrails, flipping off structures, and bouncing off walls.

NPR correspondents join host Steve Inskeep to give the first presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney a "close read." Our team provides analysis and checks out the candidates' ...

Rising sea level. Hotter days. Unpredictable weather — how climate change is playing out in the region.

Despite wanting to see the D.C. General family homeless shelter closed, some homeless advocates say Mayor Muriel Bowser's plan to do so this year could cause more problems than it solves.

A federal funding bill that took effect last summer essentially made schools choose between continuing their Confucius Institutes or receiving money from the Department of Defense.

The employee has also been placed on administrative leave and denies any connections to the alt-right.

"Save Our Tips"! Or is it "One Fair Wage"? Breaking down a few fundamental questions about Initiative 77, a controversial ballot proposal that would change how tipped workers are paid.

"Is there a time from nonpayment when we cut someone's water off?" wondered the chairman of the DC Water board of directors, at the board's first meeting of 2019.

As hundreds of public radio and television stations brace for federal funding cuts, WAMU's leadership says the station has operated as a fixture in Washington D.C. for 64 years and will continue its ...

Virginia’s Fairfax County is one of the wealthiest counties in the United States. Advocates say the county can do more to address the high rates of COVID-19 among its Latino population.

D.C. has invested repeatedly in its murals program since early June as part of its response to major social justice movements.