August 2020

Happy Wednesday. A new audit released yesterday found that DC did not provide drug users in jail with proper treatment.

Let’s start with some basic facts about Alexander, who prefers that we not publish his last name. Alexander is a native of Washington, D.C., born in December 1948 in Columbia Hospital for Women, a graduate of Western High School in 1966;…

As parents gear up for D.C. Public Schools to start Monday, officials offered up a checklist of what to keep in mind, as well as a warning about vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Throughout his career, Erik Moses has always sought out the next big challenge.

THE NATIONAL capital region’s Metro system, having drastically curtailed bus and subway operations since March, has shifted to near-normal service levels in recent days. Yet very little about Metro will feel or be normal, not least the…

It’s a bit past 7 p.m. on a Sunday night in mid-August, and a couple hundred protesters are spilling into Kalorama Park. An organizer hoists a bullhorn and leads the crowd in chanting as the thick vibrations of an electric bass and drums…

Parents who are dealing with stress as the school year begins can access free counseling and other mental health services through a 24-hour hotline.

In early April, as the coronavirus pandemic transformed business operations across the city, Jordan Cotton opened a pick-up window at Cotton & Reed, the rum distillery he co-owns in Union Market.

Ian Smith hesitated. His senior year at West Springfield High School in Fairfax County was abruptly altered by the coronavirus, a traditional graduation replaced with a drive-thru ceremony where he pulled up in a car to receive his…

Hollywood, California-based Viceroy Hotels & Resorts has opened its first hotel in D.C., the 178-room Viceroy Washington D.C. in Logan Circle.

Health insurers licensed in the District of Columbia will have to cover more coronavirus testing under an order from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed Wednesday.

Many things have changed since 1963’s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — but not the chili half-smokes at Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street NW, nor the resolve and recollections of owner Virginia Ali.

Nikita Chinchwade moved from India to the U.S. last fall to get a master’s degree in business at the University of Maryland.

George Washington University’s plans to lay off staff, cut salaries and freeze retirement contributions are not unique, as schools throughout the country contend with massive budget shortfalls amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Her image is arresting. Hundreds of people walking through Washington’s Union Station this week paused to look at the huge photo mosaic of anti-lynching crusader and suffragist Ida B. Wells-Barnett on the marble floor.

Chancellor said DCPS has enough devices to meet the need and that the "vast majority" of students will have devices on day one.

All D.C.-licensed health insurers will have to cover COVID-19 testing for high-risk residents under a new mandate.

A demonstration that began Monday evening in the District to protest the shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin wound its way through two of the city’s entertainment districts, targeting diners in a tactic that has triggered backlash online.…

After months of tracking coronavirus metrics, many states have seen so-called spikes, which are often due to a slew of positive tests being reported on a single day. In Delaware’s case, that data fluctuation landed the coastal state on…

Children’s National Hospital is a now a D.C. landlord.