August 2020

Last week, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke as part of the Democratic National Convention about President Donald Trump’s use of federal troops and tear gas against peaceful protesters in the District this summer. She stood looking out over…

If you had your heart set on fun in the sun as summer starts to wrap up, you might want to rethink that: D.C. health officials added Delaware back to the city’s list of high-risk states Monday.

D.C.’s executive order calling for anyone traveling to the District for nonessential activities from places deemed Covid-19 hot spots to self-quarantine has been updated with a list of 30 states it considers high-risk.

Darnell Johnson was about to take the PSAT. There were 165 minutes, 139 multiple choice questions and an essay in front of him. But how could he focus when his classmate was dead?

New street art has been borne from a summer of protests in D.C., and the National Building Museum is opening an exhibition to showcase it all.

Last week, I checked in with an old friend: Franklin Square. It was like visiting someone in the hospital. The park has just embarked on a rather severe course of treatment. I hope the cure isn’t worse than the disease.

At Statesmen College Preparatory Academy, the KINGS 101 curriculum puts Black history at the forefront of learning.

Newest addition to the National Zoo to be named in ceremony in a few months

The National Zoo’s giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a cub on Friday evening, becoming a rare bright spot in otherwise difficult times. But we won’t know more about this tiny bear — including its sex or name — for a while.

Most theaters in D.C. closed their doors in March with no idea when they will reopen. And given social distancing guidelines, only one thing is certain: “There’s no going back to what it was before,” said Maria Manuela Goyanes, the…

When redevelopment forced Walter Pierce’s family out of their Southwest Washington home in the 1960s, his uncle suggested that the place to resettle was Adams Morgan. That diverse neighborhood, he reasoned, was too close to Connecticut…

A member of a funeral party for President Trump’s late brother allegedly punched an employee at a D.C. restaurant Friday night.

A few days after the pandemic forced the National Zoo to lock its gates, there was a message in the panda urine.

Daily ridership during Metro’s first week of nearly normal service in five months was up by several thousand, according to preliminary agency statistics.

Hours after the thick smoke of President Trump’s fireworks show dissipates from the Mall, a crowd of thousands is expected to march Friday to the Lincoln Memorial for a civil rights protest calling on the nation to fulfill unkept promises…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A brand new giant panda cub is sparking pandemic-fueled panda-mania, and officials at the National Zoo said traffic on their livestream spiked 1,200% over the past week.

Except for all the masks, the recent move-in days at two universities in the Washington region looked at least somewhat like the back-to-school rituals of any other year. Moms and dads and siblings hauled boxes of gear into student…

Both Mei Xiang and her newborn cub had a “really good evening” following Friday night’s birth, a spokesperson for the National Zoo says.

D.C. Police has announced it will discontinue its special unit of officers on horseback following cutbacks.