2020

Gregory Monahan says need to build fence at park created urgency to forcibly evict protesters.

With about a month left before the fall semester, universities in the District are reviewing an order from the mayor’s office that could change the way schools reopen their campuses.

"On July 22, we got the results from July 7. This is useless. If there’s an outbreak, I’ll find out too late."

Parents and teachers insist every student needs their own computer for effective remote learning. D.C. doesn’t plan to reach that target for three years.

A major with the District of Columbia National Guard testified before a House panel Tuesday that excessive force was used on protesters during a clearing operation led by the Park Police outside of the White House on June 1.

An employee of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority fatally shot himself Tuesday afternoon outside a complex of agency buildings along the Waterfront in Southeast Washington, according to D.C. police and a spokesman for the water department.…

D.C. began requiring travelers from areas with high levels of COVID-19 to self-quarantine for two weeks on Monday, and the city released a list of 27 states deemed high-risk, including Delaware, where many locals vacation in towns like…

Whether it’s walking or biking, more people are enjoying time outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic, but some cities have done a better job at keeping the roads safe for pedestrians — and D.C. is one of them.

John Falcicchio will be sticking around as Mayor Muriel Bowser’s deputy mayor for planning and economic development.

Silver Oaks Cooperative School is a small, private K-5 school just outside of D.C. that opened two years ago. As a new learning institution just establishing its reputation in the greater Washington area, which has well over a hundred…

A veteran, suffering in pain and out of medication, turned last year to the Veterans Affairs’ flagship hospital in D.C. for help. Instead of receiving aid, a new report says, a cascade of failures by the medical staff resulted in him being…

A new program to provide tax breaks for the construction of affordable housing in D.C.’s wealthiest neighborhoods survived the finalization of the city’s 2021 budget, though lawmakers frequently scuffled over the exact contours of the…

Call Your Mother, which calls itself a “Jew-ish” deli and is popular for its wood-fired bagels, opens its fourth D.C.-area location on Wednesday.

After Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered D.C. restaurants to close in mid-March to mitigate COVID-19, Pop’s SeaBar in Adams Morgan saw an initial 70% drop in revenue, says Dustin Beruta, the seafood restaurant’s general manager. In April, the…

Leaders from a number of local colleges and universities on Tuesday talked about the challenges they face as they prepare for an unpredictable fall semester during the coronavirus pandemic.

All spring and summer, university administrators around the country have been eyeing health data, convening working groups, and laying out detailed plans for bringing students back to campus. George Washington University is the first in…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Travelers from 34 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, must now quarantine for 14 days when they travel to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Two weeks after we got an early look at the mixed-use development proposed across the street from Nats Park, the design review process is starting.