2020

In one of his last public appearances, civil rights icon and longtime U.S. Rep. John Lewis visited Black Lives Matter Plaza in the District, where protests against police brutality and systemic racism have been ongoing for nearly two…

The D.C. Board of Elections has signed off on a plan to mail every registered voter in the city a ballot ahead of the November election.

In the early days of the novel coronavirus pandemic, D.C. restaurateur Aaron Gordon couldn’t sleep.

The Metropolitan Police Department and the DC Government have been promising review since September 2019.

Like retailers scrambling to fill the demand for new bikes, nonprofit Gearin’Up Bicycles in Northeast D.C. was experiencing a sales boom of its own.

It’s Wednesday, July 8, and the scene outside D.C. Superior Court is a mix of exhaustion and camaraderie. A group of about 15 protesters is doing what they call “jail support,” waiting for fellow activists who were arrested and jailed…

The Monsanto agricultural products company has agreed to pay $52 million to the District over the company’s alleged role in the contamination of the Potomac River and other local waterways for nearly 50 years during the 20th century, the…

D.C. MAYOR Muriel E. Bowser (D) presented the D.C. Council with a sound spending plan to deal with the loss of revenue and continuing fiscal uncertainties caused by the pandemic. She canceled pay raises for city workers but avoided…

D.C. officials have long been urging that residents wear face coverings to help stop the spread of COVID-19, but now the local ACLU chapter is asking that they require the same of police officers.

A Capitol Hill woman canceled her vacation because she couldn’t get timely proof she wasn’t infectious. A biologist from Charlottesville threw caution to the wind and visited his elderly parents anyway. A young D.C. man, exposed to a sick…

After some uncertainty, the Washington Nationals will begin their 2020 season at Nationals Park, after all.

Washington NFL owner Dan Snyder said Friday he’s committed to improving the culture inside the team after allegations of sexual harassment, while the league will wait for a law firm’s review before taking action.

Though Arena Stage closed its doors in March, artistic director Molly Smith has been hustling. During lockdown, her team has completed two films, started virtual salon chats, hosted social-issue talks with political scholars on Zoom, and…

The Washington Nationals will play this season at Nationals Park in Washington after the city approved a tweak to its coronavirus regulations for the team. Doubt arose because of D.C.'s strict quarantine rules, and the Nationals had…

Two years after plans were first announced to redevelop the site of the WTTG Fox 5 television headquarters on Wisconsin Avenue (and 1.5 years after conceptual renderings were shared), the site has a new developer and a new proposal.

With no fans allowed inside Nats Park when season starts later this month, a lucky few fans who live near the D.C. ballpark can still watch home games from outside the stadium, and two more residential buildings with direct ballpark views…