2020

When competitive tennis returns from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’ll do so in the District.

Under Armour Inc. founder Kevin Plank has sold his Georgetown mansion for $17.25 million, more than two years after the athletic apparel company's now-former CEO put it on the market.

The District will be the last holdout in the Washington region’s move to the next phase of coronavirus recovery, but the city expects to enter Phase 2 next week.

In a new poll, the left-leaning D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute found that the majority of local voters surveyed support removing police from schools, according to results released Wednesday.

D.C.’s historic Citi Open tennis tournament will be played this year in mid-August. But plans do not currently include fans in attendance or a women’s competition.

The District could enter the second phase of its coronavirus reopening as soon as Monday, June 22.

What was supposed to have been a pep talk to D.C. police officers over the weekend has instead renewed tensions between Police Chief Peter Newsham and members of the D.C. Council over how much the Metropolitan Police Department has changed…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city will likely be ready to ease more coronavirus restrictions starting Monday, beginning the move to a second phase of reopening.

"I don’t know what they’re afraid will happen if they expand the market and include Black people."

The District is on the right track for the Phase Two coronavirus reopening, Mayor Muriel Bowser said during a Wednesday news conference, but officials are exercising caution.

Maiesha Rashad, known as the first lady of go-go music, died Monday due to complications with stomach cancer.

Nineteen days had passed since she picked up a bullhorn for the first time, pressed on the trigger and led a crowd of strangers in chants and cheers as they stared down a line of police outside the White House gates.

Joe Houston helps unload the Martha’s Table van and pass out groceries two to three times a week — the vehicle is filled with hundreds of food-filled bags to deliver at multiple stops in wards 7 and 8.

As leaders across the U.S. discuss police reform in light of the widespread protests after the police-custody death of George Floyd, historians are pointing to failed attempts in the past to change police behavior in the nation’s capital. …

The Citi Open professional tennis tournament will be played in Rock Creek Park in mid-August, its organizers said Wednesday, but fans will not be able to watch in person.

Black people are disproportionately likely to be stopped in almost every police district in the nation’s capital, according to a new report from the ACLU of D.C.

In the center of Capitol Hill, there are two elementary school campuses, Peabody and Watkins, with an unusual setup. Peabody serves the cluster’s prekindergartners and kindergartners. Watkins, about a mile to the south, takes the first-…

"We believe it can be repurposed because the investment that Black people made in the statue is important"

While the coronavirus pandemic has kept Washingtonians close to home for months, it’s been decades since they’ve breathed fresher outdoor air.