2020

Several agencies exist to enforce rules against public corruption in D.C. government, but the results — and we’re being charitable here — have been mixed. The office that is supposed to enforce campaign finance laws lacks any real…

A judge has ruled in favor of some D.C. inmates who filed a lawsuit seeking early release and increased cleaning of facilities in light of an increase of coronavirus cases.

More than 80 inmates have tested positive for coronavirus and one inmate has died

"We're just sort of humming along going towards the spring, which is the busiest season," says Chef Geoff Tracy. "We're thinking about hiring, we're thinking about maybe opening a new restaurant. And then all of a sudden, hit the cliff."

The lone bagpiper, dressed in blue jeans, a flannel shirt and a baseball cap, stood beneath a flagpole in front of a hospital. He played “God Bless America.”

The nocturnal images are poignant and moving. Here's how to see them.

D.C.’s mayor said she agreed with President Donald Trump’s framework in reopening the economy but wants residents to understand what has to happen before she would consider it.

A massive fire at a homeless encampment in the NoMa neighborhood consumed three tents on April 8. No one was injured, according to The Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.

Petworth resident Negin Sobhani was at Union Market last Thursday when she noticed a security guard barring a man from entering because he wasn’t wearing a face mask. The security guard directed the man to a store inside the market where…

Teachers in the District are working from home and some of them are finding creative ways to connect with their students.

Envision a misty May morning in Washington's Rock Creek Park. Spring humidity hangs in the air as sunbeams poke through the tree canopy. Then, in surround sound, a song reverberates through the forest. "It's like a flute or, even,…

TGIF! DC Public Schools students will finish up the spring semester learning at home rather than in classrooms — and they'll be ending the 2019-20 school year on May 29, about three weeks early.

Schools in Maryland will remain closed through at least May 15, and students in the District of Columbia will finish online instruction — and the academic year — three weeks early, as the region’s leaders emphasized Friday that the…

A nascent effort to reduce penalties on the possession and use of magic mushrooms and other psychedelic plants in D.C. was dealt what seemed like a fatal blow by the coronavirus pandemic — but proponents say they plan on soldiering on,…

While construction is on hold at the site of the old Latham Hotel in Georgetown, the development team is pursuing a new design for a hotel with more rooms.

Public schoolchildren in the District won’t return to class this academic year, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday, extending remote learning for more than 50,000 students in the city school system.

Long hold times, confusion, and a cumbersome website continue to cause annoyance.