2020

Ten times in his career as a NASA astronaut, Michael Lopez-Alegria ventured outside the safety of his spacecraft into the harshness and vastness of space.

WHEN D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) saw the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill drafted by the Senate ahead of Thursday’s vote, she assumed it was an oversight that D.C. was classified as a territory and not a state. The District,…

An Asian elephant — estimated to be around 72 years old — was euthanized at the National Zoo on Friday, according to a news release.

Eight days after mostly isolating herself in her Northwest Washington home, Peggy Pacy heard an asphalt paver rumble past her front door.

They fed her some final treats of bok choy and celery. They scratched her back with a rake. Then early Friday morning veterinarians at the National Zoo put their suffering 72-year-old Asian elephant, Ambika, to sleep.

As D.C. continues to remain under tight restrictions during the new coronavirus pandemic and many people stay home, a local nonprofit says that there has been a spike in area domestic violence cases.

As a young lawyer, Rob Hawkins called George Valentine seeking career advice after meeting him for the first time more than a decade ago. Hawkins wasn’t sure Valentine, a veteran deputy attorney general in the District, even remembered…

Caitlin Roberts is an expert at selling pickles. In the past two weeks, she’s also become an expert at running a home delivery service that involves six trucks and 500 customers across two states and the District.

Police officers are handing criminal citations to many people who they once would have taken to a cell. Officers might let a motorist slide through a stop sign without pulling the driver over. Some calls they once sped to are being handled…

The DC author sold millions of novels featuring characters long missing from children’s lit. Writing a history of racism for kids is something else.

D.C. needs more workers to combat the coronavirus pandemic, but the nurses' union wants a guarantee that nurses at high-risk of severe illness won't perform work that compromises their health.

The nurses that staff D.C.’s schools say they’re facing possible layoffs if they do not agree to join the effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic. But some nurses, particularly those who are older and have underlying health conditions,…

One inmate has contracted COVID-19 and three others have been tested.

For the first time in almost 17 years, Street Sense Media won’t be publishing a print edition as scheduled.

D.C.-area restaurants owners are hoping for some support from their patrons, through gift cards or take-out or through their individual fundraisers to pay employees.

D.C. officials say they plan on encouraging more residents to use absentee ballots to vote by mail and will limit the number of physical voting sites for the June 2 primary. The changes are part of a plan to let the primary proceed as…