2020

A D.C. ambulance took more than 20 minutes to arrive at a Northeast home, where a woman was suffering from a fatal heart attack, after paramedics were directed to the wrong quadrant of the city.

D.C. Public Library is still in the midst of renovations at its flagship Martin Luther King Jr. Library downtown, and now the organization is already turning its attention to possible new renovations and construction at branches across the…

Federal prosecutors said Thursday that they will not file charges against the D.C. police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Deon Kay in September during an attempted arrest.

Metro board members unanimously approved service cuts and a buyout plan Thursday aimed at avoiding as many layoffs as possible as the transit agency faces a $176 million budget shortfall due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The greater Washington region reported more than 5,000 new coronavirus infections Thursday — a record for a single day — with weeks of sustained increases prompting the Smithsonian Institution to close facilities that had reopened to the…

Maryland is reporting a record high of new coronavirus cases. On Thursday, the state added 2,910 cases, beating its previous record of 2,321 from Nov. 14. Virginia and D.C. also reported high numbers of new cases — 1,954 and 213,…

The DC Preservation League and the Cleveland Park Historical Society have filed an application to designate the Uptown Theater as an historic landmark. Constructed in 1936, the Art Deco-style theater was the last single-screen “movie…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In response to rising COVID-19 infection numbers, the Smithsonian Institution is indefinitely shutting down operations at all its facilities, effective Monday and affecting seven museums, plus the National Zoo.

D.C. has officially opened a new housing development that is part of an initiative to increase the amount of affordable housing in the District by 12,000 units by 2025.

Federal prosecutors will not pursue civil rights charges in the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay, who was killed by a D.C. police officer in September.

Federal prosecutors will not pursue charges against the D.C. police officer who shot and killed an 18-year-old man earlier this year.

Every year, the District shuts down some of its busiest streets for a few hours so bicyclists can pedal around the city without worrying about traffic. But this year, because of the pandemic, the DC Bike Ride has been called off.

Metro’s board has approved a new budget that addresses the harsh financial reality of the pandemic.

As COVID-19 cases rise around the region and across the U.S., a number of well-traveled D.C. destinations will be closing their doors to the public.

The Smithsonian Institution is closing all of its museums, including the National Zoo, starting Monday in response to the regional and national uptick in Covid-19 cases.

In parks, near grocery stores and schools, lining streets and at intersections, police-owned surveillance cameras in the District of Columbia and Baltimore disproportionately monitor majority nonwhite areas, most of which are predominantly…

As COVID-19 cases rise across the D.C. region, the Smithsonian Institution announced Thursday that all its museums and the National Zoo will again close to the public temporarily starting on Monday, November 23.

If your stomach is growling, a good cookbook can be a real page turner.

The winter holiday season is traditionally a time when nonprofits count on an influx of contributions. Yet in a year marked by simultaneous health and economic crises, the coming weeks may be even more critical for local charitable…