2020

On Wednesday, a combination of non-profit organizations, companies, and design teams launched the Tidal Basin Ideas Lab, an online exhibit that presents new plans for building a more sustainable Tidal Basin.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Wednesday that he is suing Washington Hebrew Congregation, a synagogue that also operates a childcare center, for allegedly endangering children and violating local childcare laws.

Two more well-established D.C. restaurants have become victims of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children’s National Hospital has received $5 million from The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA).

Planet Word might be the only museum in D.C. — or anywhere — where you can hear a booming-voiced narrator intone the word jorts. And that’s just in the first few minutes of a stroll through the new free museum dedicated to language, which…

Although D.C. colleges planned to offer hybrid semesters, the continued spread of COVID-19 prompted leaders to go completely virtual.

David Wizenberg had a restaurant in the District for more than 30 years — until the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jacque Patterson listed his "principal residence" in Maryland in tax documents. He says it was a mistake that will be corrected.

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will reopen Monday, Oct. 26, with a number of COVID-19 safety measures in place. Those measures include limited capacity, face mask requirements for visitors, temperature checks and social distancing…

The D.C. Council approved unanimously Tuesday a resolution to support the renaming of Woodrow Wilson High School, bringing new scrutiny to the segregationist legacy of the 28th U.S. president and lending firepower to efforts to rename…

The National Mall’s Tidal Basin is home to the city’s iconic cherry blossom trees, which provide a backdrop for the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, not to mention countless spring outings, family photo shoots and, nowadays,…

The iconic spring D.C. event that is the National Cherry Blossom Festival will proceed next year, but without its signature parade.

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is canceling its annual parade for the second straight year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, a move that highlights the reality that the ongoing crisis will disrupt another year of life and events in…

Happy Tuesday. In the early stages of the public health emergency, the DC Council pared back its regular business and focused squarely on COVID-related measures as legislators learned how to conduct hearings and pass bills without meeting…

The D.C. Council has approved a bill giving children 11 and older the option to get government-recommended vaccines without their parents’ approval.

Middle and high school employees in the District will be assigned to help staff elementary school classrooms when those campuses reopen next month, D.C. Public Schools confirmed Tuesday.