2021

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the expansion of vaccine eligibility on Twitter and the relaxation of some COVID-19 safety restrictions in the District at a news conference Monday.

Lawmakers in both D.C. and Maryland announced Monday that residents 16 and older will be eligible for vaccines earlier than expected.

All Maryland residents 16 or older will be eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine at the state’s mass vaccination sites starting Tuesday, officials said, and every D.C. resident in that age range will be eligible for the shots by April…

SINCE THE U.S. Capitol Police was founded in 1828, seven officers have died in the line of duty. Two of those deaths occurred this year within the space of less than three months. That fact underscores the increased danger that confronts…

The District’s easily recognizable 202 area code will be joined by a second area code assigned to some new phone numbers beginning Nov. 9 — and it means a change for how customers place calls within the city.

Two men were fatally shot Sunday night in separate attacks in Southeast and Northeast Washington, continuing a surge of killings that has claimed nine lives in the District in the past week, including two brothers and a U.S. Capitol Police…

Some pharmacies in D.C. have quietly started allowing residents to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments directly on their websites—but the city never publicized the opportunity, despite high unmet demand for vaccines across the city.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the relaxation of some COVID-19 safety restrictions in the District at a news conference Monday.

D.C.’s attorney general on Monday announced that he had filed a lawsuit against an online lender, charging it had deceptively marketed loans with interest rates of up to 198%.

The National Park Service is trying something new: it has created 25 designated areas around the National Mall to park your rented e-scooter or bike.

We’re making the call: it’s the start of a new era.

The next general manager of the Four Seasons Hotel Washington is a legacy, the first in the history of the resort company.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday she wants concerns about the operations of the District’s Department of Forensic Sciences “fully investigated” after a national oversight board temporarily suspended the lab’s accreditation to perform…

The Carnegie Institution for Science, a nonprofit founded in 1902 by industrialist Andrew Carnegie, is in talks to sell its D.C. headquarters to Qatar, the Middle Eastern country that is no stranger to the District's commercial real estate…

The coronavirus pandemic has inspired many people to try gardening, drawn by the call of the outdoors and the lure of homegrown food. At the same time, there has been a shortage of seeds — some big companies even stopped selling them to…

The Washington Teachers’ Union is remembering its president after she died in a crash Sunday night in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Theaters and other live entertainment venues in the District can reopen for seated entertainment at limited capacity and other facilities can increase capacity starting May 1, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday.

More than a year after enacting a sweeping ban on District-wide evictions, D.C. lawmakers are considering whittling down the city’s eviction moratorium.

D.C. will open a “high-capacity” vaccination site at Arena Stage this week, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Monday.

A new development is on the boards for a pair of rowhouses in DC's West End.