2021

On my first day living in Washington, I crossed the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge and saw the best of the city laid out like a panorama of postcard views — the Kennedy Center, the Washington and Lincoln memorials, and the necklace of green…

In a not-so-distant future, fewer armed police would patrol D.C.’s streets, social workers could respond to many 911 calls for service, and a strengthened social safety net would quickly help vulnerable residents get everything from drug…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in the nation’s capital are watching the crowds as cherry blossom season begins in earnest.

There may have been a chill and clouds overhead on March 24, 2020, but it was a bright day for Justin Cox. He had finally gotten all of his permits in order to open a new Navy Yard tap room for his Atlas Brew Works, its first expansion…

Mini-golf is trending in D.C. For the second time in a month comes news of an upscale indoor mini-golf bar and restaurant coming to D.C.

The new top federal prosecutor in Washington is standing by a Trump-era Justice Department policy of charging certain gun crimes in federal court instead of locally, continuing an initiative that draws stiffer prison sentences and has…

Despite the reopening of most private museums in Washington, the Smithsonian and the National Gallery of Art have no set date to reopen from pandemic-related closures that began in November.

Education advocates are concerned about cuts to teachers and school employees in DC Public Schools next year.

Chioma Oruh's two sons have autism. She said this incident shows the need for better supports when working with students who have special needs.

Half a century before the civil rights movement, Barbara Pope boarded a train and challenged Virginia’s Jim Crow law. Soon, her story was mostly forgotten.

On his way to The Fields at RFK Campus on Saturday, Evan Ross Solomon was thinking about a single musical note: an A. Ross Solomon, the artistic director and a principal conductor of the D.C. Youth Orchestra, was getting ready to lead his…

The D.C. Council’s public safety committee Wednesday unanimously supported Robert J. Contee III as the District’s new police chief, saying his wrenching personal story of growing up amid drugs and crime makes him sensitive to overreaches…

The company that owns fast-food chain Wendy's has a bone to pick with the Bowser administration.

In the D.C. parenting world, the anonymous online forum, D.C. Urban Moms and Dads, has long been known as a ripe-for-lampooning-website for wealthy parents who swap advice on the best strollers, how to raise trilingual children and which…

Budget constraints could force some D.C. Public Schools to cut teachers and other school workers next academic year, frustrating parents and educators who say more staff are needed to help students recover from the pandemic.