2021

If you’re hankering to see a movie on the big screen in D.C. or Maryland, you’re in luck: AMC plans to reopen theaters in both areas soon.

More than 100 people protested anti-Asian violence in downtown D.C. on Wednesday night, blocking streets near Chinatown as they called on the city to disband a police unit that activists say has failed to address issues in the Asian…

Metro said Wednesday it has finalized a $2.2 billion contract with Hitachi Rail to build its next model of rail cars under a plan that calls for the company to build an assembly plant in the Washington region, possibly employing hundreds…

No crowd will gather for the traditional lighting of the 17-century stone lantern on the Tidal Basin this weekend, because Washington’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival will be online. But the flame is far from the most interesting part of…

Goodbye Pennsylvania Avenue. Hello Pennsylvania.

As a child, Agnes Lee was taught to be fearful of the police and of airports. She didn’t understand why until her mother shared a family secret when Lee began applying to college. Lee and her parents had been living illegally in the United…

D.C. activists led a demonstration Wednesday night in response to the mass killings of eight people, including six women of Asian decent, in three massage parlors in Georgia.

More than 1,000 D.C. teachers took an online survey in late January and early February asking how they and their students have handled the pandemic, and the results are in.

DC is now encouraging all residents to pre-register for a vaccine appointment via vaccinate.dc.gov, after initially cautioning that only eligible residents should use the new portal in order to avoid overwhelming the website with traffic. …

Construction has begun on a plan to speed up buses on the busy 16th Street corridor in D.C.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that everyone who lives or works in the District should preregister for the COVID-19 vaccine, even if they aren’t currently eligible.

It seemed fitting that just before I called Rodney Stotts, the most unlikely of falconers, I’d looked out a window of my house and seen a group of crows harrying a bigger bird in the trees across the street.

140 hate incidents have been reported against Asian Americans across Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. since March 2020, according to a new report by Stop AAPI Hate. The group, which formed at the start of the pandemic to fight the rise in…

All adult District residents can pre-register for a vaccine appointment — even if they’re not currently eligible for a shot in the city’s phased rollout — according to D.C. Health officials.

D.C. is offering parents a look at the data used to track COVID-19 cases in kids who are attending school through an online dashboard.