2021

Last December, Congress authorized the creation of a women’s history museum and the National Museum of the American Latino as part of DC's Smithsonian Institution. Now, the Smithsonian is zeroing in on some potential sites for these…

The Department of Defense is moving ahead with a planned expansion of the center tasked with monitoring air traffic in the national capital region.

D.C. Planning Director Andrew Trueblood is leaving city government at the end of the year, marking the end of a three-year tenure tackling major development questions in D.C. and opening up a key position in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Cabinet. …

After two child pedestrians died this year, D.C.’s mayor said Monday the city is expanding its Vision Zero plan to include enforcement around school zones.

For decades, a small network of volunteer-run nonprofits in D.C., Maryland and Virginia have tried, with limited resources, to help people access abortion services that they were legally entitled to but couldn’t afford. Now, as questions…

The next phase of The Wharf has attracted well-known nonprofit the Freedom Forum.

Steven Myles is known around his office as “Dr. Smyles.” The dentist usually has a smyle, er, smile, on his face and he can put one on yours, even if you haven’t had the best relationship with dentistry.

Forensic analysts have identified a new and highly potent family of synthetic opioids in the District’s illicit drug supply, a worrisome discovery in a city already struggling with a wave of fatal overdoses that shows no signs of abating. …

With the onset of cold weather, four DC Council members are urging Mayor Muriel Bowser to suspend any further encampment clearings until spring, though the mayor's initial reaction does not suggest a change is imminent.

After comedian Dave Chappelle’s comments on Netflix about the transgender community caused weeks of backlash, will a theater at his old high school still be named after him?

Are you interested in making food donations to a local kitchen or pantry, but aren’t sure that what you’re giving will help? Local chef and restaurateur Mark Bucher has some suggestions.

Less than a week after D.C. became the latest jurisdiction to drop its indoor mask requirements, a new and potentially more contagious variant of the deadly coronavirus has prompted some businesses and officials to double down on masking…

Change is on the horizon in Northwest Washington. Only now the proverbial Grim Reaper is dressed for lacrosse.

For Small Business Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris paid an afternoon visit to D.C.’s Downtown Holiday Market for a little holiday shopping and to stress the vital role of small businesses in the U.S. economy.

Some students at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts have expressed concerns about the comedian’s jokes in a recent Netflix special

If you had met Fellonte Misher a decade ago, you would have encountered a teenager who believed the only way he could help his family was through football.

Less than a week before the District is scheduled to permanently shutter another sprawling homeless encampment, several D.C. Council members urged the mayor’s office to pause its controversial effort to clear encampments until the end of…