2021

American University and the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area announced the launch of a mobile lab COVID-19 testing lab that will process saliva-based COVID-19 tests at Gallaudet University.

The foundation started by Marriott International's founders will donate $20 million to Howard University in honor of late CEO Arne Sorenson and establish a new center for hospitality leadership at the historically Black university.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has named Wednesday a “Day of Remembrance for Lives Lost to COVID-19.”

Nearly a year after the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the District, the city has reached a grim milestone: more than 1,000 Washingtonians have died from the virus.

To fully reopen their campuses by the fall, District-area universities will need access to quick and inexpensive testing, leaders said.

While maintaining its community programming and equity initiatives, the 11th Street Bridge Park project is also progressing through the approval process — and could deliver in 2024.

D.C. can't solely blame its inequitable rollout on vaccine hesitancy.

Ronald L. Williams, Jr. Is Using America’s Original Sin to Chase Down A Dream

On Capitol Hill Tuesday, security officials said a failure to pass along intelligence about the potential for violence on Jan. 6 led to an unprepared police force getting rolled over by a mob.

The D.C. Council is asking Congressional leaders to remove the fencing around the U.S. Capitol, a remnant from the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Security officials testifying at Congress’ first hearing on the deadly siege of the Capitol cast blame and pointed fingers on Tuesday but also acknowledged they were woefully unprepared for the violence.

In 1821, Lynch and Polly Wormley started a horse-and-buggy taxi service in the District. They’d come from Albemarle, Va., after being freed from enslavement by their plantation owners. Their business included a stable, with living quarters…