2021

Social media posts by a Washington state member of the Proud Boys arrested Wednesday indicate that he and others were planning in advance to organize a group that would attempt to overwhelm police barricades and breach the U.S. Capitol on…

D.C. released early vaccine data on the race and ethnicity of residents who have received the coronavirus vaccine, but the District’s health officer said it is missing some key information — namely race and ethnicity.

On the first day of Black History Month, a time that calls for reflecting on the past, a well-known D.C. developer, a longtime city activist and three local lawmakers stood together on an outdoor stage in Southeast Washington and talked…

The District has completed construction of a new shelter for families experiencing homelessness in Ward 1, marking the end of a years-long process to replace the troubled D.C. General shelter with smaller shelters spread out across the…

“I do feel like the fence is really going to punish the people who live and visit here a lot more than it's going to actually protect anyone.”

At 9 a.m. Thursday morning, 1,800 vaccine appointments will open to senior citizens and health care workers in Wards 5, 7 and 8 in D.C. — an update from the earlier “priority zip codes” identified by the city, which included residents in…

Who better to advocate for what they need than the renters themselves?

The developers of The Wharf are seeking retail tenants to help generate more foot traffic for the mixed-use development along D.C.'s southwest waterfront, and an arcade-themed bar is among their targets.

A valet watched as a lone black SUV pulled out of the driveway and onto Pennsylvania Avenue. On a nearby lightpost, a tattered police flyer from an old protest read “First Amendment Activity Area”. Behind the 263-room luxury hotel’s…

Here’s a freebie for anyone attending the virtual Trivia Night on Feb. 27 for the 90th anniversary of Alice Deal Middle School: Who was Alice Deal?

Legislation to decriminalize street vending without a license is back in the D.C. Council after failing to pass last year.

A Protestant minister who was ordained at the Metropolitan Community Church of D.C., which is part of the worldwide LGBTQ Christian denomination Universal Fellowship of MCC Churches and who describes herself a strong LGBTQ ally, has…

The National Geographic Society (NGS) has a suggestion for where it could relocate the noteworthy sculpture in front of its 16th Street headquarters campus.

The DC Council overrode two of Mayor Muriel Bowser's vetoes on Tuesday, reiterating its support for the breakup of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and the creation of an ombudsman for the city's child welfare agency.

You might need to wear a mask the next time you visit the National Mall.

When the death notice for Evelyn Newman Duckenfield shows up on The Washington Post’s obituary page a few days from now, it will say that she was 81 and that she died on Jan. 25. It will also note that she was preceded in death by her…

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