2021

A 9-year-old who was struck by a car while leaving school on Dec. 10 may be paralyzed from the neck down, his mother said in a statement released Thursday.

D.C. is now one of the biggest hot spots for the coronavirus in the U.S. The average daily cases have increased by about 1,300% since the beginning of December.

The omicron variant is spreading rapidly throughout the world and D.C. has recorded record numbers of positive COVID-19 cases for more than a week. On Dec. 22, DC Health reported more than 1,500 cases. Since the burst, Mayor Muriel Bowser…

A family tradition of giving continues in D.C. with a hope of putting homemade meals in the bellies of hundreds of District residents this Christmas.

A New York-based real estate firm faces the loss of its interests in D.C.’s Union Station after it allegedly defaulted on a loan backed by its leasehold interest in the rail station’s commercial space.

No state in the nation has recorded a higher rate of covid-19 infection over the past week than the District of Columbia. Justifiably concerned, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday announced the city will impose a vaccine mandate…

For some homesick students, covid-disrupted travel is ‘almost impossible’

The DC Child and Family Services Agency's investigations often aren’t launched in the timely manner required by law — and are frequently closed too quickly and labeled “unfounded” or “unsubstantiated.”

The 9-year-old boy who was struck by a driver next to his school on Wheeler Road SE earlier this month may be paralyzed from neck down. Kaidyn Green is one of several people who’ve been seriously injured by drivers while walking the road…

Construction agent watches as stone bearing his grandfather’s name is lowered into place

Twin toddlers ran around a D.C. firehouse Wednesday, there to be reunited with a D.C. firefighter paramedic who delivered them in the field over a year ago.

More people are leaving D.C. than in any other area of the country.

The EPA fears the poison leached into the Anacostia River

The District charity Bread for the City — a partner in The Washington Post Helping Hand — provides free legal services to people in danger of losing their homes.

Starting Jan. 15, patrons of D.C. restaurants will have to show proof of vaccination before dining in, and restaurant owners are preparing for the changes.

Owners of Politics and Prose, the independent bookstore and longtime D.C. institution, announced Wednesday that they hoped to reach an agreement with the store’s union organizers, after initially declining to voluntarily recognize the…