2022

The National Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C. runs from March 20 to April 17 — and it could use a hand from volunteers.

March organizers are calling on the Senate to end the filibuster to allow for a vote on voting rights legislation.

University says it is committed to affordability and allocated $135 million in undergraduate aid last year

It’s a concept that’s been in the works for decades, and the process of bringing a museum that tells the story of Latino Americans to the National Mall continues to move forward.

D.C. resident and politician Nate Fleming was “shocked, angry and embarrassed,” after a carjacking in Northeast on Saturday left him without a vehicle.

At El Rey, a buzzing Mexican taqueria and bar in Northwest Washington, a bouncer planted outside on Saturday night asked the line of customers on U Street to show their vaccination cards. It was the first time staff had asked for the…

Nate Fleming, a candidate for a D.C. Council seat, reported that he was carjacked Saturday at a gas station in Northeast Washington.

As COVID cases surge in the area, activists plan a protest in Washington, D.C., against vaccine mandates and other COVID-related restrictions.

Restaurants, fitness centers and other indoor businesses in the District Saturday began requiring patrons to show proof of vaccination, the first day of a mandate in the nation’s capital that is geared toward curbing the latest surge of…

As Sarah Bryant headed into the E street Cinema on Saturday to catch a matinee of “Drive My Car,” theater workers greeted her near the door, asking to see her COVID vaccine card and ID. Once cleared, she and other moviegoers got a neon…

Scores of D.C. Public School students go to school every day without the glasses they need. A new effort plans to remedy that by providing low-income students with vision screenings, eye exams and if needed, eyeglasses — all free of…

Paid COVID-19 leave is on the way for D.C. workers.

Last week in this space, Answer Man hammered out the story of Naylor Road SE and the family that gave it its name. The Naylors who ran a ferry across the Eastern Branch (i.e., the Anacostia River) and owned farmland nearby were descended…

Potomac Riverkeeper Network says the New Year’s Day discharge blackened water and stained rocks

The fast-spreading variant has thrown transit agencies into crisis as they try to fill shifts and keep routes operating

Smithsonian museums in the D.C. area and the National Zoo will shift to a new schedule on Tuesday until further notice.

Between 3 and 4 p.m. on Monday, when the National Museum of African American History and Culture was supposed to be closed, security personnel say an unidentified man walked in through an exit-only door, bypassing metal detectors and…

Regina Greene’s 22-year-old son has been detained in the D.C. Jail since October. For the past few weeks, she says, he has been coughing when they speak on the phone.

On Monday, Winter Restaurant Week will kick off in the nation’s capital, but when diners show up, they’ll need more than a credit card to enjoy their meal — they’ll also need to show proof of vaccination.