2022

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District has reached a labor union agreement with its police force.

A new report issued Wednesday by Disability Rights DC, the District’s federally mandated protection and advocacy program, alleges a pattern of “disturbing abuse and neglect” of patients at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington, the only…

Health officials in D.C. are hopeful a monkeypox outbreak in the District can be contained before it spreads into the wider population but say they need more vaccine doses from the federal government — and the public’s help.

D.C. Mayor Bowser has selected Dr. Sharon Lewis as the new interim director of DC Health after longtime leader Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt leaves her post at the end of the month.

More than 43,000 names have been added to memorial on the National Mall in Washington

Ruth and Ronald heard rumors when they arrived at the Texas-Mexico border that people in D.C. were offering free help to migrants like them. The couple from Venezuela, who declined to give their full names so as to not jeopardize their…

Mayor Muriel Bowser has named Dr. Sharon Lewis to take over as interim director of the DC Department of Health with the forthcoming departure of Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, who has overseen the agency throughout the pandemic and since the start…

Children’s National Hospital in Northwest D.C. has formed a Youth Violence Intervention Program to support the children who end up in its emergency room.

Veteran health official Sharon Lewis has been named interim director of D.C. Health, following the recent resignation of Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt.

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in D.C., has implemented significant changes to increase accessibility and inclusion for its blind and low-vision visitors. But a blind accessibly consultant says more needs to be done.

American University has received a $10 million gift from a longtime trustee and his wife to help fund construction of a new athletic facility, the university said Tuesday.

It could soon be 9:30, again

Since April, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, both Republicans, have bused more than 5,000 undocumented immigrants to the nation’s capital to score political points against the Biden administration’s immigration…

As the redevelopment of the former Department of Agriculture building a block off DC's Wharf moves forward, a few new renderings have been unveiled.

Erica Ahdoot, executive director of Horton’s Kids, a D.C. nonprofit that helps kids graduate from high school and prepare for life, recently co-authored an opinion piece for The Washington Post about curbing gun violence. Reader response…