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This weekend, as temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees or higher with the heat index, the District is extending hours at 11 outdoor pools across all eight wards. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a heat emergency through Monday.

Shawn O’Donnell, 40, worked for the State Department and loved to travel, her mother said

Dennis Sobin first ran for D.C. mayor 40 years ago. Since then, he’s made millions in the sex trade, lost those millions, moved to Florida, spent years in prison, gotten out, launched a nonprofit, written plays for the Kennedy Center’s…

The history of Woodlawn Cemetery in Southeast D.C. spans nearly 200 years, and the latest chapter involves a mission to restore the grounds.

After almost a decade of planning and fundraising, the 11th Street Bridge Park is preparing for construction.

There’s some new retail coming to Ward 8, and the entrepreneurs opening there say that they hope the development at St. Elizabeths East will have a big impact on the community — and on their organizations too.

It should come as little surprise that the federal government intends to end the recreational use of upper Beach Drive.

Andrew Clyde, a Republican junior member of Congress from Georgia, is now D.C.’s biggest nemesis on the Hill.

The National Park Service is seeking public comment on a $100 million project that would restore portions of the sea wall along the Tidal Basin and West Potomac Park in D.C.

Allowing more than 5,000 cars to drive through D.C.’s largest park every day will improve forest health, and help endangered and threatened species thrive, according to National Park Service officials. Faced with a confused, skeptical and…

A proposed age-restricted apartment building overlooking the National Arboretum could bring new height to its Northeast Washington neighborhood, but not without some push back.

At a public hearing Monday, the National Park Service said that it plans to reopen an approximately 4-mile stretch of Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park to drivers by Sept. 5.

A small crowd of anti-abortion protesters lingered a mere feet away from the entrance of D.C.’s Planned Parenthood clinic for several hours Saturday morning.

The site of some of the nation’s most iconic memorials, and the beloved cherry blossoms, is in need of repair.

Students ages 12 and older will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine to attend D.C. schools in the fall.

The battle for Beach Drive continued last night as Washingtonians shared their thoughts at a public hearing on whether the stretch of Rock Creek Park should belong to drivers or parkgoers.

D.C. has received 8,300 monkeypox vaccine doses, with 4,000 more arriving next week — but demand still far outstrips supply.

Lopez claimed to fear for his safety following tweets noting his involvement in a 2018 anti-Semitism scandal.

Then-Chief Cathy Lanier found part of Lamond’s explanation “not credible” but reduced his discipline anyway.

The Covid-19 pandemic worsened health disparities for the country’s most vulnerable populations — including kids — and Children’s National Hospital has secured millions of federal dollars to make sure it doesn’t happen again.