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South Korea’s Kookmin Bank Ltd. stepped in to avert last week’s planned foreclosure sale of the leasehold interest in Union Station's retail and commercial space, according to D.C. land records.

A shortage of hospital staff as the omicron variant continues to infect and make people seriously ill has all but forced the D.C. mayor to declare a limited public health emergency through Jan. 26 to allow the hospitals flexibility in how…

A Republican member of Congress drew swift condemnation Wednesday after comparing D.C.'s upcoming vaccine mandate to Nazi Germany — marking the latest instance in which a GOP lawmaker has chosen to compare measures intended to quell a…

Two months after plans were revealed for a Cleveland Park multi-family development that involves rotating a house, we are getting a better look at its design.

The region’s omicron surge may be approaching its peak, according to public health experts, as coronavirus cases continue to strain resources across the District, Maryland and Virginia.

Two D.C. police officers are facing a lawsuit for allegedly conducting an illegal stop-and-frisk of a man in Columbia Heights in 2019.

At home, you may have changed your light bulbs from incandescent to highly efficient LEDs — it’s easy, and increasingly affordable. But for a city with more than 1,110 miles of roadways, and some 75,000 streetlights, changing the bulbs…

In the nation’s capital, FurnishHopeDC has seen families sleeping on floors, living rooms missing couches and children trying to do virtual learning without desks or tables

Strident opposition to D.C.’s vaccine mandate for businesses — which goes into effect Jan. 15 — is growing among national Republicans, with one member of Congress going so far as to compare the mandate to Nazism.

A D.C. Lottery advertising and marketing contract worth nearly $70 million has officially been awarded to a team led by Taoti Creative after the incumbent bidder had protested the agency's selection earlier this year.

This year, the only federal holiday formally established as a national day of service  — Martin Luther King Jr. Day  — is on January 17. Want to roll up your sleeves in the spirit of the renowned civil rights leader? Here are some ways to…

The District's real estate market has been tough for all buyers during the pandemic, but veterans financing through the Department of Veterans Affairs tend to have an even harder time thanks to program incentives that concern sellers.

Following the release last month of a sweeping report into failures at the D.C. crime lab, District officials are moving forward with a plan that could see the lab’s DNA and chemistry units cleared to conduct forensic work again by the…

Residents across the D.C. region have become increasingly frustrated over delays in mail deliveries, with last week’s snowstorms, a spike in coronavirus cases and long-standing problems with the U.S. Postal Service contributing to a…

Companies attribute shortages to omicron surges, winter storms — and warn they may not end soon

A “limited public health emergency” has been declared in D.C. until Jan. 26.

D.C., Maryland and Virginia have all declared public health emergencies to help hospitals better manage demand driven by a surge in COVID-19 cases, but hospital associations across the region say they’re still stretched thin.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Tuesday imposed a public health emergency in the District until late January, an action that allows hospitals to address staffing needs and other concerns as hospitalizations rise throughout the region.

One day in 1975, college student Jay Bruder walked into the Northeast American Rescue League thrift shop on H Street NE and flipped through the records for sale. Elvis Presley’s first album was there — score! — but so was something less…

A new leader is joining the Preservation of Affordable Housing at a time it's ready for a big project in Southeast D.C.