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Greater Washington’s top elected leaders are eager to see local businesses bring workers back to the office, and they say executives shouldn’t be afraid to require Covid-19 vaccines to make that happen.

Michael Fanone, the D.C. police officer who was dragged into a frenzied pro-Trump mob and beaten while fighting insurrectionists at the Capitol on Jan. 6, returned to work this week after eight months recovering from physical injuries and…

High price tags and infighting among local jurisdictions could play out in the future decision-making about Metro’s plans to expand the rail system to address capacity issues at the Rosslyn Tunnel.

A proposal to create a Metro station in Georgetown and expand the Blue Line to National Harbor has been getting a lot of buzz.

The Whole Foods Market in Glover Park that closed more than four years ago will reopen in 2022 — and employ some of parent company Amazon.com Inc.’s newest retail store technology.

D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams was going to call in sick that day.

The District’s sports betting program is performing poorly compared to efforts in similarly sized states and the city urgently needs to make a series of changes to help it recover, according to a new report from D.C.’s independent auditor.…

Gun advocates say in a new federal lawsuit that D.C.’s prohibition of “ghost guns” and restrictions on the manufacturing of guns from kits are unconstitutional infringements on the Second Amendment.

The D.C. auditor’s office is the latest to weigh in on the city’s foray into legal sports betting, adding to the chorus of those disappointed with the revenue since the app launched last year with an audit on Thursday bluntly titled “D.C.…

The assumptions and accusations started almost immediately. After terrorists crashed two airliners into the Twin Towers and a third into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, Muslim and Sikh Americans — and many others who happened to be…

Our uneasy bargain between safety and the demands of openness in a capital city failed us. What do we do now?

Nearly two years ago, a development team was selected to help convert 80 acres of DC's 272-acre Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) into a publicly-accessible, mixed-use extension of the surrounding neighborhood.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is collecting stories, experiences and memories of the Sept. 11 attacks for an archive as the tragedy nears its 20th anniversary.

University of the District of Columbia President Ronald Mason is once again the highest-paid person on the D.C. payroll, according to data from the city’s Department of Human Resources.

Last year, it was forced to screen all of its movies virtually due to the pandemic.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials concerned by the prospect for violence at a rally in the nation’s capital next week are planning to reinstall protective fencing that surrounded the U.S. Capitol for months after the Jan. 6…

The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a nationwide moratorium on evictions, but the ban has ended, and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is raising concern about the possibility of several hundred evictions in the District in the coming weeks. …

Just after a week into the new school year, nearly a thousand D.C. students and staff are quarantined following an exposure to the coronavirus.

Students on the Northwest Washington college campus are trying to make the best of the situation