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If you question the value of government relief in an economic crisis, listen to local stories of how such help enabled families to pay the landlord after the coronavirus cost them their jobs.

As colleges allow more students to live on campuses again, staff who keep dorms running say their jobs carry more responsibilities — and new risks.

AARP and D.C. Health teamed up for a recent town hall to address seniors’ logistical concerns about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

When Helenmaire White closed her Anacostia hair salon in 2014, her children hoped she would retire. She and her husband raised five children, and they operated a bustling salon for 30 years on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue that doubled as…

Victoria Roberts, vice president of health services for D.C. non-profit Community of Hope, says vaccine rollout has been a bit of a trial and error system since D.C.’s Department of Health first made doses available for residents 65 and…

All aboard another column about D.C.’s streetcars, specifically the No. 20 Washington-to-Cabin John route that stopped at the Glen Echo amusement park, the subject of last week’s column.

U.S. Department of Defense officials are considering the possibility of keeping National Guard troops in D.C. through the fall, according to internal communication obtained by FOX 5.

The one reassurance that came in the 42 days Lauren Cooper watched her 17-year-old daughter, Molly, lie in a hospital bed, fighting pneumonia, was that the nurses around her were getting their first doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

The acting chief of the D.C. police says he wants to have background checks conducted on all officers and employees to identify any who might align with extremist groups.

(CNN) — Members of the US Capitol Police issued a vote of no confidence in the force's top leaders more than a month after the January 6 riot at the Capitol left dozens of officers injured and led to the death of Officer Brian Sicknick.

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission that oversees the city’s U Street, N.W. entertainment district on Thursday, Feb. 11, dropped its opposition to the gay bar Uproar’s license renewal and Uproar’s application to expand the occupancy of…

The medical school dean dashed between vaccine stations, assisting nurses administering doses to patients and saying hello to people waiting for shots. He also greeted the men and women who stood in line at the Howard University College of…

Engulfed in the crush of rioters storming the Capitol, D.C. police officer Jeffrey Smith sent his wife a text that spoke to the futility and fears of his mission.

Traffic lanes on 16th Street in Northwest Washington may be closed this month as the D.C. Department of Transportation constructs new bus lanes from Arkansas Avenue to H Street, officials said.

Virginia is making changes to the pre-registration process for people eligible for the coronavirus vaccine. Shifts in the D.C. process are also on the horizon next month, officials say.

A new study found that subway air is heavily polluted, exposing transit workers and riders to high concentrations of hazardous metals and harmful pollutants.

The proliferation of Planned Unit Developments is linked to displacement, according to attorney Ari Theresa.

(CNN) — Lawyers inside the Washington, DC attorney general's office are working to determine if it is legally viable to use district statutes to charge former President Donald Trump for his alleged role in the insurrection.

D.C. may move on from Phase 1b Tier 2 after this month. Here’s where YOU stand in line.

More than $14 billion in direct coronavirus relief funding may be pouring into government coffers in the District, Maryland and Virginia in coming months — and for D.C., that could include the $755 million it was denied in the first relief…