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The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and the District settled a lawsuit over the city’s coronavirus attendance restrictions on houses of worship, Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced Tuesday, with the city expanding the limits but…

Noted pacifist Colman McCarthy didn’t get to teach his peace studies class at American University this semester because of coronavirus school disruptions. So, I called him for a crash course to share with readers, figuring we could all use…

Councilmembers are looking for Contee to distinguish himself from outgoing Chief Peter Newsham.

The cap on church attendance has been raised to as much as 250 people, up from 50.

IN ANNOUNCING longtime police officer Robert J. Contee III as her choice to be the city’s next police chief, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said she did not consider anyone else for the job. It is easy to understand why. Her nominee’s…

A massive study announced Tuesday may help local health officials better track the spread of the novel coronavirus in the region and identify pockets of vaccine hesitancy.

As the second surge of the coronavirus sweeps through the D.C. region, a group residents at one local long-term care facility will be spending the upcoming holidays alone and isolated in their rooms. At the Little Sisters of the Poor’s…

D.C. officials have not yet given up hope on redeveloping Bruce Monroe Park into a mixed-income community.

Living in crowded shelters or on the streets was always dangerous, and the coronavirus made it more deadly.

The Smithsonian will add two new museums to its roster.

D.C. added more officers to its “bike force” last November to monitor bike lanes and ticket offenders who block the dedicated lanes. But the pandemic drastically altered travel patterns and freed up space around the District’s roads,…

Sixty-one-year-old Saleem Taalib-Din filed an application for unemployment assistance on Sept. 30, the day after he was fired from his construction job working on the Arlington Memorial Bridge.

The leader of D.C.’s 911 emergency call center for nearly five years has decided to step down as she faces an audit and intense scrutiny over how her agency operates.

A year that has taken so many we love from us in suffering, sickness and death will soon be coming to an end. We are grateful for the skill and determination of those who have worked so diligently to discover effective treatments and to…

Community members gathered at Luther Place Memorial Church Sunday afternoon to kick-off 24 hours of activities centered on one thing: remembering the more than 70 people known to have died “without the dignity of a home” this year.…

More residential development is in the works between the U Street Corridor, Shaw, and Pleasant Plains.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will name police veteran Robert Contee as the District’s new police chief Tuesday.

Jose Banzon, who works in advertising, was spreading holiday cheer in his 2014 Acura SUV, bringing gifts of wine and candy to clients in the District. Just after 6 p.m. last Tuesday, on the eastbound side of U Street NW in the Cardozo…

Mayor Muriel Bowser will nominate longtime police official Robert J. Contee III to lead the Metropolitan Police Department in the wake of Chief Peter Newsham’s planned departure for the Prince William County Police Department.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has chosen Robert J. Contee III as the city’s newest police chief, forgoing a national search and picking a veteran officer and native Washingtonian to lead the force amid a period of rising homicides and social…