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Coronavirus deaths in D.C., Maryland and Virginia surpassed 10,000 on Thursday, a somber marker of the region’s failure to contain the crisis.

The latest tension between maintaining affordable housing and preserving historic architecture.

“I keep thinking about that, how I used to take for granted that I’ll just catch the next , and there wasn’t a next one.”

“We are very aware that, when we go out and talk to people about getting this vaccine, we may have one chance not to lose their trust.”

As the D.C. Council considers legislation that would require hospitality employers to send job offers to workers they laid off during the pandemic, restaurant industry representatives are urging councilmembers to vote down or significantly…

With the risk of taking the coronavirus vaccines so low and the risk of the virus being high, a D.C. medical school professor said the benefits of taking the vaccines outweigh the risk.

Ken Wyatt walks about two blocks from his home in Hyattsville, Md., to the Prince George’s Plaza Metro station to use the Green Line traveling to work at the Library of Congress in southeast D.C.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Dec. 4 announced the release of an updated plan by the city’s Department of Health to end the HIV epidemic in the nation’s capital by 2030.

D.C. will provide a one-time stimulus payment of $1,200 to nearly 20,000 residents whose unemployment benefits are set to expire after Christmas, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Dec. 7.

In Ward 8, four organizations have come together to help residents improve their financial situation in a simple way — by giving them five monthly cash payments of $1,100.

Randolph Nelson lives in a tent on L Street NE in the area now known as NoMa. On Tuesday morning, he rushed to move his belongings out of the way as a garbage truck drove down the street — part of a cleanup coordinated by the Office of the…

Archie Djabatey hauled up the narrow stairwell and stopped on the second-floor landing. It was a tight space for the wide-shouldered 35-year-old. The two facing apartment doors were only a few steps apart. Before entering his own unit,…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration is pulling back funding from local nonprofits that serve residents experiencing homelessness, DCist/WAMU has learned. The funding cuts could force some of the affected nonprofits to shrink their…

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many D.C. residents who are relying on unemployment benefits, and programs that extend those benefits, are sharing their frustrations with city leaders. They say there’s added anxiety with only 18 days…

One of D.C.’s iconic parks is set for a makeover.

Before the pandemic, the Humane Rescue Alliance, one of the largest animal rescue operations in D.C., saw around 70 people sign up to foster animals each month.

Four Greater Washington nonprofits will share roughly $10 million from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos through his Day One Fund, his organization announced Wednesday.

More than 5,000 people have claimed paid family and medical leave benefits in D.C. since the hotly debated program launched this summer, a result that officials deem promising in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Delivery company DoorDash is abandoning a plan to charge restaurants participating in its premium DashPass program a higher commission fee. The move would have sidestepped a cap on what delivery apps can charge D.C. restaurants during the…

The dancing took a break in 2020, but the Funk Parade will be back in 2021 with a “hybrid experience.”