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The Anacostia River and surrounding areas are inching closer toward being safer, as a major cleanup project hits a milestone.

George Washington University Hospital was affected by a cyberattack that targeted its majority owner and forced facilities to move some operations offline, a spokeswoman confirmed.

Events D.C. has rescinded a contract it awarded just last month for the demolition of RFK Stadium, planning to issue a new request for proposals early next week.

Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld says the transit agency now has one million masks to give to riders. The announcement comes more than 10 weeks since the agency first received a shipment of face coverings and announced its plans to…

The U.S. Department of Justice weighed in Friday on the lawsuit a D.C. church recently filed against the District, saying the city must permit outdoor worship “at least to the same extent” it allows other outdoor activity protected by the…

Unless you’ve painted it yourself, have you ever really looked at graffiti? Sure, you may have watched it flick past the window of the Metro, or stopped to gawk for a few seconds while walking down the street, but have you really looked?

A two-week slide in the number of coronavirus infections across the greater Washington region hit an obstacle Friday, when the area recorded its highest number of daily cases since mid-September.

The Capitol Hill Baptist Church is suing D.C. and the mayor over the city’s mass gathering restrictions, and the U.S. Department of Justice is stepping in to support the church in its fight.

Early this morning, President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump announced they had tested positive for coronavirus and will spend the next 10 days in the White House. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office confirmed that DC Health…

Shakespeare Theatre has not been able to put on live shows in D.C. for months.

Like many local businesses, Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe’s operations were upended by the coronavirus pandemic this spring, with new restrictions around dining and live music hindering its food and drink offerings and venue…

When the Sojourner Truth Public Charter School asked families if they wanted in-person learning this school year, China White and her mother, Izu Ahaghotu, easily answered: yes.

“We are today at war. It is not a war that you can see. . . . It is a war of ideologies. I believe our greatest weapon in today’s kind of war is not our wealth, not our missiles, not our atom bombs, but rather it is the ideal of ‘freedom…

The D.C. Central Kitchen’s signature fundraiser, the 17th annual Capital Food Fight, which pits local chefs and celebrities against each other in cooking challenges, will be virtual this year.

Seventeen of the candidates running for the D.C. Council’s hotly contested at-large seats staked out a wide range of positions during more than four hours of debate this week about how the city should confront its months-long public health…

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has helped millions more American families access food. Temporary flexibility on SNAP rules has helped many states enroll new participants more…

The hollowing out of D.C.’s office buildings could make it especially difficult for the city’s economy to recover from the coronavirus crisis, according to a new report prepared for the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, leading the business group…

For more than six months of the pandemic, the upper part of Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park has been transformed from a commuter pipeline to a recreational oasis.

"They understand that they’re right here in the nation’s capital, and that they have a voice that can echo across this nation.”

The call that came into state capitals stunned governors and their National Guard commanders: The Pentagon wanted thousands of citizen soldiers airlifted to the nation’s capital immediately to help control crowds outside the White House in…