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It’s a tough time to open a restaurant, but a new D.C. wine bar is opening its doors for business Wednesday evening.

Howard University has received the largest donation from a single donor in the D.C. school’s 153-year history by way of MacKenzie Scott, former wife of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott said Tuesday she is making what is the largest-ever single donation in the history of Howard University.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he opposes the inclusion of $1.75 billion for a new FBI headquarters in the Covid-19 stimulus bill by Senate Republicans.

In the nation’s capital, a black woman makes 51 cents for every dollar a white man makes.

Nantucket Clam Shack—from the team behind I'm Eddie Cano—blends beach vibes with tech efficiency.

When schools in Washington closed in the middle of March, Joseph Martin scrambled to start teaching online. He quickly adapted his class lessons, uploading math worksheets and videos of himself teaching to Microsoft Teams and ClassDojo for…

Author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott on Tuesday announced $1.7 billion in donations, including $40 million to Howard University — the largest gift from a single donor in the school’s 153-year history.

The American Public Transportation Association is urging Congress to pass $32 billion for transit

Gregory Monahan says need to build fence at park created urgency to forcibly evict protesters.

With about a month left before the fall semester, universities in the District are reviewing an order from the mayor’s office that could change the way schools reopen their campuses.

"On July 22, we got the results from July 7. This is useless. If there’s an outbreak, I’ll find out too late."

Parents and teachers insist every student needs their own computer for effective remote learning. D.C. doesn’t plan to reach that target for three years.

A major with the District of Columbia National Guard testified before a House panel Tuesday that excessive force was used on protesters during a clearing operation led by the Park Police outside of the White House on June 1.

An employee of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority fatally shot himself Tuesday afternoon outside a complex of agency buildings along the Waterfront in Southeast Washington, according to D.C. police and a spokesman for the water department.…

D.C. began requiring travelers from areas with high levels of COVID-19 to self-quarantine for two weeks on Monday, and the city released a list of 27 states deemed high-risk, including Delaware, where many locals vacation in towns like…

Whether it’s walking or biking, more people are enjoying time outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic, but some cities have done a better job at keeping the roads safe for pedestrians — and D.C. is one of them.

John Falcicchio will be sticking around as Mayor Muriel Bowser’s deputy mayor for planning and economic development.

Silver Oaks Cooperative School is a small, private K-5 school just outside of D.C. that opened two years ago. As a new learning institution just establishing its reputation in the greater Washington area, which has well over a hundred…

A veteran, suffering in pain and out of medication, turned last year to the Veterans Affairs’ flagship hospital in D.C. for help. Instead of receiving aid, a new report says, a cascade of failures by the medical staff resulted in him being…