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WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Friday, a tiny slice of pre-pandemic normality starts returning to the nation’s capital as a three-month old coronavirus stay-home order is replaced by the first phase of a reopening plan.

D.C. is attempting to clear up any confusion among bars and restaurants wondering if they’re permitted to start serving patrons outdoors.

One of Washington’s most cherished events has been felled by the novel coronavirus. The National Book Festival, set to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year, will not be held as planned, the Library of Congress announced Thursday.

A D.C. restaurateur, like many other area restaurant owners, is getting ready to receive customers at an outdoor dining setting, as most of the region moves into Phase One of reopenings.

The annual “State of Downtown” looked a bit different this year, as the annual report shifted to an online forum.

The legendary call of the canal boat continues to move closer to Georgetown, as construction of a new canal boat nears completion and the National Park Service and Georgetown Heritage plan to stabilize a wall on the old Chesapeake &…

As the Washington Metropolitan region takes its biggest step yet toward reopening, Metro plans to keep service limited — but will adjust if demand for rides exceeds the transit agency’s expectations.

D.C. is beginning its push to move agencies east of the Anacostia River with a major new deal in Ward 7.

And the curators see the benefits of digitizing the arts even after the COVID-19 crisis.

The Washington Post isn’t openly endorsing Evans this time around, as it has for almost three decades. But the influential paper is helping Evans’s candidacy in less obvious ways.

D.C. residents can now legally bet on sports on a city-sponsored website — which began operating Thursday despite the fact that there are almost no sports to bet on at the moment.

After a delayed launch, D.C.’s first sports betting app went live today—sort of.

D.C.’s Department of General Services will move its headquarters to a development along Minnesota Ave. NE, making it the first agency to commit to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s pledge to push more of the District government east of the Anacostia…

D.C. legislators are duking it out over the direction of the D.C. Council this primary season.

Col. Paul Bricker approaches dealing with COVID-19 at the Knollwood Life Plan retirement community in D.C. much like his military service in Afghanistan and Iraq: with clear communication, a command structure and a careful eye on…

He walks into an empty office in Northeast Washington, and through the window mostly vacant trains can be seen slowing on their approach into Union Station. It’s a Friday afternoon, time for “Men’s Group,” but when Donald Curtis sits down…

Neither the Smithsonian Institution nor the National Gallery of Art has yet announced reopening plans.

When the coronavirus pandemic struck and shut down D.C. restaurants, chef Chris Morgan was just two weeks away from opening his new restaurant, Bammy’s, in the Navy Yard neighborhood.

D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine said Thursday that an energy company will pay $2.5 million to the District after allegedly discharging oil into the Potomac River.

Anyone who has followed sports gambling’s sluggish stumble to legality in Washington was bound to worry about the final product once it went live. The city initially hoped to have sports gambling ready in time for the 2019 NFL season, but…