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Under D.C. law, buses and other commercial vehicles aren’t allowed to idle for longer than 3 minutes. But according to a lawsuit filed in December by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, Greyhound routinely ignores the anti-idling law and…

The first office building at The Yards has reached the vertical phase of construction, and the developer has closed on its acquisition of the land.

Santander Consumer USA Holdings, the subprime auto lending arm of the Spanish banking giant, said Tuesday that it agreed to change its underwriting practices as part of a $550 million settlement with 33 states, including Maryland and…

As coronavirus cases near 83,000 across D.C., Maryland and Virginia, hospital workers say they’re facing hazardous conditions at work and are calling for increased pay and more personal protective gear while they take on the pandemic.

Children’s National Hospital has 23 pediatric patients being treating for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, an illness related to the novel coronavirus, the hospital confirmed to WTOP.

Uber Eats, DoorDash, Caviar, and Postmates couriers talk tipping, protective gear, and racing the clock.

Photographer Darrow Montgomery captures a different-looking D.C. in the midst of a pandemic.

Candidates for DC Council respond to questions about housing, homelessness, health care, jobs, and maintaining the city's safety net during the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

For the students, teachers and parents of Boone Elementary School, the end of the academic year has been bittersweet, not only because the coronavirus pandemic relegating young people to their homes, but because Carolyn Jackson-King,…

More than a month after a District juvenile corrections officer lost his life to the novel coronavirus, a group of parents and advocates have coalesced around efforts to ensure the safety of youth detainees at the Department of Youth…

Children’s National Hospital is treating 23 children for an inflammatory syndrome associated with covid-19, a hospital spokesperson said Wednesday night.

Back in March, Sara Polon, owner of a D.C.-based soup and salad business, stopped to check on her tent at the Dupont Circle Farmers Market — and it looked like a “ghost town.”

Less than a month after it put much of its staff on furlough, the National Building Museum is permanently cutting two-thirds of its staff, citing loss of revenue due to the pandemic.

“HEAD-TURNING.” That is what D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) called the churn in leadership at the U.S. attorney’s office in the District. Other words — like stomach-turning — also come to mind to describe the degradation of this…

When he got the call from the hospital, saying he should come, Kevin Lynch knew he would be heading to tell his mother goodbye.

Union Station neighbors, D.C. leaders and one prominent developer are frustrated because they believe federal officials aren’t listening to their concerns about the massive station expansion project, especially as a new dispute has…

Across the region, coronavirus case numbers appear to be growing more slowly, with jurisdictions achieving key reopening metrics as the weeks go by. The type of surge that hit New York City, an epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S., hasn’t…

Three veteran D.C. Superior Court judges submitted their names as candidates to become chief judge, the court’s top judicial position and one that shapes the direction of the busiest courthouse in the Washington area.

The traditional Pride Month celebrations set for June in D.C. may be off because of the public health emergency, but organizers have unveiled a schedule of revamped events.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to offer tax breaks to incentivize construction of affordable housing in some of the District’s wealthiest neighborhoods as part of her broader effort to more evenly distribute modestly priced homes…