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It’s official, the cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin have reached peak bloom, a day earlier than predicted, the National Park Service announced Friday.

As the sun rose over the Tidal Basin for the first morning of peak bloom of cherry blossoms, the crowds gathered. Photographers set up tripods, selfies with flowers were snapped, and couples wrapped their arms around one another as they…

As confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the D.C. area have begun an exponential rise, local hospitals are bracing for the grueling weeks and months ahead.

The spread of the coronavirus means fewer people, but an early peak bloom still draws visitors to the Tidal Basin

Couples who live in the same city are now scheduling FaceTime hangouts and, yes, phone sex.

Pierre Desrosiers, the lead singer of RDGLDGRN (pronounced Red Gold Green), and his bandmates were already in New York City for the first stop of their spring tour last Thursday when they decided to cancel the entire run. After the indie…

The number of people in the District who have been tested for COVID-19 more than doubled from Wednesday to Thursday, thanks largely to the increase in reporting from tests performed by commercial labs. But nearly two weeks after the city…

Zunnobia Hakir keeps her 6-year-old son’s schedule busy.

"Adversity doesn’t build character, it exposes it. If you’re a decent person normally, amplify it more in this situation."

Jackson Winfrey, a high school senior from Kansas City, was on a school trip to D.C. during our unusually warm February when he noticed a tree at the Tidal Basin a bit different from the others. In fact, “the most unique one” out of all…

Everyone from the owner and executive chef down to the cook who sends money home to his or her family needs help.

Keeping a safe six feet between one another, neighbors grooved to "I Will Survive"

Although the DC area tends to be more insulated from economic downturns than other areas, the downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic will hit the area in a similar way to the rest of the country.

When Kristin Richards started feeling a fever about two weeks ago, she called her doctor immediately. As a first-time mother, she was understandably paranoid about what it would mean for her unborn child. During the coronavirus pandemic,…

To avoid the spread of the coronavirus, things such as classes and tours of national parks are going online. The cherry blossoms in D.C. aren’t excluded.

The union representing corrections officers at the D.C. Jail unanimously voted “no confidence” in the jail’s leadership for “guaranteeing and accelerating the rampant spread of COVID-19” after 50 inmates came in contact with a positive…

Tourist attractions — remember those? With both Washingtonians and tourists staying at home to prevent the spread of coronavirus, some of D.C.’s best-known landmarks are going largely unvisited.

As a working mother of three, physician and caregiver, I live and breathe health care. I firmly believe that women should control their own destinies, and that begins with taking care of our own health. I tell my daughter to eat her…

As the Uber sped away from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital through an empty downtown toward her apartment, the 27-year-old passenger tried to hold her breath.

For more than a decade, Mark Gibbs has found unmatched success as the baseball coach at St. John’s College High. He has won more than 300 games and sent more than 100 players to college programs, and his team has long been considered an…