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Small businesses and workers would get additional protections and renters would be spared from evictions or utility cutoffs under an emergency bill the D.C. Council will take up next week in response to the state of emergency declared on…

As the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the D.C. region, many people have begun working from home, ordering takeout, and skipping social events to minimize their chances of being exposed to the contagious bug. But social…

Archbishop Wilton Gregory blessed and cut the ribbon March 12 on the new Jim Vance Media Center at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., that houses an advanced program for students studying journalism and media.

Metro could consider reducing or altering service in the event too many of its workers became ill or number of commuters were to drastically decline with the spread of the novel coronavirus, the system's general manager said Thursday.

Restaurants, hotels, tour companies and other establishments are already seeing declines in business.

Rail ridership dropped by 100,000 trips Wednesday compared with a week ago.

Metro is cleaning trains and buses daily now, and is planning for the potential of service cuts if there is a spike in employee sick days, illnesses or other regional disruption.

A critic digs into Johns Hopkins’s plans for the former museum.

A grainy video posted to Twitter last week shows a woman offering $5 in exchange for signatures on nominating petitions for Ward 2 candidate Jack Evans and At-Large Councilmember Robert White. Evans and a representative from White's…

Since 2012, Casa Ruby, a bilingual LGBTQ organization based in Shepherd Park, has worked to provide health care, immigration services and even shelter for homeless clients in the District.

But the purchase doesn’t come without moral conflict.

Jack Evans attempts to get back on the Council and his disgraced former colleague Harry Thomas Jr. also returns to public life.

Sidwell Friends School announced Wednesday it would shut its campuses and transition to remote learning through at least April 10.

Episcopal churches in the District and the Maryland and Virginia suburbs — including Washington National Cathedral — are suspending worship services and limiting use of their buildings for two weeks because of the coronavirus, church…

Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards home games during the month of March will go on as scheduled and remain open to fans, Monumental Sports and Entertainment said Wednesday.

Sara Gibson stood in a room filled with nonprofit leaders from the Washington region and let them know they needed a plan.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday signed emergency legislation banning kits used to make untraceable “ghost guns” after the number of home-built firearms seized by police in the city spiked last year.

The fourth bullet on D.C.’s official coronavirus web page encourages people to “stay home when feeling sick.” But what if you don’t have a private place to call home?

The National Cherry Blossom Festival has canceled its first four signature events due to the spread of the novel coronavirus in the D.C. region, festival organizers said Wednesday.

The National Cherry Blossom Festival will cancel several events this month in light of a District recommendation that large gatherings of people be nixed in response to mounting coronavirus concerns.