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The first confirmed case of coronavirus in the District is the rector of Christ Church Georgetown, church and city officials said Sunday.

Some 30 years ago, I wanted to write a letter that had to be word-perfect, and I needed a place that was quiet, tranquil and verdant to do so. I found the perfect spot: a bench in the Palm House of the U.S. Botanic Garden.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man in his 50s tested positive for coronavirus — the first presumptively confirmed case in the nation’s capital — and another person who traveled through the city has also tested positive in Maryland, officials said.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city’s public health lab returned its first positive test result for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus, and that a second person who traveled to the city has tested positive in…

Scores of people in Virginia, Maryland and the District have been tested for covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. But only six cases have been reported.

A D.C. man in his 50s has been hospitalized with covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said Saturday night. Another man who was traveling in the District appears to have contracted the virus as well.

The first presumptive positive case of coronavirus COVID-19 has been confirmed in D.C., the Mayor’s office announced late on March 7.

The D.C. government spent at least $12,000 on security for Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) as she traveled the country for Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign, according to records released under a Freedom of Information Act request.

Visitors to the District’s popular attractions are still coming but noticing changes

Amtrak is canceling its Acela nonstop service between Washington and New York amid the global coronavirus outbreak that has hurt travel demand.

Amtrak will cancel its nonstop Acela service between D.C. and New York City through late May, citing tumbling demand as the U.S. eyes a wide-scale coronavirus outbreak.

Last year, home flipping data in DC showed a market where more houses were being flipped even as profits fell. Now, ATTOM Data Solutions Year-End Home Flipping Report shows that this was not a fluke.

Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. is back in city political circles, eight years after he went to prison for stealing taxpayer dollars meant for children.

Mike Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren weren’t the only pols to suspend their campaigns this week, it turns out. Left-leaning community activist and Northwest neighborhood commissioner Renée Bowser dropped out of the Ward 4 D.C. Council race…

Grace Hu’s daughter spends part of her day at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School on a tablet, working on reading assignments or solving math problems. But some devices, Hu learned, were slow or froze in the middle of class.

Arepa Zone received a notice to vacate by March 31. Chef Eric Adjepong will take over the stall they've occupied for five years.

West Half, JBG Smith Properties' recently delivered apartment building across from Nationals Park, is high-end. The 1205 Collection, an exclusive set of units and amenities within West Half, looks to take it to another level.

The statue of Ulysses S. Grant in front of the Capitol might just be the greatest equestrian statue on Earth. It is perfect: From any angle, in any light, under any weather, the monument conjures its subject’s humanity.

“You know what it is,” said one of the assailants as he pointed a gun at my chest.

“Not being able to use that has been a big setback,” Wilson principal Kim Martin says.