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Metro said Wednesday it has finalized a $2.2 billion contract with Hitachi Rail to build its next model of rail cars under a plan that calls for the company to build an assembly plant in the…

No crowd will gather for the traditional lighting of the 17-century stone lantern on the Tidal Basin this weekend, because Washington’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival will be online. But the flame is…

Goodbye Pennsylvania Avenue. Hello Pennsylvania.

As a child, Agnes Lee was taught to be fearful of the police and of airports. She didn’t understand why until her mother shared a family secret when Lee began applying to college. Lee and her parents…

D.C. activists led a demonstration Wednesday night in response to the mass killings of eight people, including six women of Asian decent, in three massage parlors in Georgia.

More than 1,000 D.C. teachers took an online survey in late January and early February asking how they and their students have handled the pandemic, and the results are in.

Construction has begun on a plan to speed up buses on the busy 16th Street corridor in D.C.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that everyone who lives or works in the District should preregister for the COVID-19 vaccine, even if they aren’t currently eligible.

It seemed fitting that just before I called Rodney Stotts, the most unlikely of falconers, I’d looked out a window of my house and seen a group of crows harrying a bigger bird in the trees across the…

140 hate incidents have been reported against Asian Americans across Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. since March 2020, according to a new report by Stop AAPI Hate. The group, which formed at the start…

All adult District residents can pre-register for a vaccine appointment — even if they’re not currently eligible for a shot in the city’s phased rollout — according to D.C. Health officials.

D.C. is offering parents a look at the data used to track COVID-19 cases in kids who are attending school through an online dashboard.

In addition to the more than 700,000 residents that call D.C. home, this unique city is visited annually by millions of people from around the world as the epicenter of freedom and democracy. The…

South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson says it's a necessary part of his proposal to retrocede most of the District to Maryland.

Construction on the 16th Street NW bus project is underway, and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrated at the site Wednesday, in addition to marking the start of paving season in the District.

After a tumultuous 2020, the Washington DC Economic Partnership has released its latest development report.

Even though Creatures of Passage is set in D.C., you might not recognize it. In this novel, ghosts haunt the District — especially east of the river, where residents experience gentrification,…

The D.C. Housing Authority did not disclose the audit in its responses to the Council's annual oversight questions.

If you’re looking for ways to donate your time, there are several grassroots groups that are helping residents get their shots — from tech assistance with online portals to offering rides to and from…

Popular local gelato and coffee shop chain Dolcezza, which closed several locations last year amid pandemic lockdowns and restrictions, has reopened its Dupont Circle location and has declared March…