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A report released Monday by advocates for the mentally ill said a delayed response to the coronavirus at the District’s public psychiatric hospital contributed to the deaths of 17 patients and one…

The commanding general of the D.C. National Guard will testify on Wednesday during a Senate hearing about the attack on the U.S. Capitol, joining a group that initially included only civilian…

The D.C. Council is exploring measures that could curtail the mayor’s control of the city’s education agencies. Any action is still a long way off, but they signal a growing consensus among council…

D.C. lawmakers are ready to decide how the District will move forward with growing, selling and distributing marijuana legally. The mayor and the council chair have both introduced bills that would…

“So why don’t they just get the vaccine? It can’t be that hard.”

The old Walter Reed Army Medical Center location in northwest D.C. is beginning a new chapter of caring for the community — and this time the focus is on children.

Washington’s famed cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin will peak between April 2 and April 5, the National Park Service announced Monday.

The mesh metal fencing that has enclosed downtown D.C.’s Lafayette Park and the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church for months is finally coming down.

Ward 7 Councilmember Vince Gray is threatening to cancel a $2.8 million local contract with CORE DC to operate a homeless shelter as leverage against the company’s completely separate, federal…

When talk of legalizing marijuana at the state level started a decade ago, many advocates and lawmakers were focused on how the programs would work and how much revenue they’d bring in. Now, those…

The cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin are expected to reach peak bloom April 2-5, the National Park Service said Monday at a kickoff press conference for the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival.…

While the Office of Planning embarks on several planning efforts citywide, one ward is taking their destiny into their own hands.

It’s a tradition that marks the annual arrival of spring in the D.C. area: the rosy flush of blossoms peeking out from the branches of the iconic cherry trees ringing the Tidal Basin.

In an affluent White neighborhood in Northwest Washington, a volunteer task force wants to atone for the racist policies that forced Black residents from their community a century ago.

The D.C. region has now recorded more than 1 million cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, a grim milestone that comes about a year after the first local cases of the coronavirus were detected…

In D.C.’s version of Groundhog Day, the National Park Service released its much-anticipated peak bloom prediction Monday. The Park Service’s horticulturalists estimate 70% of the Tidal Basin’s…

A line of waiting cars snaked around the parking lot of a Sterling elementary school this past weekend, the queue of vehicles stretching for blocks.

Washington tourist attractions have engaged in a seesaw battle with the coronavirus over the past year. After closing en masse in the space of a few days in March 2020, they began to cautiously…

As Garfield Prep Academy in Washington, D.C., prepared to reopen in February, Principal Kennard Branch pulled out all the stops to make parents feel more confident about sending their children back…

The grab-and-go store has food by Erik Bruner-Yang, and also delivers.