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They'll get some help, the Mayor's Office on Nightlife and Culture announced this morning.

A proposed sportsbook that a Virginia businessman wants to open on Pennsylvania Avenue in Southeast D.C. is getting pushback from people in the neighborhood who say it doesn’t belong there.

Growing up in D.C., Nayion Perkins says he used to pick up a copy of Express, the Washington Post’s free daily commuter paper, on his way to school. He got to know the folks handing them out, and…

A year after plans were shared for the 3.5-acre “Northwest One” parcel in DC, the project is moving forward.

When Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage saw an ad on television about participating in the drugmaker Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine trials at George Washington University, he…

Commercial real estate owners are increasingly looking to harness touch-free technology for their office tenants to help slow the spread of Covid-19, and Marx Realty is no exception.

Scooter and e-bike riders in the District could soon have a greater chance of collecting damages when they are involved in collisions with vehicles.

Stanley Bell brightened his Southeast D.C. neighborhood with his infectious smile and colorful denim outfit, beaded from head to toe. Everyone knew him at Happy Stan. I spotted him in 2017 as I was…

The Atlas of Brutalist Architecture features Washington buildings—and striking structures from around the globe.

In the United States today, where you live often determines how long you live. Our Zip codes are more reliable predictors of our health outcomes than our genetic codes.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Washington Post readers have been asking our journalists questions about the virus and the local, state, federal and global responses to it. We’ve…

D.C. resident Andrew Logan calls his neighborhood the city’s “helicopter highway.” Some evenings, whirlybirds of unknown origin seem to descend en masse.

The D.C. Public Library released a $175 million improvement plan Thursday designed to extend library access to more residents across the city by the end of the current decade.

The streets around Kazi Mannan’s downtown Washington restaurant were deserted after D.C.'s workforce began to hunker down at home. On the days he was open, no one came in.

Since the killing of George Floyd, Sasa Aakil’s bedroom has looked more like an art studio than somewhere to sleep. The 17-year-old transformed her small room in Silver Spring, Md., into a makeshift…

A D.C. ambulance took more than 20 minutes to arrive at a Northeast home, where a woman was suffering from a fatal heart attack, after paramedics were directed to the wrong quadrant of the city.

D.C. Public Library is still in the midst of renovations at its flagship Martin Luther King Jr. Library downtown, and now the organization is already turning its attention to possible new renovations…

Federal prosecutors said Thursday that they will not file charges against the D.C. police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Deon Kay in September during an attempted arrest.

Metro board members unanimously approved service cuts and a buyout plan Thursday aimed at avoiding as many layoffs as possible as the transit agency faces a $176 million budget shortfall due to the…

The greater Washington region reported more than 5,000 new coronavirus infections Thursday — a record for a single day — with weeks of sustained increases prompting the Smithsonian Institution to…