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The Washington region is just weeks from having enough testing equipment, laboratory capacity and contact tracers to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, assuming the public cooperates,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The back door clicked shut behind him and he faced the brick walls of the alley. Roberto, one of tens of millions of newly laid off U.S. workers desperate to make ends meet in the…

A new spike in recently-reported cases of the coronavirus has prompted the District’s top health official to adjust one aspect of the city’s timeline for reopening.

Gerald, a childhood friend from Washington, D.C., is serving a life sentence at the United States Penitentiary in Atwater, a prison 15 miles from my home in Merced, California.

New data revealed by D.C. Health Department officials on Sunday show that the two-week benchmark for case decline has not been met. Officials found a discrepancy in coronavirus community spread.

D.C. was on track this weekend to meet the required 14 straight days of declining coronavirus cases for reopening, but a newly discovered spike in cases sent the city back to 11 consecutive days of…

The D.C. Department of Health reports a new peak in community transmission Sunday which would have been its 14th day of sustained decline in community transmission required for reopening.

As the total number of coronavirus infections in the Washington region topped 90,000 Sunday and fatalities hit 3,880, a one-day spike in the District’s numbers raised questions about whether it can…

On the morning of Nov. 14, 1899, messages were delivered to the two most important women in John A. Logan Jr.’s life. A telegram arrived at his wife’s house in Youngstown, Ohio, and a note was…

Ward 7 has always been Vincent C. Gray’s home turf.

In her 70s, when most people are well into retirement, Veronica Norman was still working as a nurse at St. Elizabeths Hospital, the District’s psychiatric facility. Her family had encouraged her to…

The metropolitan D.C. area has the highest rate of positive COVID-19 tests in the United States, a key metric in determining whether a jurisdiction is ready to reopen, according to White House…

The Ward 2 D.C. Council race has been one of the most spirited local elections in the capital in years, as scandal-tainted Jack Evans seeks to reclaim his seat in a crowded field.

Before leaving D.C. city hall under the cloud of an ethics scandal, Jack Evans was no stranger to crisis.

Independent inspectors say the spread of coronavirus has been slowed significantly at the D.C. Jail, but chronic staff shortages have had a major impact on the jail’s ability to cope with the…

Heading to college can be an exciting and challenging time. Now, there’s a new program in the District focused on providing eligible high school graduates with a network of support well after they…

WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s cellphone rang earlier this week from an unfamiliar number: It was the White House calling to say President Donald Trump wanted to talk.

Brandon T. Todd’s devotion to constituent services is hailed in the neighborhood. His opponent Janeese Lewis George critiques his voting record.

New York may have the Empire State Building, lit up in festive hues to mark holidays big and small, but in Washington’s Petworth neighborhood, residents look to the front lawn of a blue rowhouse to…

This brings Evans' ethics tab to $55,000.