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Candidates for DC Council respond to questions about housing, homelessness, health care, jobs, and maintaining the city's safety net during the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

For the students, teachers and parents of Boone Elementary School, the end of the academic year has been bittersweet, not only because the coronavirus pandemic relegating young people to their homes,…

More than a month after a District juvenile corrections officer lost his life to the novel coronavirus, a group of parents and advocates have coalesced around efforts to ensure the safety of youth…

Children’s National Hospital is treating 23 children for an inflammatory syndrome associated with covid-19, a hospital spokesperson said Wednesday night.

Back in March, Sara Polon, owner of a D.C.-based soup and salad business, stopped to check on her tent at the Dupont Circle Farmers Market — and it looked like a “ghost town.”

Less than a month after it put much of its staff on furlough, the National Building Museum is permanently cutting two-thirds of its staff, citing loss of revenue due to the pandemic.

“HEAD-TURNING.” That is what D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) called the churn in leadership at the U.S. attorney’s office in the District. Other words — like stomach-turning — also come to mind…

When he got the call from the hospital, saying he should come, Kevin Lynch knew he would be heading to tell his mother goodbye.

Union Station neighbors, D.C. leaders and one prominent developer are frustrated because they believe federal officials aren’t listening to their concerns about the massive station expansion project,…

Across the region, coronavirus case numbers appear to be growing more slowly, with jurisdictions achieving key reopening metrics as the weeks go by. The type of surge that hit New York City, an…

Three veteran D.C. Superior Court judges submitted their names as candidates to become chief judge, the court’s top judicial position and one that shapes the direction of the busiest courthouse in…

The traditional Pride Month celebrations set for June in D.C. may be off because of the public health emergency, but organizers have unveiled a schedule of revamped events.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to offer tax breaks to incentivize construction of affordable housing in some of the District’s wealthiest neighborhoods as part of her broader effort to more evenly…

Faced with the first budget in almost a decade stricken by revenue shortfalls instead of surpluses, D.C. lawmakers on Tuesday alternated between praising Mayor Muriel Bowser for her proposed 2021…

The District is no longer top dog when it comes to city park systems in the U.S., at least according to the San Francisco-based Trust for Public Land, a conservation nonprofit that tracks park…

The only U.S. city with better parks than D.C. is Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to new rankings by an organization that advocates for parks and land protection.

A small piece of personal history goes poof.

A D.C. bookstore that has been an anchor in Dupont Circle is planning to leave the neighborhood, its owner announced Tuesday.

The District fell from the top spot and Arlington maintained its No. 4 ranking in an annual national survey of large U.S. cities with the best parks as activists urged officials to preserve public…

A handful of small D.C. stores were allowed to expand their sales operations this week during the pandemic under a pilot program, and the results so far are great in the eyes of owners.