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Kamal Dorchy, an inmate at the D.C. Jail, suffers from leukopenia, or a lowered white blood cell count. And as the count of coronavirus cases climbs past three dozen at the jail facilities, he fears…

In addition to the maximum $444 in weekly unemployment benefits that the District will distribute, out-of-work D.C. employees are eligible to receive an extra $600 per week thanks to the massive…

Alexandria officials have begun placing long-awaited projects such as a new Waterfront Park on hold. The D.C. government has frozen hiring and will forgo salary increases. And in Montgomery County, a…

If there weren’t a deadly virus making the rounds, the Washington Nationals would have been wrapping up a home series with the Miami Marlins on Wednesday, with a World Series banner flapping in the…

If you could have peeked into a building on Gallaudet University’s campus on a recent day, you would have seen a 6-foot-3 man crawling on the floor.

The next 30 days could show if the District will be in the next wave of hot spots or if social distancing measures have been effective at “flattening the curve”

With D.C. residents under stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic, access to nature feels tenuous for many, even as spring marches forward. But there’s at least one socially distant…

A D.C. police sergeant on the force for more three decades fell ill while leaving work Wednesday and died later at a hospital, the second veteran member of the department to die in the past three…

An employee who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on April 5.

Safeway is following Giant Food’s decision to now limit the number of customers in its grocery stores at any given time.

Pretty much every DC distillery (plus at least one coffee roastery) has expanded its lineup from gin, whiskey, and rum to hand-sanitizer amid nationwide shortages.

The national coronavirus outbreak is hammering the U.S. economy, and the District of Columbia is no exception. Businesses across the city are shuttered as a social-distancing mandate keeps many…

The coronavirus pandemic has been a dramatic shock to untold numbers of people across the Washington region, many of whom have seen their jobs disappear or are facing cutbacks in the hours that they…

More than twice as many black residents of the District have tested positive for COVID-19 than white residents so far, new data released by the city show. Additionally, black residents make up more…

Big checks are coming. So are scams and price-gouging. Local officials plan to crack down.

To alleviate disruption caused by hearings being postponed throughout the public health emergency, the Office of Zoning (OZ) is seeking a blanket six-month extension for zoning approvals.

The pandemic isn't just bad news for the District's budget. It could threaten the city's autonomy.

Georgetown sophomore and freelance artist Alexandra Bowman wanted to keep up with her art and find some semblance of structure during local stay-at-home orders for the COVID-19 crisis. So she decided…

It is no secret that jails are particularly vulnerable to the spread of the novel coronavirus. Given the peril that people in jail face, public health experts have called for the reduction of jail…

The $2 trillion stimulus bill Congress passed last month treated D.C. as a territory, giving it $750M less in funding than each of the 50 states, a decision one local business leader called…