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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday joined the governors of Maryland and Virginia in ordering the closure of some non-essential businesses such as salons, barber shops and tattoo parlors.

The three kindergartners logged on. One was in pajamas. They squealed when they saw each other. The teacher, Epernay Kyles, greeted each of them by name. She said hello to the children who couldn’t log on to Zoom, the videoconferencing…

Metro is closing more than a dozen stations for an indefinite period beginning Thursday morning.

Metro is taking the dramatic step of closing 19 stations in an effort to save dwindling cleaning resources to combat the coronavirus, while also protecting more of its employees from potential exposure to the virus, the agency announced…

Local officials in the D.C. region are moving swiftly to alleviate the economic hardship caused by the novel coronavirus, dipping into reserves to fund relief packages for local businesses and proposing additional resources for health-care…

The new coronavirus pandemic has claimed one of D.C.’s musical institutions: The annual Funk Parade, which saw a collection of marching bands, bucket drummers and just plain folks on a musical march through the U Street area, has been…

Last Friday, Georgetown junior Nicolo Ferretti boarded an almost empty bus to New York City.

Changes are coming to the Department of Employment Services website.

Small businesses and workers in D.C. who are facing hardships related to the new coronavirus outbreak can get help from a program that launched Tuesday.

On the first day of distance learning at D.C. public schools, officials announced a new fund that has already raised $1 million to help close the “digital divide” that keeps many students from taking full advantage of online education.

Julie Verratti expected to see a seasonal uptick in business at her two Denizens Brewing Co. locations — one in Silver Spring and the other in Riverdale Park. The warmer spring months are a great time to drink beer outdoors, after all.

Good Tuesday afternoon. A range of DC businesses such as hair salons, barbershops, tattoo parlors and tanning salons will all have to close under Mayor Muriel Bowser's next expansion of the city's efforts to prevent the spread of the new…

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Tuesday that D.C. would order the closure of all nonessential businesses as the city tries to keep people inside their homes and inhibit the spread of the coronavirus.

For a few weeks in late February and early March, kids had the run of the National Children’s Museum on Pennsylvania Avenue. They did hands-on science experiments, hit balls in a virtual Nationals Park and careened down a two-story slide…

With stores across the country and region sold out for weeks of hand sanitizer, District residents and workers have been scrambling to find CDC-approved hand cleaning products.

Food It Forward, supported by donations, launches today. It connects local restaurants with Martha's Table.