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They were called “human computers.” Now, the street outside NASA’s D.C. headquarters honors their legacy as the women who helped send humans to the moon.

Starting Saturday, a very unusual broadcast will stream live to TVs at a downtown hotel and a Union Market event space. A mashup of music and videos — including talks by black intellectuals, news footage and home videos — “BLKNWS” aims to…

When the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s board of trustees met on June 12, 1989, the first order of business was a 1770 painting by John Singleton Copley. Its condition was fine, its cost was appropriate ($1.6 million) and its acquisition would…

DC visual artist Robin Bell projected the album art and "#DontMuteDC" on U Street Tuesday night.

The deputy chancellor of D.C. Public Schools said Wednesday that the school system would be reviewing its relationship with a company that provides before- and after-school programs at a number of schools, after an employee was accused of…

The plaza would be built above car lanes on Connecticut Avenue NW

A piece of a D.C. street has been renamed to honor three black women who were heroes of the space program.

D.C. Fire and EMS was on the scene of a collapsed building on the 1300 block of 13th Street NW Wednesday, according to department spokesperson Vito Maggiolo. The building appears to have been a three-story row house that was under…

Smorgasburg, an outdoor food market billing itself as the world’s largest, opens in D.C.’s Navy Yard on Saturday, offering a weekly platform to a swath of food entrepreneurs.

A former contract worker at a Northeast D.C. school is facing charges of second-degree child sexual abuse.

Government officials and fireworks experts have been trying to arrange for an additional Fourth of July fireworks display on the Mall to go with the original, relocated display and the planned speech by President Trump at the Lincoln…

Ever since he was a kid, Mike Tabb has loved eating breakfast for dinner. In fact, he’s loved eating it just about any time of day and he’s not alone. As a result, Mike, along with a team of seasoned restaurant industry folks, are bringing…

Metro appears likely to win another decade’s worth of federal funding in the coming months — but the troubled transit agency’s prospects of locking in a larger annual appropriation from Congress look considerably more gloomy.

An association of charter school leaders is running a radio campaign urging D.C. to turn over more unused school buildings to charters. The campaign comes amid larger conversations about school facilities and school planning in the city —…

The new “Made in D.C.” retail kiosk at Washington National Airport offers visitors the opportunity to purchase D.C.-produced food and goods, from nail lacquer to environmentally sustainable chocolate.

The agency's president insists there are currently no plans to bring the local NFL team back into D.C.

One-third of homeless people in D.C. used to have homes in Maryland, Virginia or another state, according to a new survey released this week.

One of the city's most exciting and dynamic mixed-use developments is moving forward.

Republicans in Congress have tried to overturn D.C. laws that have legalized medical marijuana, needle exchanges and assisted suicide in the capital city.

A D.C. police officer has been charged with bribery for allegedly accepting $15,000 in exchange for providing another person with confidential information from traffic crash reports, according to documents filed in federal court in…