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The burgundy SUV pulled into the food mart and gas station in Northeast Washington on a Saturday afternoon. Two masked people jumped out, pointed guns at the owner of a BMW parked at a pump and demanded his keys, which he quickly tossed to…

Although D.C. won’t have any federal voting representatives on the ballot in November, the outcome of the midterm elections could be consequential for city government, and not just in the pursuit of statehood.

The District is lifting a requirement that businesses in the city check patrons for proof of vaccination against Covid-19, starting Tuesday.

Former New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, once vilified by Donald Trump as a “druggie” and “joke” unworthy of wearing the pinstripes, is now a key part of an investment group seeking to buy the rights to the ex-president’s marquee…

Some missing middle development is on the boards a few blocks from Skyland Town Center.

Two former elementary school administrators in the District are suing D.C. Public Schools, alleging they faced retaliation for protesting the use of a teacher training program they felt discriminated against Black children.

Today I can exclusively reveal the facts behind a brief story that ran in The Washington Post on June 9, 1947. The story appeared on Page B1 under the headline “3-Ft. Snake Fails to Tilt Man’s Eyelid.”

The Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, which carries I-66 traffic between Arlington County and D.C., will have three of its seven lanes closed for the next four months as the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) conducts emergency repairs.…

D.C. restaurants with fewer staff than they need to operate at full strength grapple with testing to stay open.

It’s one of the biggest sports-betting days in the world — and many D.C. residents may have been left out of it.

Planet Fitness has inked a deal to fill the space formerly occupied by Washington Sports Club at Gallery Place, where it will help to close the gap created by the loss of several notable tenants over the past few years.

The campus in the District issued a shelter-in-place order Monday morning; an all-clear was announced after 1 p.m.

D.C. will drop its mask and indoor vaccine mandate in the coming weeks, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday that she will lift the city’s vaccine requirement for businesses and “dial back” the city’s indoor mask rules. The announcement comes amidst falling COVID-19 case rates and an increasing number of…

D.C. is lifting its requirement that city businesses check patrons for proof of vaccination against COVID-19 starting Tuesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser said.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said Monday she is dropping the city’s requirement that people show proof of coronavirus vaccination before entering many businesses in the city, as coronavirus transmission continues to trend downward…

The D.C. hotel industry is still in a hole, and its slow 2021 recovery took a step back with the omicron variant. But “bleisure” travel — blended business and pleasure trips — could aid in the industry’s recovery.