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With the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. using Monday's holiday honoring the civil rights leader to highlight the importance of voting rights, DC officials echoed their calls and highlighted the lack of DC autonomy as a similar…

The D.C. region’s Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are shifting to a new schedule for the foreseeable future amid pandemic-related staffing limitations.

The District is prepared to enforce its new indoor vaccine mandate, officials said on the weekend the new rules took effect, but educating small businesses about the guidelines is the city’s first priority.

In recent weeks, the start of Aryssa Damron’s day as a children’s librarian at Capitol View Neighborhood Library in D.C.’s Ward 7 has changed.

D.C. Attorney General sues Express Homebuyers for allegedly sending over 100,000 District homeowners false notifications about overdue property taxes, risk of foreclosure, and misrepresenting the tax lien sale process to “drum up…

D.C.’s mayor is weighing in on the landmark voting rights bill that is expected to reach the Senate Tuesday.

Hundreds of people walked over the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge during Monday morning’s cold weather as part of the 16th annual Martin Luther King Peace Walk, joining descendants of Martin Luther King Jr. as they crossed over the…

Arts organizations across America are proudly celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Choral Arts Society of Washington presents “Living the Dream … Singing the Dream.”

The National Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C. runs from March 20 to April 17 — and it could use a hand from volunteers.

March organizers are calling on the Senate to end the filibuster to allow for a vote on voting rights legislation.

University says it is committed to affordability and allocated $135 million in undergraduate aid last year

It’s a concept that’s been in the works for decades, and the process of bringing a museum that tells the story of Latino Americans to the National Mall continues to move forward.

D.C. resident and politician Nate Fleming was “shocked, angry and embarrassed,” after a carjacking in Northeast on Saturday left him without a vehicle.

At El Rey, a buzzing Mexican taqueria and bar in Northwest Washington, a bouncer planted outside on Saturday night asked the line of customers on U Street to show their vaccination cards. It was the first time staff had asked for the…

Nate Fleming, a candidate for a D.C. Council seat, reported that he was carjacked Saturday at a gas station in Northeast Washington.

As COVID cases surge in the area, activists plan a protest in Washington, D.C., against vaccine mandates and other COVID-related restrictions.

Restaurants, fitness centers and other indoor businesses in the District Saturday began requiring patrons to show proof of vaccination, the first day of a mandate in the nation’s capital that is geared toward curbing the latest surge of…

As Sarah Bryant headed into the E street Cinema on Saturday to catch a matinee of “Drive My Car,” theater workers greeted her near the door, asking to see her COVID vaccine card and ID. Once cleared, she and other moviegoers got a neon…