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With DC's new vaccination requirements set to take effect Saturday morning, a coalition of congressional Republicans is calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser to reverse course — with one grabbing attention and criticism for comparing the vaccine…

White will challenge Mayor Muriel Bowser and Council member Robert White (D-At Large), and several others, in the mayoral Democratic primary that will take place on June 21.

Ward 7 residents and leaders say they’re thrilled that Lidl, a supermarket chain based in Germany with stores throughout the U.S. including Maryland and Virginia, will open its first store in the District at the Skyland Town Center located…

Activists and leaders for D.C. statehood support and plan to participate in the 16th annual Peace Walk that will take place in Ward 8 on Jan. 17, the day the country officially celebrates the birthday and life of Dr. Martin Luther King…

Just ahead of D.C.’s Restaurant Week, the city will require patrons to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 starting this weekend.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s family will honor the late civil rights leader on Monday by demanding action on federal voting rights legislation.

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank Ltd. stepped in to avert last week’s planned foreclosure sale of the leasehold interest in Union Station's retail and commercial space, according to D.C. land records.

A shortage of hospital staff as the omicron variant continues to infect and make people seriously ill has all but forced the D.C. mayor to declare a limited public health emergency through Jan. 26 to allow the hospitals flexibility in how…

A Republican member of Congress drew swift condemnation Wednesday after comparing D.C.'s upcoming vaccine mandate to Nazi Germany — marking the latest instance in which a GOP lawmaker has chosen to compare measures intended to quell a…

Two months after plans were revealed for a Cleveland Park multi-family development that involves rotating a house, we are getting a better look at its design.

The region’s omicron surge may be approaching its peak, according to public health experts, as coronavirus cases continue to strain resources across the District, Maryland and Virginia.

Two D.C. police officers are facing a lawsuit for allegedly conducting an illegal stop-and-frisk of a man in Columbia Heights in 2019.

At home, you may have changed your light bulbs from incandescent to highly efficient LEDs — it’s easy, and increasingly affordable. But for a city with more than 1,110 miles of roadways, and some 75,000 streetlights, changing the bulbs…

In the nation’s capital, FurnishHopeDC has seen families sleeping on floors, living rooms missing couches and children trying to do virtual learning without desks or tables

Strident opposition to D.C.’s vaccine mandate for businesses — which goes into effect Jan. 15 — is growing among national Republicans, with one member of Congress going so far as to compare the mandate to Nazism.

A D.C. Lottery advertising and marketing contract worth nearly $70 million has officially been awarded to a team led by Taoti Creative after the incumbent bidder had protested the agency's selection earlier this year.

This year, the only federal holiday formally established as a national day of service  — Martin Luther King Jr. Day  — is on January 17. Want to roll up your sleeves in the spirit of the renowned civil rights leader? Here are some ways to…