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Growing up in the 1940s in rural Palmers Crossing, a Black community on the outskirts of Hattiesburg, Miss., Dorie and Joyce Ladner did not know that there were other youngsters beyond their town who shared their concerns. That there were…

D.C. parents, students, educators and council members on Tuesday expressed frustration with the city’s lack of flexible learning plans and inconsistent coronavirus safety protocols weeks into the new school year.

A 9-year-old boy was grazed by a bullet and a man was seriously wounded Tuesday afternoon in Southeast Washington, police said, the latest victims of another bout of gunfire in a city growing weary of continued violence.

Who is eligible? Who needs a booster? And what about that mu variant?

Historically-Black fraternity Phi Beta Sigma is looking to be a better neighbor in Manor Park by leveraging the office space they have occupied since 1975 to create affordable housing.

Long hours and hectic environments are typical within the restaurant industry, and KNEAD Hospitality + Design hopes to change that with the rollout of a four-day work week.

A fairly new L'Enfant Plaza office building has sold.

Metro’s board will discuss a variety of possible changes to the transit system’s fares during its meeting on Thursday, including ideas as simple as reducing bus fares to $1 and as dramatic as getting rid of peak-hour pricing.

One of D.C.’s most convoluted intersections will soon be disassembled: Tuesday marks one large step in the process of dismantling what’s known as “Dave Thomas Circle.”

The city used eminent domain to acquire the property, where it is planning a $35 million remake of the treacherous intersection.

Metro has unveiled plans for the system’s first all-electric bus garage, in what it says is a major step toward transitioning to a fully zero-emission fleet over the next three decades.

Metro riders might see lower fares or new discount programs starting next summer if transit officials follow through with proposals being floated for discussion at a board meeting this week.

Dupont Circle’s prolific Keegan Theatre is celebrating its 25th anniversary season.

The transit agency is once again considering restructuring fares after Metro’s board passed discounts and fee waivers for bus and rail customers in June

Of the 475 religious exemption requests for the COVID-19 vaccine so far filed with D.C., the vast majority — 419 — have come from those in fire and EMS, according to City Administrator Kevin Donahue.

Advocates for D.C.’s Medicaid recipients have filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over threatened changes to the D.C. Medicaid program.