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D.C. Public Schools students will be automatically enrolled in the city’s random coronavirus testing program unless the student, parent or guardian opts out, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Friday.

A Palisades home that received a recent makeover by a former NFL player is now on the market.

The Washington Monument is set to reopen Sunday after an extended period of repairs stemming from a lightning strike almost two weeks ago, a National Park Service spokesman said.

As the D.C. region barrels towards another pandemic autumn, cases and hospitalizations are continuing to rise in the D.C. region.

D.C. Fire and EMS members were honored in a ceremony on Friday for saving a woman’s life after she had a heart attack earlier this year.

The very week that Michelin-starred chef Nick Stefanelli was gearing up to open his newest restaurant in downtown D.C. last year, local governments were imposing lockdowns and social distancing to slow the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. …

The District announced Friday that all public school students would automatically be put into its asymptomatic coronavirus testing program — a reversal from its long-standing position that parents must consent to testing.

This weekend’s March On For Washington and Voting Rights and the Make Good Trouble Rally are expected to bring thousands to the National Mall to demand expanded access to the vote. The march comes amid a wave of legislation in…

A promised public museum at the congressionally chartered U.S. Institute of Peace failed to materialize. Why?

Hanging out on a patch of grass surrounded by a heavily-trafficked roadway may not sound like an ideal way to unwind on a summer afternoon. But if you stroll past one of D.C.’s traffic circles on a sunny day — instead of whizzing by in…

Photographer Chip Py was going to a lot of music shows in the D.C. area in the early 2000s, and he had seen plenty of pictures documenting area hardcore punk shows.

After writing about Georgetown’s role in the transatlantic slave trade for The Post in July, I came across new material on Georgetown’s connections to slavery and the slave trade. On at least one occasion, enslaved people from Africa were…

In D.C., many apartment residents are anxious inside their homes because of the outrageous behavior of their neighbors. What recourse do residents have when their housing provider is powerless to enforce the community rules, thanks to…

D.C. Council member Charles Allen held a virtual town hall with education leaders, advocates and parents in Ward 6 on Thursday night and plainly admitted his growing frustration with the city’s school leaders ahead of Monday’s start to the…

D.C. officials announced Friday that the city has doled out nearly $143 million — or 70 percent — of the $200 million in federal money it received to help residents cover overdue rent and utilities..

Thousands of people are expected for a voting rights protest on the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington