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More than a dozen patients at St. Elizabeths Hospital have died from COVID-19, and a new report suggests the hospital was slow to react to the pandemic.

Progress is being made on the dismantling of security fences that were erected near the White House and Capitol during the Donald Trump era.

H Street downtown was nearly deserted and few people noticed Monday morning when workers at St. John’s Episcopal Church took down dozens of sections of black steel mesh fencing, a barrier that had gone up during the tumultuous summer of…

A report released Monday by advocates for the mentally ill said a delayed response to the coronavirus at the District’s public psychiatric hospital contributed to the deaths of 17 patients and one staff member in the past year.

The commanding general of the D.C. National Guard will testify on Wednesday during a Senate hearing about the attack on the U.S. Capitol, joining a group that initially included only civilian witnesses, defense and congressional officials…

The D.C. Council is exploring measures that could curtail the mayor’s control of the city’s education agencies. Any action is still a long way off, but they signal a growing consensus among council members that there is currently…

D.C. lawmakers are ready to decide how the District will move forward with growing, selling and distributing marijuana legally. The mayor and the council chair have both introduced bills that would lay out a green path.

“So why don’t they just get the vaccine? It can’t be that hard.”

The old Walter Reed Army Medical Center location in northwest D.C. is beginning a new chapter of caring for the community — and this time the focus is on children.

Washington’s famed cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin will peak between April 2 and April 5, the National Park Service announced Monday.

The mesh metal fencing that has enclosed downtown D.C.’s Lafayette Park and the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church for months is finally coming down.

Ward 7 Councilmember Vince Gray is threatening to cancel a $2.8 million local contract with CORE DC to operate a homeless shelter as leverage against the company’s completely separate, federal contract to operate a halfway house in his…

When talk of legalizing marijuana at the state level started a decade ago, many advocates and lawmakers were focused on how the programs would work and how much revenue they’d bring in. Now, those conversations have shifted: how can the…

The cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin are expected to reach peak bloom April 2-5, the National Park Service said Monday at a kickoff press conference for the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival. But it remains uncertain whether…

While the Office of Planning embarks on several planning efforts citywide, one ward is taking their destiny into their own hands.

It’s a tradition that marks the annual arrival of spring in the D.C. area: the rosy flush of blossoms peeking out from the branches of the iconic cherry trees ringing the Tidal Basin.

In an affluent White neighborhood in Northwest Washington, a volunteer task force wants to atone for the racist policies that forced Black residents from their community a century ago.