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Who’d guess a mural on the road could help improve safety at intersections? Some are going to get painted on curb extensions in D.C., compliments of federal transportation money helping fund seven projects in the city.

Complaints by staff members and months of internal conflict have led to the ouster of Mosaic Theater Company Artistic Director Ari Roth, who founded the organization as a multicultural theater on H Street NE nearly six years ago.

Happy Wednesday. About 400 children returned to DC Public Schools classrooms on Wednesday across 29 campuses — without teachers in front of them — to take part in virtual classes.

The anti-abortion groups Frederick Douglass Foundation and Students for Life of America have filed suit against the District in federal court. The issue? Following the District’s decision to paint the message “Black Lives Matter” on 16th…

It has become a familiar pattern in the District. The city and Washington Teachers’ Union near an agreement on how schools should reopen. Both sides indicate that a finalized deal could be imminent. And then, at the 11th hour, it falls…

Two antiabortion groups whose members were arrested for chalking outside a Planned Parenthood office in August sued the District on Wednesday, alleging that the city used defacement of public property laws to “silence disfavored speech.”

Thousands in the Washington region are flocking to public coronavirus testing sites amid a record surge in cases, hoping for negative results before visiting family over the Thanksgiving holiday.

On Wednesday morning, for just a few minutes, the routines unfolding in front of Bancroft Elementary School in Northwest Washington seemed normal. Crossing guard Shaketa Barnes was back at work, excitedly greeting students. “I miss my…

By the time the weather turns crisp and cold, sugar plum fairies and ghosts of Christmases past, present and future are usually deep into rehearsals for performances The Nutcracker, A Christmas Carol, and other holiday classics.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the establishment of a $100 million fund for struggling businesses and updates to the District’s coronavirus testing infrastructure.

Despite officials and experts advising against it, some locals will still be traveling for Thanksgiving. And the region’s transportation agencies and companies are communicating a number of precautions and measures in hopes of keeping them…

The public pools were dry. The spray parks weren’t spraying. Even public fountains were turned off. But D.C.’s heat and humidity didn’t take a break during the COVID-19 summer.

When gravity finally caused one of the stuffed animal heads at the Army and Navy Club to come crashing to the floor sometime after World War II, a command decision was made: It was time to get rid of every last moose, deer, elk, buffalo,…

COVID-19 presents another challenge for the unhoused community in Washington, D.C. Will local leaders take the right actions to create positive social change after this unprecedented crisis?

As talks over another stimulus package continue to stall on Capitol Hill, the District is rolling out more financial aid to local businesses that have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

Former investigator says systemic failures in DCRA agency contributed to their deaths

A friend wrote to me this week with a question on all of our minds: When will this all end?

As the coronavirus caseload rises to record levels across the region and the nation, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says to expect new restrictions on activities “soon.”