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The District is giving up on its self-quarantine order for nonessential travel, instead asking visitors from high-risk states to get a negative Covid-19 test before traveling to D.C. and another after they arrive.

Eviction filings are more common in D.C. than in most other large American cities. While attention is often focused on “executed” evictions — that dreaded moment when law enforcement shows up to change the locks and remove the occupants —…

With coronavirus infections again surging in the region, area hospitals say they are far better equipped to handle a flood of covid-19 patients than they were when the pandemic first exploded this spring.

Happy Thursday. As Thanksgiving approaches and COVID-19 prevalence grows, DC is emphasizing testing for visitors from high-risk states — before and after arrival — rather than the 14-day quarantine it has recommended.

Protesters hit the streets again Thursday in D.C. as results for the presidential election continue to roll in.

Back in the Before Times, downtown Washington, D.C., was known for its busy restaurants, packed offices and marquee entertainment centers like Capital One Arena. It often felt like developers were hosting a ribbon-cutting for a new…

WASHINGTON (AP) — With virus numbers rising locally and nationally and the holiday travel season looming, the nation’s capital is revamping its COVID-19 travel restrictions.

“Let’s circle back to that project after the election.”

Knead Hospitality + Design recently signed a lease to bring a Tex-Mex restaurant to Dupont Circle — but the restaurant group has a lot more growth in the works for 2021.

D.C.’s newest councilmembers are poised to shift the 13-member legislature further to the left next year — even if it’s not by as much as some had hoped.

After hours-long waits at polls and problems with absentee ballots plagued the June primary, D.C.’s election officials were skating on thin ice. Faced with calls for their resignation, they could have played it safe and just reverted back…

Downtown D.C. businesses recorded a modest economic rebound this fall as some workers slowly started returning to the office, according to new research from the neighborhood’s Business Improvement District.

The District has given 428 restaurants, bars and retailers grant money to winterize their outdoor dining setups.

A policy change in D.C. will make it less burdensome for residents to travel or host guests from afar, a reversal in messaging even as Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has encouraged residents to spend Thanksgiving only with members of their…

It was always going to be a challenge for Manor Park’s La Coop Coffee to open a neighborhood shop in the middle of a pandemic.

Now, travelers from hotspots have to take a Covid test both before they come here and after they arrive.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has instituted a new travel advisory that requires people who visit D.C. to get a coronavirus test 72 hours before traveling to the city. The advisory also asks that people who have been in close contact with…

Trammell Crow Co. is now targeting a rare vacant lot in Shaw for a new mixed-use project.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a new coronavirus order Thursday as the region continues its fight against COVID-19: If you’re coming to the District, get tested.