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A bill passed by the D.C. Council on Tuesday would allow children as young as age 11 to obtain vaccinations without their parents’ consent.

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in late September that some D.C. elementary school students would be returning to school come November. But Langley Elementary School parents are still waiting to see which students will return to school and…

Dupont Underground is making a comeback after a period of instability due to the pandemic and an expired lease. The space launched a Black Lives Matter exhibit this month, the latest in a long history of innovative uses for the old…

When it comes to voting, much of the discussion of late has been about where and how people will make their picks. But there’s another crucial aspect: what the ballot looks like.

In Ward 8, a new mural installation celebrates the 100th anniversary of some women gaining the right to vote after women suffragists organized for decades.

Health and safety has taken on greater importance in the age of Covid-19, and the team repositioning a downtown D.C. office building hopes the steps it took to earn a novel certification will help it edge out the competition for…

Benefits for some Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claimants are scheduled to expire the week of Oct. 25.

Contactless catering is all the rage at the D.C. dining institution Ben’s Chili Bowl. This weekend, the restaurant will serve folks at Wolf Trap’s Fall Fest Chili Supper.

A transgender man is suing the National United Methodist Church and Friendship Place, a homeless services provider, claiming he was discriminated against when he was denied housing in a men’s shelter.

Restaurateurs are scrambling to create pandemic-friendly communal spaces.

This past spring, restaurateur Aaron Gordon had an idea for a lifeboat. A handful of well-known D.C. chefs would converge under one roof, devote a 6,000-square-foot former restaurant solely to preparation for takeout and delivery, and use…

Six years ago, Keener-Squire Properties delivered The Drake, a 218-unit apartment building on the First Baptist Church's property in the 1600 block of O Street NW. Now, the church is looking to add another site and more units to their…

D.C. residents can opt in to the District's smartphone notification system alerting users of potential Covid-19 exposure starting Tuesday.

The D.C. Council will take the final vote Tuesday on a bill further regulating electric scooter services in the nation's capital.

When the coronavirus pandemic swept across North America in March, it closed schools, businesses, restaurants and fitness centers, forcing many people to work from home and limit their mixing in society.

Washingtonian Jameon Gray spent 17 years in prison. Because D.C. doesn’t have its own prison system, Gray was shuffled through federal institutions across the country. His family couldn’t visit for years at a time — an eight-hour drive to…

The D.C. Police Reform Commission has hired an outside consultant to help examine police practices and the criminal justice system. Impact Justice, a research center based in D.C. and Oakland, California, will provide assistance in the…

A federal judge has vacated a rule by the Trump administration that potentially would have cut off Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to more than 20,000 D.C. residents and hundreds of thousands of people across the…