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D.C. Health Department Director LaQuandra Nesbitt on Monday said residents with sewage backup from the heavy flooding last week should not be concerned about coronavirus spreading through wastewater.

The university says it moved the students into "designated isolation areas on campus."

Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that she is concerned about the health of residents in Northeast D.C. after the surge of sewage during last week’s severe downpour.

As autumn temperatures reach the D.C. region and parents spend more time with their kids indoors, there’s some good news: The Smithsonian Institution is set to reopen four museums on Friday with new safety measures in place as part of…

Whittle School & Studios opened to students in D.C. with an incomplete building in 2019. Now, that building is complete, but empty.

Four Smithsonian museums in D.C. will reopen to the public on Friday for the first time since closing due to the coronavirus pandemic.

San Francisco-based Mozzeria was founded by Gallaudet University alums.

LIKE AIR traffic controllers, the rail controllers who staff the nerve center of the D.C. area’s Metro subway system have one overriding responsibility: to keep passengers and employees safe and alive. Or, as Metro itself put it in a list…

The National Book Festival turns 20 this month — and like every other event that’s had to go virtual, it’s bittersweet. The Library of Congress’ annual gathering, which typically draws more than 200,000 readers to Washington’s convention…

Two months after the Smithsonian successfully reopened the National Zoo and the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., four more museums will welcome back visitors on Friday.

D.C.’s long-awaited memorial honoring president and World War II commanding general Dwight D. Eisenhower will be dedicated Thursday and opened to the public a day later, after a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It was just a matter of time before some families in D.C. started to run out of cash, once the coronavirus began to spread.

Since the Historic Preservation Review Board voted in January to grant landmark status to five buildings at Barry Farm, the redevelopment, straddling Sumner Road at Firth Sterling Avenue SE and straddling Stevens Road at Wade Road SE…

Ward 8 resident, Juanita White, 84, says she won’t be sending an absentee ballot through the U.S. Postal Service this November. She’s worried her vote won’t be counted, especially because she’s had issues receiving mail in the past—like a…

A weeklong event celebrating entrepreneurs and startups kicks off Monday — virtually.

D.C.’s long-awaited memorial honoring president and World War II commanding general Dwight D. Eisenhower will be dedicated Thursday and opened to the public a day later, after a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Less than a week after sewage damage to Northeast D.C. homes during torrential rainfall, Mayor Muriel Bowser is assuring residents that a local utility provider will help with the cleanup.

Georgetown University is once again the highest-ranked institution of higher learning in Greater Washington, according to the latest annual U.S. News ranking of best colleges.