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The Republican National Convention has received a permit from the National Park Service to host a fireworks show on the National Mall on Thursday. The event will mark the end of the convention, and also happens to fall the night before…

“You all use profanity in this neighborhood?” asked musician Yaddiya, as he stood on a truck with the D.C. Go-Go band T.O.B. “Let’s head on down to this a**hole’s house!”

Franselene St. Jean won't get the answers she's seeking.

D.C. public schools are less than two weeks away from a virtual re-opening, but city officials have yet to disclose any plans for scaled-up, in-person child care and academic support for thousands of students from low-income families where…

Last week, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke as part of the Democratic National Convention about President Donald Trump’s use of federal troops and tear gas against peaceful protesters in the District this summer. She stood looking out over…

If you had your heart set on fun in the sun as summer starts to wrap up, you might want to rethink that: D.C. health officials added Delaware back to the city’s list of high-risk states Monday.

D.C.’s executive order calling for anyone traveling to the District for nonessential activities from places deemed Covid-19 hot spots to self-quarantine has been updated with a list of 30 states it considers high-risk.

Darnell Johnson was about to take the PSAT. There were 165 minutes, 139 multiple choice questions and an essay in front of him. But how could he focus when his classmate was dead?

New street art has been borne from a summer of protests in D.C., and the National Building Museum is opening an exhibition to showcase it all.

Last week, I checked in with an old friend: Franklin Square. It was like visiting someone in the hospital. The park has just embarked on a rather severe course of treatment. I hope the cure isn’t worse than the disease.

At Statesmen College Preparatory Academy, the KINGS 101 curriculum puts Black history at the forefront of learning.

Newest addition to the National Zoo to be named in ceremony in a few months

The National Zoo’s giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a cub on Friday evening, becoming a rare bright spot in otherwise difficult times. But we won’t know more about this tiny bear — including its sex or name — for a while.

Most theaters in D.C. closed their doors in March with no idea when they will reopen. And given social distancing guidelines, only one thing is certain: “There’s no going back to what it was before,” said Maria Manuela Goyanes, the…

When redevelopment forced Walter Pierce’s family out of their Southwest Washington home in the 1960s, his uncle suggested that the place to resettle was Adams Morgan. That diverse neighborhood, he reasoned, was too close to Connecticut…