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When your job is to pack a bunch of people into a crowded theater, how will things look when coronavirus restrictions are lifted?

D.C. announced two new hospitals will be built in the city that would address issues of health care equity among its residents.

The District has reached long elusive agreements for hospitals to replace the troubled United Medical Center and Howard University facilities, city officials said Thursday, a move that would transform health-care access in heavily African…

The District has reached a definitive agreement for George Washington University Hospital’s majority owner to operate a new acute-care facility on the St. Elizabeths East campus in Southeast D.C., more than a year after beginning to work…

The District, Maryland and Virginia have been locked down since late March. With the economy in a tailspin, and people yearning for some version of normal, government leaders are watching for signs that the covid-19 “curve” is flattening.…

LL needs to take a shower, and it's not because he's been wearing the same pair of sweats for the past week. He's just feeling a little slimy after reading through the list of individuals who will join the advisory group that will help…

Activists painted a mural that said “Protect Amazon Workers” in large letters outside the Kalorama home of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday.

It took about an hour for activists to get their message across: the words “protect Amazon workers” painted in bright red and yellow on the black asphalt outside the vast D.C. property owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

Rev. Christopher Tobias, with the faith-based community organization Hands Up Outreach Ministry, has been a D.C. resident all his life, but in a lifetime in the District, he had never seen a homeless encampment like the one just outside…

Some interesting quarantine artwork is getting attention. It highlights much-loved local businesses and landmarks, and the profits go to a good cause.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday opened The Brooks, a new family homeless shelter in Ward 3, built as part of the city’s plan to replace the old D.C. General shelter that was closed in late 2018 after longstanding concerns over its size…

For weeks, Ward 8 residents have been raising the alarm about a problem they say has gotten profoundly worse amid the city’s coronavirus outbreak: They aren’t getting their mail.

D.C. officials are expanding their emergency grant program for businesses coping with the fallout from coronavirus, aiming to ensure that the vast majority of applicants to the program will walk away with something in the next few days.

“You unlock that revolving door, and the world comes through,” David Moran says.

Capital markets activity has slowed significantly during the coronavirus crisis, but two commercial real estate leaders in the D.C. market expect a rebound, and they see prime opportunities for investment.

Brianne Burger’s days are a menagerie of devices, screens and apps.

In these times of COVID-19, the majority of us are staying home, while essential workers continue to provide the necessary services needed to help us all get through these difficult times. Beyond the healthcare workers, delivery people and…

Proceeds go to hunger-fighting nonprofit D.C. Central Kitchen