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D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has enlisted high-profile national figures — including Michelle Obama and celebrity chef José Andrés — to aid the city’s coronavirus response.

The Washington Post Local section is on the receiving end of a truly striking Twitter ratio after publishing a column on Sunday suggesting that Washingtonians “escape lockdown” by taking a pretend vacation in their spare bedrooms.

José Andrés and Andy Shallal are joined by artists, builders, nonprofit leaders, and city workers on the ReOpen DC committee on restaurants and food retailers.

The development boom D.C. has experienced over the last several years is continuing during the pandemic, with dozens of under-construction projects still moving forward.

Ben’s Chili Bowl has accomplished a lot in the last 60-plus years. It’s fed everyone from leaders of the civil rights movement to entertainment superstars to busloads of hungry tourists. Its owners have launched a charitable foundation,…

In the middle of a pandemic, mostly low-income Washingtonians are riding the bus. It is a lifeline through poorer areas of the nation’s capital where food and services can be hard to reach. And it tells the story of a crisis that existed…

On March 7, the rector of a Georgetown church became patient zero, the first known coronavirus case in the District, causing a flurry of concern for people who had been in recent contact with him.

In China and on the West Coast, data showed that kids mostly stayed out of the hospital if they got the new coronavirus. But it’s a different story in the D.C. area.

Over the past few weeks, our phones have been ringing off the hook with desperate calls from the families of our incarcerated friends in the D.C. Jail and Hope Village. No toilet paper. No running water. No cleaning supplies.

Michelle Obama is the latest D.C. resident to urge Washingtonians to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

Along with submitting the final draft of amendments to the Comprehensive Plan to the DC Council, the Office of Planning (OP) has also submitted a report on how the city's single-family zones can accommodate more density and the resulting…

Tables Without Borders taps refugees and asylum-seekers to feed vulnerable local residents during the COVID-19 crisis.

Both Alanna McKee and her husband Ben contracted COVID-19 in March. Together, they figured out how to raise a four-month-old while beating the virus.

Families in inadequate housing are more vulnerable to COVID-19, one reason the CEO said there’s a heightened need for homes and donations.

WHAT’S A kid to do when school is shut and hanging out with friends is off-limits? Some D.C.-area students have found an answer: 3-D-printed face shields to donate to shortage-ridden hospitals and clinics.

“Insane.” That’s what Marc Gunther thought as he looked out of the window of his downtown Bethesda, Maryland, apartment. Below him, cramped construction crews were building a headquarters and adjoining hotel for Marriott, the world’s…

The museum has canceled or postponed all exhibits, performances, and programs.

The general manager of Dio Wine Bar on H Street got coronavirus. Then, they had a break-in. But, a Bon Appetit accolade offers a silver lining.