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Today I can exclusively reveal the facts behind a brief story that ran in The Washington Post on June 9, 1947. The story appeared on Page B1 under the headline “3-Ft. Snake Fails to Tilt Man’s Eyelid.”

The Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, which carries I-66 traffic between Arlington County and D.C., will have three of its seven lanes closed for the next four months as the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) conducts emergency repairs.…

D.C. restaurants with fewer staff than they need to operate at full strength grapple with testing to stay open.

It’s one of the biggest sports-betting days in the world — and many D.C. residents may have been left out of it.

Planet Fitness has inked a deal to fill the space formerly occupied by Washington Sports Club at Gallery Place, where it will help to close the gap created by the loss of several notable tenants over the past few years.

The campus in the District issued a shelter-in-place order Monday morning; an all-clear was announced after 1 p.m.

D.C. will drop its mask and indoor vaccine mandate in the coming weeks, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday that she will lift the city’s vaccine requirement for businesses and “dial back” the city’s indoor mask rules. The announcement comes amidst falling COVID-19 case rates and an increasing number of…

D.C. is lifting its requirement that city businesses check patrons for proof of vaccination against COVID-19 starting Tuesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser said.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said Monday she is dropping the city’s requirement that people show proof of coronavirus vaccination before entering many businesses in the city, as coronavirus transmission continues to trend downward…

The D.C. hotel industry is still in a hole, and its slow 2021 recovery took a step back with the omicron variant. But “bleisure” travel — blended business and pleasure trips — could aid in the industry’s recovery.

With COVID-19 cases in the District down by about 90% from their peak in late December and early January, Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced an end to the indoor mask mandate as of March 1. She also is dropping the vaccination requirement…

D.C. Council member Mary Cheh’s abrupt decision to not seek re-election has turned a sleepy contest into one of the city’s hottest races.

An unexploded World War I-era shell discovered in Northeast D.C.’s Fort Totten has paused construction of a trail through the area. With previous trails also blocked off, nearby residents are experiencing long detours and uncertainty.

The bridge will be limited to two lanes in each direction as a precautionary measure because of deteriorated steel beams, city officials say

There was a ceremonial ground breaking Saturday near the Fort Totten Metro station, where the Lamond Riggs neighborhood is getting a 24,000 square feet Aldi grocery store, the largest in the district. Phase 2 of development promises more…

George Washington University interim president Mark S. Wrighton apologized Friday to the campus community for the university’s failure to inform it in advance of a data analytics pilot program that monitored locations — though not…

On a September day in 1904, a Washington Post reporter accompanied Sarah Collins Fernandis as she made her rounds through Southwest Washington. This impoverished area around South Capitol and M streets SW — near today’s Nationals Park —…

D.C. will close three lanes on Teddy Roosevelt Bridge for the next few months as crews complete emergency repair work.

As other states roll back restrictions, some public health officials urge caution