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Starting Feb. 28, the East Building, which houses the museum’s modern and contemporary collection, will be closed to expedite the atrium skylight restoration.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that the city is putting $1.5 million towards a pilot program to provide direct cash payments to 132 low-income new parents and pregnant people in wards 5, 7, and 8, offering each of them up to…

The National Gallery of Art will close its East Building from Feb. 28 until June to speed up the replacement of its atrium skylight, the museum announced Thursday. The replacement of the 40-year-old skylight is one of multiple major…

It won’t come as a surprise to parents that it takes an estimated $30,000 to raise a newborn, according to Lending Tree. D.C.’s mayor is announcing a $1.5 million lifeline for young mothers living in poverty to help them navigate that…

Omicron continues to hit the Metro system — and area riders — hard.

Not all medical staff are happy with all parts of the limited emergency order.

Last year, DC's Zoning Commission issued an order to rezone the site of a Howard University-owned office building across the street from Shaw/Howard University Metro station. Now, we are getting an idea of what is in the works for that…

On display at the National Gallery of Art, an 18th-century print has the emotional resonance of a meme. Artist Henry Tresham’s 1784 illustration from “The Adventures of Sappho” depicts the Greek poet collapsed beside a tree — arms flung…

Carey Francis was eager to teach in-person again at the start of the school year.

The date also marked the first deaths on the Metrorail system after a train derailed.

Peter Robinson, who played at the Jefferson Hotel for more than a decade, is one of many hotel workers laid off in 2020.

With DC's new vaccination requirements set to take effect Saturday morning, a coalition of congressional Republicans is calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser to reverse course — with one grabbing attention and criticism for comparing the vaccine…

White will challenge Mayor Muriel Bowser and Council member Robert White (D-At Large), and several others, in the mayoral Democratic primary that will take place on June 21.

Ward 7 residents and leaders say they’re thrilled that Lidl, a supermarket chain based in Germany with stores throughout the U.S. including Maryland and Virginia, will open its first store in the District at the Skyland Town Center located…

Activists and leaders for D.C. statehood support and plan to participate in the 16th annual Peace Walk that will take place in Ward 8 on Jan. 17, the day the country officially celebrates the birthday and life of Dr. Martin Luther King…

Just ahead of D.C.’s Restaurant Week, the city will require patrons to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 starting this weekend.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s family will honor the late civil rights leader on Monday by demanding action on federal voting rights legislation.

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank Ltd. stepped in to avert last week’s planned foreclosure sale of the leasehold interest in Union Station's retail and commercial space, according to D.C. land records.

A shortage of hospital staff as the omicron variant continues to infect and make people seriously ill has all but forced the D.C. mayor to declare a limited public health emergency through Jan. 26 to allow the hospitals flexibility in how…

A Republican member of Congress drew swift condemnation Wednesday after comparing D.C.'s upcoming vaccine mandate to Nazi Germany — marking the latest instance in which a GOP lawmaker has chosen to compare measures intended to quell a…