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Coronavirus cases were rising at McKinley Technology High School, sending dozens of students into quarantine. Desks sat empty. School workers did not know where to turn.

Drew and West elementary schools in D.C. will learn virtually on Wednesday.

Zero units of affordable housing have been built west of Rock Creek Park since 2019. Residents want that to change.

Fresh off closing a deal for the former Marriott Wardman Park, the hotel’s new owners look ready to tear it down.

Over the summer, the DC government announced it had reached a settlement in the 32-year class-action lawsuit that sought extensive reform of the city’s child welfare system — a case initially known as LaShawn A. v. Marion Barry Jr.

Writer and D.C. native Nick Brooks signed a seven-figure book deal for his young adult thriller novel "Promise Boys."

Metrobus tweeted on Tuesday morning that some bus service may be canceled or delayed because of a bus operator shortage.

Behind iron gates in D.C.’s bustling Petworth neighborhood is one of the city’s most fascinating, historic places.

For nine years, unhoused people and their advocates have gathered in the District on or around the longest night of the year to commemorate those who died while homeless.

Five more schools in the District will transition to virtual learning for the rest of 2021.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital is reinstating its indoor mask mandate as the region and country grapple with a fresh surge in COVID-19 infections.

Words can sometimes fail to fully capture the grotesque. But D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) came close when he said it was “shocking and beyond belief” that third-grade students in a D.C. school were directed to reenact scenes…

Michael Fanone, the D.C. police officer who was dragged into a mob and beaten during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and later publicly excoriated lawmakers and others who downplayed the attack, said he submitted his…

When a parent of a third-grader at Watkins Elementary picked up her son on Friday afternoon from the campus on Capitol Hill, the child was crying and extremely upset. “They explained they had a terrible day at school,” said the parent, who…

The holidays and Omicron are creating a huge demand—here's where to find at-home kits and other testing options.

Rival vigils are being planned on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, both by a right-wing group that insists those charged in the insurrection are political prisoners and liberal organizations marking the date by…

As the holiday break — and a break from in-class transmission of the coronavirus — approaches for D.C. and Maryland public schools, parents and school leaders alike are wrestling with how to get students safely through the winter surge.

D.C. Mayor Bowser (D) declared a state of emergency on Monday and announced a number of new policies aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19, including the reinstatement of the city's indoor mask mandate and a booster requirement for D.C.…

The waxed floors gleam in Gregory’s new studio apartment. The paint is fresh. The morning sun streams through the blinds.

Masks are back, more schools are closing, and holiday cheer spreads in Congress Heights.