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Less than a week after D.C. became the latest jurisdiction to drop its indoor mask requirements, a new and potentially more contagious variant of the deadly coronavirus has prompted some businesses and officials to double down on masking…

Change is on the horizon in Northwest Washington. Only now the proverbial Grim Reaper is dressed for lacrosse.

For Small Business Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris paid an afternoon visit to D.C.’s Downtown Holiday Market for a little holiday shopping and to stress the vital role of small businesses in the U.S. economy.

Some students at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts have expressed concerns about the comedian’s jokes in a recent Netflix special

If you had met Fellonte Misher a decade ago, you would have encountered a teenager who believed the only way he could help his family was through football.

Less than a week before the District is scheduled to permanently shutter another sprawling homeless encampment, several D.C. Council members urged the mayor’s office to pause its controversial effort to clear encampments until the end of…

Four members of the D.C. Council are calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser to temporarily stop clearing homeless encampments during the most frigid months of the year.

Four members of the D.C. Council are urging Mayor Muriel Bowser to pause the clearing of homeless encampments through the winter.

On a day when the wind whipped across a parking lot outside a Southeast D.C. church and temperatures dropped into the 30s, members of the D.C. Knights of Columbus distributed coats it bought for its annual coat drive.

Your United Way of the National Capital Area has always worked to address the inequities in our systems for employment, education, health and food access, financial stability and opportunities for all. But, most importantly, we recognize…

At the beginning of World War I, the couple dozen students attending American University suddenly found themselves shunted off campus, their classes held at professors’ houses, while more than 1,000 chemists and engineers flocked to what…

For several years, I have written in late December about our city having once again reached a new and dreadful homicide death mark. This time, it’s different. On Monday, the city recorded its 200th homicide in 2021 — an annual death toll…

Most Americans would find it repugnant to value a Black child’s life lower than a White child’s, and surely no judge would overtly rule that Black lives are worth less based on the color of the person’s skin. And yet, in courtrooms…

Georgetown BID is accused of running a closed — and costly — operation that needs more transparency

School systems in the Washington region are beginning to take disciplinary action against employees who have missed their deadlines to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, with some workers already placed on leave and at least one…

The staffing problem could escalate as more people resume normal routines and commutes in the new year

“I can’t believe how many people went out of their way to help me with this cat. … No one ever said, ‘You’re being ridiculous.’ ”

Gentrification has changed ‘Chocolate City,’ making traditions such as this Thanksgiving Day football game vital

When the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association released its football schedule this past summer, Theodore Roosevelt was scheduled for four opponents’ homecoming games. People around Roosevelt’s program struggled to justify that reality…

Thanksgiving and football go together like turkey and stuffing, and the Roosevelt High School Rough Riders and the H.D. Woodson Warriors battled for the D.C. high school championship Thursday during the 51st Annual Turkey Bowl.