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Visitors to attractions maintained by the National Park Service, such as the Washington Monument in D.C., must wear a mask inside all buildings and in crowded outdoor spaces.

With some charter school classes underway and the start date for DCPS (Aug. 30) quickly approaching, D.C. residents have lots of concerns about COVID safety in schools. And not just about masks or quarantine close-contact rules.

All health-care employees in D.C. must get at least the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by Sept. 30, city officials announced Monday — the latest step in the District’s drive to push workers to get vaccinated as cases continue to…

The Washington Monument was closed Monday and is expected to remain closed Tuesday after being struck by lightning over the weekend.

Starting Sept. 5, Metro will be adding more trains and buses, extending train service on the weekends and lowering fares, the transit agency announced Monday.

Franklin Square in downtown Washington is expected to reopen this fall after a major renovation. But one group that serves meals to unhoused residents in the park is worried they won’t be welcome back.

Although official counts show the total number of homeless people in the District is going down, the number of chronically homeless people is increasing — and burgeoning encampments are now part of the fabric of downtown Washington.

All D.C. health care workers are required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of September.

A year after buying an office building south of Observatory Circle in Northwest D.C., Grosvenor is homing in on a plan for a mixed-use redevelopment.

A little over a year ago, a new design and program was proposed for the site of the old Latham Hotel in Georgetown. A couple of months after that, a beer garden was floated for the site. Now, Thor Equities is taking another stab at a…

The D.C. auditor is urging city officials to release even more data on COVID-19-related deaths and coronavirus cases in the city’s schools, and to initiate a comprehensive review of the District’s COVID-19 pandemic response to create a…

The District government will require any health care worker who is licensed in D.C. to get at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine by Sept. 30. Officials announced the mandate at a press conference today.

The 2,000 photos will be available through the DC Public Library system.

The monument got hit early Sunday morning.

A large residential development has been pitched to replace an office building on the site of The British International School of Washington, abutting Dumbarton Oaks Park.

On a hot, muggy day in D.C., nothing could be better than a good swimming hole — a deep spot in a cool, clear-running creek.

The D.C. Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked the release of a convicted rapist whose lawyers convinced a lower court that he should be freed from prison because his poor health and confinement make him acutely vulnerable to the…

Last month marked the 20th anniversary of the day I found Susan Schaeffler, then 31 years old, working in an Anacostia church basement where she was about to open a public charter middle school for mostly impoverished students. She and her…

D.C. officials say they intend to provide a detailed plan in the coming days of what safety protocols will be in school buildings this fall as the traditional public school system prepares to begin the new academic year on Aug. 30.

For more than 50 years, Washington, D.C., was “Chocolate City” — the nation’s first major majority-Black city, a center for Black arts and culture and a hub of Black political power. But that title has officially been erased, new 2020…