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The shutdown of DC-295 caused by a bridge collapse Wednesday morning could last through Thursday, D.C.’s deputy mayor for public safety said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A pedestrian bridge collapsed over a highway in the nation’s capital on Wednesday, sending five people to the hospital. Traffic was expected to be snarled for hours.

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Five people were injured Wednesday when a truck apparently hit a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 295 in Northeast Washington, causing the massive structure to come loose from its moorings and collapse onto the highway, officials said.

Teens in D.C. between the ages of 12 and 15 have been eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine for over a month now, and racial and economic disparities have already started to emerge. This is unsurprising because these disparities exist among…

The General Services Administration's 2022 federal budget requests would deliver significant changes to Greater Washington real estate.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants tourists back in D.C.

A pedestrian bridge over DC-295, connecting Kenilworth Avenue and Polk Street in Northeast, collapsed late Wednesday morning, injuring five people.

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Across D.C., Maryland and Virginia, more than 70% of adults are now partially or fully vaccinated against the coronavirus — meeting an ambitious goal set by the White House to have that percentage of American adults partially vaccinated by…

The design for a large new recreation center in Anacostia is coming into focus.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) 2022 proposed budget slowly but steadily advances the largest transportation equity project in D.C. in nearly 30 years: the extension of the streetcar to the Benning Road Metro Station in Ward 7.

After years of stalled plans to raze and redevelop the Park Morton public housing complex in Park View, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration is offering an alternative: rehabilitate the existing buildings instead.

Plenty of DC residents know someone who works on Capitol Hill — and in the context of Congress, the “on” isn’t in doubt. But when that person walks east to the nearby neighborhood of colorful rowhouses for a drink after work… are they…

The Duke Sanford World Food Policy Center recently surveyed more than 240 organizations that deal with food-insecure people, finding that a majority of organizations shifted priorities over the last year. Rather than focusing solely on…

Athletes who rely on the fields around the National Mall for recreation can rejoice — the National Park Service has opened its reservation system for 24 athletic fields around the Mall. Field times from July 8 through Jul 23 are available,…

They just conceal what is really a partisan fight.

In 2018, the DC Council overturned a ballot initiative that would have ended the District's tipped minimum wage, a measure that 55% of voters had approved. There is now an effort to revive the contentious proposal, which would require…

Walk-in service will resume next month at D.C.’s Department of Motor Vehicles.

After a year of limited service by appointment only, the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles will return to its regular practice of “first come, first served” next month.