WASHINGTON, DC — Chief John Donnelly of D.C. Fire and EMS and Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, director of D.C. Department of Health, joined other front-line public health officials Thursday in receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. They were!-->…
The longtime effort to bring Deanwood’s historic Strand Theater back to life is facing yet more delays as the project’s developers face additional hurdles in assembling financing.
A 9-YEAR-OLD girl was shot Monday afternoon in Southeast D.C. Police believe the girl, who fortunately did not suffer life-threatening injuries, was the victim of a stray bullet. Four days earlier in Northwest, a 12-year-old boy was shot!-->…
Students from low-income D.C. families are falling further behind their more affluent classmates during the prolonged school closures, according to a study released Thursday examining fall assessment data of students in traditional public!-->…
Angela Merkel won’t ever be president of the United States. She’s German, after all. Neither will Dwight Eisenhower or Abraham Lincoln serve again (newsflash: they’re dead). Nor will the Dalai Lama, Pope Francis, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck,!-->…
About 100 vehicles bearing memorial posters honoring gun-violence victims are set to conduct motorcades through D.C. later this month. On both Christmas and New Year’s Eve, participants will head to the Metropolitan Police Department!-->…
Facing a lawsuit from the Archdiocese of Washington over rules prohibiting large gatherings — including Christmas services — during the coronavirus pandemic, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser issued a late-night order Wednesday modifying the!-->…
Fewer elementary and middle school students in the District are on track to pass standardized exams in math this academic year and literacy has dropped significantly among the city’s youngest learners, according to a study published!-->…
The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation and Amtrak, the two proponents of a multibillion-dollar expansion of the District’s historic rail station, are urging the federal government to amend key aspects of the project that have been!-->…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser eased attendance caps for religious gatherings Wednesday after the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington sued the mayor over attendance limits introduced amid the recent surge in coronavirus cases.
Happy Wednesday. A DC Superior Court judge has said the city's ban on landlords filing new eviction cases is unconstitutional, throwing a wrench in the pandemic relief measure.
The District shut five school buildings this week after multiple children and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus, though officials say they have so far seen no evidence of spread in the city’s school buildings.
As economic pressure tightens on both renters and landlords in the coronavirus pandemic’s ninth month, a court ruling Wednesday struck down a key provision in the District’s plan to keep renters safe from eviction.