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Pope Francis announced Sunday that Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory will become one of 13 new Cardinals on November 28, making him the first African American to hold the high-ranking post.

ROME — Pope Francis said Sunday he would elevate Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington to cardinal next month, making him the first African American to hold the title.

The school’s director delivered the news to families on Sept. 23. The charter school in Northwest Washington, Latin American Montessori Bilingual (LAMB), still planned to switch to in-person learning in late October.

TGIF. The crowded at-large DC Council race — with its 23 candidates for two seats, one of them left open by the looming departure of David Grosso — continues to provide drama aplenty as well as fodder for policy discussions.

Councilmembers pressed D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee on the system’s plan to bring 21,000 students back to school in November, raising questions about parent, student, and staff safety.

As Election Day approaches, public records show there are already applications for large demonstrations on file with the National Park Service. But one of the largest groups said it is changing tactics and no longer plans to organize with…

A crowded D.C. Council race is again exposing the racial undercurrents of city politics, sparking a battle over who should wield power in a gentrifying place once known as Chocolate City.

With RFK Stadium as the backdrop, more than 160,000 small white flags — each representing a person who has died from COVID-19 — have been planted in the grassy D.C. Armory Parade Ground.

WITH VOTING by mail well underway in D.C. and early voting set to start Tuesday, the race drawing the most attention is for two at-large seats on the D.C. Council. The attention is well-placed: The choices voters make will shape the…

Downtown neighborhoods, such as Logan Circle and the West End, have been hit the hardest.

When Glenn Towery first put brush to canvas in 2008, he painted clocks. The paintings amused his wife, a painter herself, while she was recovering from cancer.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is sticking with his plan to pump the brakes on lawmakers’ review of revisions to the city’s Comprehensive Plan despite the objections of Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Thousands and thousands of small white flags stand sentinel outside the D.C. Armory in Southeast, near RFK Stadium. When the breeze blows, the flags ripple in unison like a vast troupe of dancers, swaying between the long shadows cast by…

The pace of home sales across the country remains remarkably brisk, with sales in the District outpacing even the strong gains nationally.

Family members of Jamahri Sydnor, the 17-year-old college-bound student who was killed in 2017 when she was struck by a stray bullet in Northeast Washington, are growing weary of the wait for justice.

The ex-Emilie's chef will debut his modern Vietnamese restaurant at the end of October.

In August 2019, developer Ihab Mogassbi closed on 1422 Shepherd Street NW (map), a DC rowhouse with an unfinished pop-up that he won in the city's Vacant to Vibrant auction. The property was one of dozens of blighted properties citywide…

Wayne Frederick is presiding over a ‘coming of age’ for the storied university

Metro has doled out close to $6 million to construct three D.C.-area bike parking facilities — roughly $19,400 per parking space — according to a new report.

On any given day, residents can be seen jogging, biking, fishing and walking kids and dogs along the waterways of Washington and Northern Virginia. In season, they’re boating, kayaking and paddleboarding. Couples trying to salvage their…