The International Spy Museum and the Museum of the Bible in downtown D.C. are reopening on Monday, set to become two of the city’s first museums to allow visitors back in after a months-long closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Good Monday morning. DC moves further into reopening today, as limited indoor shopping and dining can resume at stores and restaurants, and gyms and nail salon can also reopen with some restrictions.
Thousands of janitors in the D.C. area have been laid off during the coronavirus pandemic, even those who clean commercial properties that are collecting most of their rent payments, according to the largest union for property service!-->…
What happens when local pastry chefs get together to combat racism? They have an international bake sale, according Paola Velez, pastry chef at Kith and Kin on the D.C. Wharf.
When Keyonna Jones received a call from a fellow artist on June 4 about a secret project starting in just a few hours, she had no idea it would lead to one of the most iconic images of the Black Lives Matter protests and spark other cities!-->…
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will reopen Monday after being closed for over three months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Basilica announced in a release.
An annual report on homelessness in the D.C. metropolitan area released on June 10 shows that the number of homeless people fell in 2020 for the fifth consecutive year. But the rate at which D.C. has reduced homelessness continues to!-->…
Determined to challenge racial stereotypes, scores of fathers gathered Sunday morning with their children, other relatives and friends at the National Museum of African American History and Culture for a walk to celebrate black fatherhood!-->…
A D.C. teacher was honored for his work this past school year with a $10,000 award presented over the weekend. Alejandro Diasgranados, who teachers 4th and 5th graders at Aiton Elementary School in Northeast D.C., became one of 51 teachers!-->…
President Trump took aim at D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser during his rally in Tulsa Saturday night, the latest development in an ongoing public feud between them.
As locals and visitors marked Juneteenth with celebrations, demonstrations, and service across the region on Friday, the evening ended with a bang — a “thunk,” really — as a group of protesters tossed ropes and chains around the Albert!-->…
Transit systems in the Washington suburbs are beginning to ramp up service that was reduced or canceled when the region locked down because of the coronavirus pandemic.
D.C. firefighters and police officers on Saturday rescued eight adults and four children who became trapped on rocks in the Potomac River and were cut off from shore by rapidly rising waters in a sudden rainstorm.
Three groups of people fishing and picnicking escaped a treacherous situation on the Potomac River with help from D.C. Fire and EMS, and police, when surging waters cut them off from the safety of shore on Saturday afternoon.