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He wasn’t a man of the cloth, or the District’s highest elected official, but depending on to whom you talked and what you talked about, Benjamin E. Thomas Sr. was the “Reverend” or the “Mayor” — a person held in high regard for his…

Like thousands of offices and businesses across the city, the D.C. Center for the LGBT Community was forced to close its offices at the Reeves Center municipal building at 14th and U Streets, N.W. on March 16 in response to the coronavirus…

Stark racial disparities seen elsewhere in the pandemic are showing up in the early numbers from D.C.

February ridership was up 9 percent, according to data released this week

More than $65 million in emergency federal funding will be made available to D.C.-area colleges and universities, the Trump administration announced Thursday, money designed to support students who have struggled to afford basic needs…

Nearly 100 members of Congress are urging the House leadership to make sure that D.C. receives full federal funding to deal with the coronavirus pandemic amid concerns that the metro area could soon become a hot spot.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday appointed two investigators to examine the D.C. Jail to ensure that inmates and staff are protected during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a court document.

Carlos Camonamedina is turning his weekly postcard series into free coloring pages.

The District’s tourism arm announced Thursday it will distribute $15 million to help hospitality and service workers, restaurateurs and undocumented immigrants who were left out of a relief package the D.C. Council approved earlier this…

At the Safeway in Petworth on Wednesday afternoon, a worker stood at the entrance with a tally counter, the kind you more commonly see in the hands of bouncers at crowded clubs. When the count hit 70 customers, the store’s policy became…

The District’s quasi-public sports, entertainment, and conventions authority will provide $18 million in aid for hospitality workers assailed by the coronavirus crisis, the board of Events DC affirmed Thursday. The decision, which wasn’t…

The Events D.C. board of directors unanimously approved Thursday an $18 million relief package for the District's hospitality and tourism industries, hit especially hard by the coronavirus crisis and the social-distancing measures enacted…

The historic Hollerith House in Georgetown has sold for $17.75 million to the Embassy of the State of Qatar, according to a deed recorded Wednesday.

Freelancers, independent contractors, gig workers and other self-employed individuals don’t typically qualify for unemployment benefits when they lose their jobs. That is no longer the case, under provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,…

Good Thursday afternoon. Most supermarkets have been looking a lot different inside than they did a month or two ago, with some shelves completely bare, salad bars closed off and customers for the most part trying to keep their distance…

Markets are now required to submit social-distancing plans to the city if they want to stay open

As deaths related to the COVID-19 outbreak continue to rise across the D.C. region, local officials are facing a tough, bleak challenge: how to store the surge of dead bodies.

"A shortage of tests is all the more reason that grocery workers need to be designated first responders."

Jim Turner was looking forward to the start of baseball season. As he’d done in past years, the Bethesda resident sprang for season tickets to see the Washington Nationals, pooling money with a group of four other guys to purchase four…

The mixed-use development planned for a prime corner in NoMa appears to be moving forward.