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Summer could bring an entirely new reality for Metro, as the region continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic.

A new lawsuit claims the District of Columbia is failing to take basic public health steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in its jails, despite five inmates testing positive for the coronavirus.

The American Civil Liberties Union of DC and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia are suing the D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) on behalf of the more than 1,600 people incarcerated in D.C.’s jails.

Sports betting in the District, already troubled by long delays and lost revenues, has hit a new and costly snag.

Maryland and Virginia and D.C. residents will soon be restricted from leaving their homes unless for essential reasons, but the region's construction projects can proceed.

Metro has set fare hikes, service improvements and service cuts that could take effect this summer, with the caveat that it could all go up in smoke depending on how long coronavirus-related restrictions remain in place.

Maryland, Virginia and the District issued “stay-at-home” orders on Monday, joining a growing list of states and cities mandating broad, enforceable restrictions on where residents can go in an effort to limit the spread of the novel…

Maryland, Virginia and the District on Monday barred residents from leaving home unless it’s absolutely necessary, joining a handful of other states that have issued such orders in hopes of controlling the fast-spreading novel coronavirus.…

D.C. joined Maryland and Virginia Monday in issuing a stay-at-home order for its residents to help contain the coronavirus outbreak.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday ordered residents to stay at home, joining Maryland and Virginia’s governors in mandating that residents stay put amid the coronavirus outbreak.

“In a way every choice you make will feel both like the right and the wrong choice. It’s a very difficult situation.”

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday issued an order directing District residents to remain in their homes except to perform essential activities, putting some 6 million citizens across Greater Washington under stay-at-home decrees to stop…

A new state-by-state analysis offers predictions for how things might play out in our area

When the novel coronavirus pandemic shut down Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center almost three weeks ago, costume director Marsha LeBoeuf and her team of nine were gearing up to build costumes for the opera’s Porgy and Bess…

Trupti Patel, a D.C. advisory neighborhood commissioner and former bartender in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood, learned her restaurant job would fall victim to the novel coronavirus in mid-March. She had already seen her tip money plummet…

Post-COVID data clearly demonstrates a drop in showings of active real estate listings in the DC area, but part of that drop is intentional as brokerages in the region adapt to physical distancing recommendations.

D.C. prosecutors say they’re keeping a close eye on landlords and retailers amid the coronavirus pandemic, watching especially intently for any violations of new, outbreak-inspired protections lawmakers put in place for renters and…

There are bagel-making and latte-art classes, too.

The Rev. Timothy Cole’s fever was spiking again, and his white blood cell count was surging.

Good Monday afternoon. The District is now eligible for federal disaster funds after President Donald Trump on Sunday afternoon granted the mayor's request for a major disaster declaration.