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The group, founded by small restaurant owners and employees, hopes to inform peers and advocate for local and national support.

While some government and review bodies in the city are holding meetings virtually, one DC board is halting applications as its hearing process is on hold.

President Donald Trump on Sunday approved a major disaster declaration for the District, opening up more funding for emergency services as well as residents and businesses significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The National Park Service has extended closures of local park facilities to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The National Mall is closed. That makes Rock Creek Park, the national park that runs through D.C. and Montgomery County, “a…

Surgical masks and rubber gloves are the two most recognizable symbols of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is another: newly boarded up storefronts on fashionable corridors around the country, including several in the District.

The Wammies – the DMV version of the Grammys – was supposed to be held Sunday night, but it was postponed due to the coronavirus.

After being the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the District, Father Tim Cole with Christ Church Georgetown is now out of the hospital after being tested and cleared.

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Friday that she had talked with President Trump about a "fix" to the relatively small amount of funding the city is slated to receive from the the landmark $2 trillion economic relief package.

Ten times in his career as a NASA astronaut, Michael Lopez-Alegria ventured outside the safety of his spacecraft into the harshness and vastness of space.

WHEN D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) saw the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill drafted by the Senate ahead of Thursday’s vote, she assumed it was an oversight that D.C. was classified as a territory and not a state. The District,…

An Asian elephant — estimated to be around 72 years old — was euthanized at the National Zoo on Friday, according to a news release.

Eight days after mostly isolating herself in her Northwest Washington home, Peggy Pacy heard an asphalt paver rumble past her front door.

They fed her some final treats of bok choy and celery. They scratched her back with a rake. Then early Friday morning veterinarians at the National Zoo put their suffering 72-year-old Asian elephant, Ambika, to sleep.

As D.C. continues to remain under tight restrictions during the new coronavirus pandemic and many people stay home, a local nonprofit says that there has been a spike in area domestic violence cases.

As a young lawyer, Rob Hawkins called George Valentine seeking career advice after meeting him for the first time more than a decade ago. Hawkins wasn’t sure Valentine, a veteran deputy attorney general in the District, even remembered…

Caitlin Roberts is an expert at selling pickles. In the past two weeks, she’s also become an expert at running a home delivery service that involves six trucks and 500 customers across two states and the District.

Police officers are handing criminal citations to many people who they once would have taken to a cell. Officers might let a motorist slide through a stop sign without pulling the driver over. Some calls they once sped to are being handled…

The DC author sold millions of novels featuring characters long missing from children’s lit. Writing a history of racism for kids is something else.

D.C. needs more workers to combat the coronavirus pandemic, but the nurses' union wants a guarantee that nurses at high-risk of severe illness won't perform work that compromises their health.

The nurses that staff D.C.’s schools say they’re facing possible layoffs if they do not agree to join the effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic. But some nurses, particularly those who are older and have underlying health conditions,…