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The Washington region is off to a poor start in fulfilling its declared goal to expand bus service to lure drivers out of their cars to reduce congestion and help the environment. Consider:

When D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser campaigned for her current position in 2014, on a promise that she would close the dilapidated D.C. General shelter, there was uncertainty about whether it would work out.

Early in his career, Joseph Young couldn’t fathom why someone would want to photograph old, worn-down buildings.

“Hamilton” tickets go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Monday as the national tour returns to the Kennedy Center from June 16 to Sept. 20.

A D.C. public school will close Monday after city officials determined that a staff member had close contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus, the school system announced Sunday evening. The campus is expected to be closed…

Washington — The first person to test positive for coronavirus in Washington, D.C., is the prominent leader of a historic Episcopal church in Georgetown, the church said Sunday.

The first confirmed case of coronavirus in the District is the rector of Christ Church Georgetown, church and city officials said Sunday.

Some 30 years ago, I wanted to write a letter that had to be word-perfect, and I needed a place that was quiet, tranquil and verdant to do so. I found the perfect spot: a bench in the Palm House of the U.S. Botanic Garden.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man in his 50s tested positive for coronavirus — the first presumptively confirmed case in the nation’s capital — and another person who traveled through the city has also tested positive in Maryland, officials said.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city’s public health lab returned its first positive test result for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus, and that a second person who traveled to the city has tested positive in…

Scores of people in Virginia, Maryland and the District have been tested for covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. But only six cases have been reported.

A D.C. man in his 50s has been hospitalized with covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said Saturday night. Another man who was traveling in the District appears to have contracted the virus as well.

The first presumptive positive case of coronavirus COVID-19 has been confirmed in D.C., the Mayor’s office announced late on March 7.

The D.C. government spent at least $12,000 on security for Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) as she traveled the country for Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign, according to records released under a Freedom of Information Act request.

Visitors to the District’s popular attractions are still coming but noticing changes

Amtrak is canceling its Acela nonstop service between Washington and New York amid the global coronavirus outbreak that has hurt travel demand.

Amtrak will cancel its nonstop Acela service between D.C. and New York City through late May, citing tumbling demand as the U.S. eyes a wide-scale coronavirus outbreak.

Last year, home flipping data in DC showed a market where more houses were being flipped even as profits fell. Now, ATTOM Data Solutions Year-End Home Flipping Report shows that this was not a fluke.

Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. is back in city political circles, eight years after he went to prison for stealing taxpayer dollars meant for children.

Mike Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren weren’t the only pols to suspend their campaigns this week, it turns out. Left-leaning community activist and Northwest neighborhood commissioner Renée Bowser dropped out of the Ward 4 D.C. Council race…