Johns Hopkins University is renovating the former Newseum building on Pennsylvania Avenue. Hopkins' all D.C.-based schools are expected to move to Penn Quarter next fall while the Newseum continues to hold travel...
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Ibrahim Aksoy
The District prepares for coronavirus vaccine amid concerns of limited allocation
The city has more than 80,000 health care workers, but will receive just 8,000 doses in its first allocation, according to recent estimates.
Lola Fadulu
Astros fans in DC for World Series in good spirits ahead of pivotal game
Astros lead series 3-2 going into tonight’s game. Outside the Nationals stadium in southeast D.C. Sunday evening, a sea of red “W” hats flooded along the street leading up to the security detectors. Most of the...
Chris Casey
Listening and watching candidates, voters, signs
By Melany Rochester, Eric Perless and Jonah Goldman • Videos by Melany Rochester COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Wash staff fanned out across greater Columbia the morning of Feb. 29 to talk to voters and listen to last-minute...
Wash staff
Candidates court the selfie vote
By Brianna Crummy CHARLESTON, S.C. — Audience members lined up five deep for a chance at a selfie with Democratic presidential candidates during commercial breaks at the CNN Town Hall. As the moderators finished their...
COVID-19 stressors lead to an increase in domestic violence
The District has seen an increase in strangulation related to domestic violence during the pandemic as programs like House of Ruth receive more calls for help from people than years before.
Kahindo Musungira
Expectations of large crowds at voting super centers don’t match election day reality
While the Nationals Park voting super center supported over 6,700 in-person voters since early voting started, only a couple hundred actually did so on Election Day. This morning at Nationals Park was windy and quite...
John T. Seward
Amid strain on city’s trash collection, volunteers clean streets themselves
During the pandemic, an influx of trash strained D.C.’s waste collection services, which paused street cleaning for over a year. A recent clean-up in Takoma highlighted the importance of neighborhood initiated clean-ups...
Rebekah Alvey
GALA’s ‘Héctor, El Niño’ empowers D.C. youth
Young artists find their voice as GALA Theatre hosts the world premiere of the musical Héctor, El Niño Eléctrico.
Kelly Doyle
Market SW is ending, but neighborhood-building events will continue
Westminster Presbyterian Church and the Southwest Library are among the groups sponsoring events.
Kordell Martin