Petula Dvorak

• D.C., Md. & Va.

JD Vance said calling grandparents or other family to help with child care is a way to lower child-care costs. Untenable, especially in places like D.C.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

For 16 years, kids, Grammy-winning musicians and congressional staffers have unfurled at this little art space in Columbia Heights. But it’s for sale at a tax auction.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

They broke the rules and said “yes” to a kid and his mom at the domestic violence shelter in D.C. almost 30 years ago. Now a celebrity, he thanks them every year.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

The 2024 Little League Coach of the Year is right here in D.C. He explains how uplifting each player on and off the field is what brings the wins.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Erika Schreiber, the daughter of a Nazi soldier, flew to D.C. to tell her story to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum because her perspective is so important today.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

While there’s a host of factors explaining why women’s first names are the norm in politics, it’s a bias across professions that undercuts women’s authority.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Lacrosse, the official team sport of Maryland, will finally return to the Olympics in 2028. And a lot of people are seriously stoked.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Most D.C. residents scarred by Jan. 6 have been dreading the post-election drama. Now they are cautiously optimistic.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

The calls he has longed for finally started coming to Greg Patterson’s Woodbridge, Va., gymnastics club last week. Boys who saw pommel horse guy want to be like him.