Washington Performing Arts will not use the Kennedy Center for its 2025-2026 season. Instead, major artists including Yo-Yo Ma, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Midori will perform at alternate venues like Strathmore and Sixth & I.

Bernstein Management moves from D.C. to Bethesda, JBG Smith purchases a Tysons office park, another law firm signs a downtown lease, and more.

Washington Performing Arts will present Yo-Yo Ma, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Midori at other arts venues instead.

"People are reeling,” said Rabbi Marc Baker, the president and CEO of Combined Jewish Philanthropies. “The Jewish community . . . is frightened and is angry at this outrageous, antisemitic act.”

The 30-year-old American perpetrator entered the building after the shooting and was arrested – He was a member of a radical left-wing organization, according to The Times of Israel

The opioid epidemic cost Massachusetts nearly $145 billion in 2024, according to new research from Avalere Health. The big picture: The Washington-based health care consulting firm's research examines the economic toll of the epidemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in Massachusetts.

Researchers found significant disparities in life expectancy rates nationwide in these areas during the past century.