August 2020

In recent months, Black Lives Matter Plaza has evolved into a place with different meanings for many people. For some, it’s a place of protest, togetherness and hope. For others, it’s pain.

Access to resources can be a challenge for many students in the District and the pandemic has presented a whole new set of disadvantages to low-income families. A D.C. group is working to change that.

On the same day former D.C. City Administrator Rashad Young announced he’d be stepping down from his position, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser sent a letter to the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability seeking an ethics review of…

LoveLiBeirut is an organization that’s dedicated to sending supplies to those impacted by a deadly explosion that happened in the Port of Beirut.

An empty tour bus rolled down Constitution Avenue to the soundtrack of a woman’s voice.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has requested an ethics review of a freshly departed top aide who discussed taking a job with Howard University months after negotiating a deal for nearly $300 million in tax breaks and public funding for a new…

Demonstrators marched to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s home in the District on Saturday to protest recent changes at the U.S. Postal Service that are leaving some Americans concerned about the agency’s ability to handle the massive…

A group of protesters gathered Saturday morning outside the Kalorama home of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, loudly condemning him as delays and funding shortfalls threaten November’s mail-in ballot initiatives.

In the Washington region, the problems besetting the U.S. Postal Service nationwide sometimes look like a missing check that is badly needed to pay the rent, or a bottle of medication delivered days after the last prescription ran out, or…

Patrons sipped cocktails on the patio of the Dupont Circle restaurant from tables just a few feet apart. None appeared to have masks nearby. Servers and busboys wove through tight spaces, some with their mouths covered, but not their…

FOX 5 has learned multiple government entities, not just D.C. Police, were warned of potential gun violence ahead of the Southeast D.C. cookout that ended in a mass shooting early Sunday morning.

Many protesters who were originally charged with felony rioting said MPD dropped the charges against them Friday.

Police in D.C. released the body-worn camera video of an officer striking a pedestrian with a cruiser while on the way to respond to an emergency call last month.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office confirmed that Rashad M. Young will no longer serve as city administrator. The reason for his departure is not clear. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

D.C. City Administrator Rashad M. Young abruptly left his position Friday, according to LaToya Foster, a spokeswoman for D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser.

Organizers heralding an array of causes are putting together plans for weekend protests, with some beginning Friday.

What started as a peaceful demonstration late Thursday through early Friday in the District’s Meridian Hill and Adams Morgan neighborhoods turned into a clash between demonstrators and police.

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in D.C. said Friday that a recent ultrasound of Mei Xiang, one of their resident giant pandas, showed signs of fetal tissue, which could mean she may be expecting cubs in the very near future.

TGIF. A DC judge rejected the police union's request to block provisions of the city's new police reform law that require police body camera footage and names of officers involved in a death or serious injury to be released within five…