2020

The Washington Teachers’ Union and D.C. Public Schools reached an agreement Thursday on how to reopen schools, putting to rest months of negotiations that hobbled the school system’s efforts to bring students back for in-person…

Happy Thursday. The Washington Teachers' Union said late Thursday it has agreed on terms for in-person learning with DC Public Schools.

With so many delivery drivers on the roads this pandemic year, hopping out of running vehicles to drop off food and packages, police have noted an increase in “jump-in” thefts. It takes just seconds; you look back, and your car is gone. So…

A new report is again calling on D.C. to work toward decriminalizing sex work, saying the laws aren’t effective, and target vulnerable, low-income residents who face discrimination and are simply trying to make a living.

In a letter to the incoming Biden administration, the region’s leaders are asking the federal government to provide operational funding to Metro.

Metrobus riders will once again be asked to pay the $2 fare and board through the front doors starting January 3, 2021.

One of the D.C. area’s oldest strip mall-style shopping centers — one that dates back to the 1930s, in fact — has been sold for only the second time in its history.

The Washington region’s top leaders are calling on President-elect Joe Biden to nudge the federal government toward kicking in annual funding for Metro’s operating expenses.

The Ward 3 Councilmember left her car running while visiting a bakery, and a thief drove away in her vehicle.

Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh’s car was stolen on Thursday while she stopped into a local bakery, according to the councilmember and the Metropolitan Police Department.

"I’m still able to eat anything I want."

The restaurateur did not support Initiative 77, the ballot measure that would have done the same in D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC — Chief John Donnelly of D.C. Fire and EMS and Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, director of D.C. Department of Health, joined other front-line public health officials Thursday in receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. They were…

The longtime effort to bring Deanwood’s historic Strand Theater back to life is facing yet more delays as the project’s developers face additional hurdles in assembling financing.

A 9-YEAR-OLD girl was shot Monday afternoon in Southeast D.C. Police believe the girl, who fortunately did not suffer life-threatening injuries, was the victim of a stray bullet. Four days earlier in Northwest, a 12-year-old boy was shot…

Students from low-income D.C. families are falling further behind their more affluent classmates during the prolonged school closures, according to a study released Thursday examining fall assessment data of students in traditional public…

Angela Merkel won’t ever be president of the United States. She’s German, after all. Neither will Dwight Eisenhower or Abraham Lincoln serve again (newsflash: they’re dead). Nor will the Dalai Lama, Pope Francis, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck,…

About 100 vehicles bearing memorial posters honoring gun-violence victims are set to conduct motorcades through D.C. later this month. On both Christmas and New Year’s Eve, participants will head to the Metropolitan Police Department…