April 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are trying to balance openness with safety after Friday’s attack within steps of the Capitol, a challenge for Congress, nearly three months after a mob stormed the seat of American democracy, to “make it as…

A D.C. school for adult English learners is working to overcome the wide-range of difficulties its students face switching to virtual learning during the pandemic, especially with most being both immigrants and parents.

THE KILLING of George Floyd last year at the hands of Minneapolis police spotlighted the damage that unjust policing has caused to Black neighborhoods, and there seemed to be general agreement about the need for serious reform. How to go…

At Brightwood Education Campus in Northwest Washington, 12 immigrant families — 25 students — moved out of the city and left the school during the pandemic. At Roosevelt High not far away, the school is down more than 60 students whose…

The chairman of the union for US Capitol Police officers said the department is “struggling to meet existing mission requirements” and is calling on Congress to hire hundreds of new police officers to ensure the safety of the Capitol…

D.C. Police said 4-year-old Zy'aire Joshua was hit by a car and killed Thursday afternoon.

For residents of this city that has been under occupation for months, the arrival of spring brought a sense that life here might finally be getting lighter.

The line for the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on Saturday morning wrapped around several blue and green tennis courts in Southeast Washington and was more than two dozen people deep.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest deadly breach of the Capitol’s perimeter could delay the gradual reopening of the building’s grounds to the public just as lawmakers were eyeing a return to more normal security measures following the Jan. 6…

The D.C. crime lab, which analyzes evidence gathered at crime scenes in the District, has had its accreditation suspended temporarily by the ANSI National Accreditation Board.

The embattled D.C. crime lab, already under investigation for its handling of a ballistics error in a murder case, has had its accreditation to perform forensic testing temporarily yanked.

Less affluent communities have been burdened by food insecurity during the pandemic, but area baseball fans have been working to make a small impact in one D.C. neighborhood.

Washington would have looked a lot different if Franklin Webster Smith had had his way.

Twenty U.S. states have now opened vaccine registration to any person over 16 who wants a shot — but the D.C. region is still waiting.

An entrepreneur who conceived of a bar and sportsbook just blocks from the Capitol Building plans to look for a new location.

On Friday afternoon, WaPo published a story that for a time seemed to throw into question the city’s vaccine rollout.

Anthony clapped when he spotted his friend, Edward, leaving the Friday morning coronavirus vaccine clinic at the D.C. nonprofit So Others Might Eat, and congratulated him on overcoming weeks of uncertainty to get the shot.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed Amber Hewitt to be the city’s first chief equity officer Friday.

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia on March 31 released a two-page fact sheet showing that in the year 2020 its office had prosecuted just seven out of 42 bias-related arrests made by D.C. police as a…

Education advocates are urging D.C. officials to keep the current staffing levels in D.C. Public Schools, after a budget analysis found that 90 teaching positions might need to be cut.