September 2021

At Bancroft Elementary in Northwest Washington, families created a schedule for parents to volunteer to watch children during their lunch periods, ensuring everyone can space out and eat outdoors. At Thomson Elementary, a school in the…

The U.S. Capitol Police has recommended disciplinary action against six officers who responded to Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the department announced in a news release Saturday evening.

Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge opens to traffic, but temporary night stoppages planned

Thomas LeBlanc will have the shortest term as head of the university in the past half-century

At 9:37 a.m. on September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 banked sharply, then dove at 400 miles per hour toward the heart of the U.S. military.

Just a few weeks into the new school year, thousands of students and teachers across the Washington region have been quarantined for potential exposure to the coronavirus, worrying parents who had hoped for something closer to what was…

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, hundreds of volunteers gathered in a cavernous hall of the D.C. convention center to honor the victims by taking part in community service.

From his desk at the FBI’s Washington Field Office, Pete Lapp could see smoke blackening the sky above the Pentagon.

Several D.C.-area leaders marked the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with solemn speeches Saturday.

“You know we Black folks do call and response, so: Hey family!” LaTasha Seliby-Perkins, a family physician at Georgetown University School of Medicine, called to a predominantly Black crowd of nearly 30 women sitting beneath a white tent. …

The utility laid blame for the customer-service delays on the pandemic and what it said were problems with a Virginia contractor

D.C. police have released the body camera video of the fatal shooting that followed after officers were called to investigate a report of a man thought to be carrying a long gun.

The George Washington University in D.C. has chosen an interim president who would be able to start at the beginning of 2022, allowing President Thomas LeBlanc to wrap up his term months earlier than planned, while postponing the search…

Local choreographer Lucy Bowen McCauley's company is celebrating 25 years with one final performance at the Kennedy Center.

A D.C. charter network has informed its more than 180 staff members that not getting vaccinated by Oct. 29 will leave them out of a job.

George Washington University announced Friday that President Thomas LeBlanc will retire from his post in December — five months earlier than initially planned.

U.S. Capitol Police are requesting permission to reinstall fencing around the Capitol grounds ahead of a planned rally on Sept. 18, according to multiple media reports.

On Thursday, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden took a short trip from the White House to visit a Northeast D.C. school. President Biden was at the school to make the case for newly announced federal vaccine guidelines, but…

D.C. officials were asked point-blank on Friday what plans the District has for people who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 following President Joe Biden’s mandate announcement.