September 2021

On Saturday, with much fun and fanfare, D.C.’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library celebrated its COVID-delayed grand reopening following a $211 million renovation.

Public schools in Washington, D.C., have made tremendous progress in the last 14 years — most notably, in fourth-grade reading. Still, the district faces a literacy crisis that has largely gone unresolved.

As ridership hovers near historic lows, Metro’s leaders are hopeful federal workers soon will return but acknowledge they need other options if that group stays away

Just a couple of hours after five people were shot outside a shopping center in Southeast D.C., John Branch, commander of the D.C. police department’s Seventh District, walked around Alabama Avenue talking to members of the community…

Following the Centers for Disease Control’s decision to recommend a COVID-19 booster shot for several millions Americans, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health are “encouraging” eligible residents to receive their third dose of vaccine.

The markings included a swastika, a pair of SS Lightning Bolts — a white supremacist, neo-Nazi symbol — and a Star of David crossed out with an “X."

The $21 million overhaul of federal property includes a pavilion, a play area and a new fountain.

Two D.C. police officers have been indicted in the death of Karon Hylton-Brown in Northwest last fall.

Officer Terence Sutton and Lt. Andrew Zabavsky face rare criminal charges in a fatal vehicle pursuit.

If you had to guess, how many cats would you say reside in the nation’s capital? Well, you no longer have to guess!

WASHINGTON (AP) — An officer in the nation’s capital has been indicted on a murder charge for his role in a fatal vehicle accident during a police chase that sparked two days of protests and clashes.

In an image more than a decade in the making, D.C. and federal officials on Friday cut the ribbon on the newly renovated Franklin Park, hailing the $21 million upgrade as a boon to one of the largest expanses of green space in downtown…

Chef Nicholas Stefanelli — whose portfolio includes Michelin-starred Masseria — appears to be readying a new restaurant in NoMa near Union Market.

Contractors working on the buildout of Northwest D.C.'s Whittle School have filed a slew of liens against the K-12 education company since May 2020, alleging Whittle School & Studios owes them roughly $32.2 million in combined…

Metropolitan Police Department officer Terence Sutton has been indicted on local and federal charges related to the October 2020 police pursuit and crash that led to the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown, prosecutors announced…

Organizers of the Marine Corps Marathon said Friday the annual race set for late October has been canceled “due to security and safety precautions currently in place.”

The plethora of timeless symbols that define Washington include the White House, the Lincoln Memorial and a venerated area code that evokes power and prestige: 202 — the digital entryway to the nation’s capital.

Across the country, a new trend is on the rise: antisemitism on college campuses. I spent the past year reading incident after incident submitted to Jewish on Campus, and I was shocked and angered to read cases of antisemitism swept under…

Those shareable electric scooters that first started appearing on D.C.’s streets three years ago have been repeatedly criticized, because users tend to leave them scattered on sidewalks.

Job loss during the pandemic, combined with high housing costs, has resulted in thousands of people in the Washington region struggling to pay rent.