2021

Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia is taking too long to decide whether to charge police officers involved in the death of Karon Hylton-Brown last fall.

Failure to comply with the new order could mean unpaid suspension or termination.

Trinity Washington University announced that it has paid off $2.3 million in balances from over 500 undergraduate students of the university, in part using funds from the American Rescue Plan.

While parting is such sweet sorrow, former Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer and his wife Erica are nudging the dial toward sweet by sponsoring pet adoption fees at the Humane Rescue Alliance for a week.

In a back alley in Anacostia, Wendell Whren and Valerie Davis sit on two folding chairs in the shade. In their laps they hold clipboards detailing the day’s tasks following a morning meeting in a Ward 7 backyard. The two are supervisors…

D.C. government employees who work for the city’s attorney general will be required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, while the city’s mayor has not imposed a vaccine requirement on the vast majority of the District’s workforce.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has mandated that every employee in his office get vaccinated against COVID-19.

They’re coming, and yes, they’ll be expected to wear masks over their masks.

On a cool Saturday morning, rowing on the calm waters of the Anacostia River, you’d probably be surprised to see a large, bright pink bird hanging out on the mudflats near the Benning Road Bridge.

Accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic's forced transition to remote learning, Howard University is expanding its online footprint with a goal to reach more nontraditional students through a new partnership with Lanham's 2U Inc.

D.C.’s program to offer hotel rooms to unhoused people who are exceptionally vulnerable to COVID-19, in place of congregate shelters, is scheduled to end Sept. 30 when its federal funding runs out. Several councilmembers, however, have…

Alleyways used as bathrooms, portable toilets with piling waste, and mile-long walks with bags of soiled clothes are just a few of the unlivable and unsanitary conditions that individuals experiencing homelessness face in D.C. But in a…

D.C. will host its second Open Streets event this October, closing a portion of Georgia Avenue to vehicles for a day and encouraging businesses and residents to envision new uses for roadways.

D.C. was meant to be a mere stop along the way for tennis superstar Rafael Nadal as he prepares for the U.S. Open with his first-ever participation in the Citi Open. But love happens when we least expect it, and Nadal is head over heels.

With the DC Council having already given initial approval to a $17.5 billion budget two weeks ago, the bulk of the discussion on its second vote Tuesday focused on two small segments: an $11 million supplemental request from Mayor Muriel…

The fallout from Mayor Muriel Bowser‘s maskless attendance at an indoor wedding reception continues today.

The mayor is in hot water because an opinion writer at the Washington Examiner reported that she violated her own mask order while attending a reception after a wedding at which she officiated. The mayor and her office have responded with…

A National Portrait Gallery exhibit looks at the faces behind the names.