2021

School starts in D.C. in about a month, but parents and teachers said they don’t have answers to simple questions. The District’s schools chancellor offered what information he has, but he said it could change.

Officials with DC Health said the relatively low rate of cases where vaccinated residents come down with COVID-19 — known as breakthrough cases — are an encouraging sign that the vaccines are effective and safe.

Two hundred of the more than 375,000 D.C. residents who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus have tested positive for the coronavirus and four have died, according to a dashboard District officials unveiled Thursday.

D.C. Public Schools will continue to mandate face masks for all students and staff when campuses reopen for in-person learning in August, Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee said Thursday.

D.C. Council members voted unanimously in December to create a commission that would undertake a comprehensive review of the city’s tax code. It was a recognition of the need for careful study and a thoughtful approach in bringing change…

A private school serving children with hearing loss is looking to build a new campus in Tenleytown — but, like so many other projects near American University, the development is attracting some intense community pushback.

The District's first Amazon grocery store, the region's second overall, opened Thursday morning in Logan Circle.

Amazon’s first full service Amazon Fresh grocery store in the District opened for customers Thursday in Logan Circle at 1733 14th St. NW. It is just the second Amazon Fresh location on the east coast.

D.C. lawmakers approved a historic tax increase this week that, if implemented, could lift thousands of District residents out of poverty. But advocates say further steps are needed to make sure people know the new resource exists.

Markeith Muskelly, a barber who has spent half his 52 years cutting hair in Southeast Washington, has seen people get shot on the street outside the shop where he works.

After almost 15 years as director and chief executive of the Phillips Collection, Dorothy Kosinski will leave the Washington art museum at the end of next year, the museum announced Thursday.

After riding up in a motorcycle, DC Police Chief Robert Contee on Wednesday announced his department's newly created Community Focused Patrol Unit, described as a data-driven effort to supplement the staffing available from the existing…

The Metropolitan Police Department is establishing a new patrol unit focused on combating the recent spike in violent crime through what they describe as “intelligence driven” policing.

D.C. is officially outlawing the sale of flavored tobacco products and menthol cigarettes across the city.

D.C. leaders are encouraging residents to take advantage of the Building Blocks DC grant program, which is aimed at curbing gun violence in the district and it’s putting the resources needed to help transform communities into the hands of…

D.C. residents will soon see more police officers on bikes and scooters as part of the city police chief’s effort to increase engagement. But, Robert Contee said, the new unit won’t only deploy to the city’s neighborhoods that see the most…

A growing digital divide in D.C. became one of several deep-rooted issues the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated during the past year. To increase access to internet connectivity, digital devices, and the proficiency to use those technologies,…