2021

D.C. lawmakers advocated for changing coronavirus vaccine policies Wednesday during a contentious meeting, saying White residents are edging out Black residents in vying for scarce appointments during the first week vaccines are being…

Activists and labor representatives are ratcheting up pressure on D.C.-area hotel operators to shut their doors around Inauguration Day, warning of potential health and safety risks posed by right-wing extremists who may travel to the city…

NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb said Wednesday it will be blocking and canceling all reservations in the Washington, D.C., area during the week of the presidential inauguration.

The union representing more than 7,000 hotel employees in the D.C. area is calling on hoteliers to shut their doors temporarily unless they are hosting law enforcement or security personnel — the latest in a series of efforts to keep…

In the early 1980s as a student at Howard University, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris enjoyed the great diversity and culinary delights of living in D.C. — eating Caribbean food in Adams Morgan and dining on plate-size pancakes at the…

The District logged the most coronavirus cases the city has ever seen in a single day over the course of the pandemic on Monday, Jan. 11. DC Health reported 430 new cases on Tuesday.

After watching a D.C. police officer get injured during the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week, a young girl in Montana wanted to do something.

Chris Cooke has lived in D.C. since October. Since that time, Trump supporters and far-right groups have gathered for three large demonstrations in the city—each one ending in violence and leading to injuries or deaths.

A Colorado man who was charged in federal court last week with threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also made multiple threats of violence against D.C. and Mayor Muriel Bowser, new court filings show.

Airbnb announced on Wednesday it is cancelling all reservations in the D.C. area for inauguration week after facing criticism for hosting supporters of President Trump during last week’s violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Airbnb will cancel and block all reservations in the Washington metro area during inauguration week after finding Airbnb accounts for “numerous individuals who are either associated with known hate groups or otherwise involved in the…

"DoubleODipshit" also allegedly head butted a random pedestrian on Jan. 7, according to a local warrant.

An additional 5,000 members of the National Guard could arrive to support Inauguration Day security in Washington, city officials said Wednesday, which would increase the total to at least 20,000 in a rapidly swelling security apparatus…

Kojo Nnamdi, a fixture on Washington’s radio airwaves and an influential factor in the region’s politics, will retire from his daily program on WAMU-FM, the public station announced Wednesday.

The legendary broadcaster has hosted a show on WAMU since 1998

Airbnb announced Wednesday that it will cancel all reservations in the DC region during the week of the presidential inauguration in response to officials asking people not to travel to DC.

Federal authorities are busy locking down a large swath of D.C. six days earlier than originally planned after last week’s riots and ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

"The Kojo Nnamdi Show," the long-running local news program on public radio station WAMU 88.5, will go off the air in 2021 as its host largely retires, Kojo Nnamdi announced Wednesday. The last show will air April 1.

The District began locking down more parts of the city Tuesday in preparation for potentially violent protests before and on the day of the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration.