2021

400 inmates being moved to federal prison

Authorities at the D.C. jail ordered members of the U.S. Marshals Service to leave the facility after a team of deputy marshals spent several days last month conducting a surprise inspection of the jail and cataloguing “egregious”…

The president of Howard University in D.C. said the student occupation of campus buildings due to an ongoing protest has led to layoffs in the cafeteria because it has not been able to operate.

As D.C. embarks on the decennial process of redrawing its political boundaries based on the latest census, one major political and cultural change has become apparent: The District will no longer have any ward located entirely east of the…

Defense attorneys have filed for their clients’ release from the D.C. Jail after a U.S. Marshals Service inspection found conditions inside the jail may infringe on inmates’ civil rights.

Activists call on Council to keep LGBTQ neighborhood intact

After working with the nonprofit D.C. Greens for seven years, the D.C. Department of Health is contracting with a new administrator for the city’s Produce Plus program. The new partnership will be unveiled in the next few weeks, program…

More than 20% of staff at D.C. Public Schools remains unvaccinated after the deadline mandating all teachers, staff, and some student athletes be fully vaccinated with no option to test out of the requirement.

EL Studio's exhibit and tour will examine possible futures and obstacles to development.

The U.S. Marshals Service for D.C. will transfer 400 people in federal custody from the D.C. Jail to a federal prison in Pennsylvania after an inspection found what the agency described as “evidence of systemic failures” and unacceptable…

Doctors are wasting no time in getting shots into younger kids’ arms, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director gave the go-ahead Tuesday night for kids ages 5 to 11 to get the shots.

Following days of controversial back-and-forth and an emotional debate during Tuesday’s D.C. Council meeting, the council moved to consider the re-nominations of Natalie Hopkinson and Cora Masters Barry to the D.C. Commission on the Arts…

A surprise inspection by the U.S. Marshals Service is bringing conditions at the DC Jail to the forefront, with the agency announcing plans to relocate 400 detainees to a federal facility in Pennsylvania.

The Kennedy Center has not hosted an opera for 19 months due to the pandemic.

A Brookland church has more development plans in the works.

Tenleytown enjoys a fairly quiet reputation among D.C. neighborhoods, but the neighborhood has quite a bit going on right now.

The Blackburn Takeover at Howard University has gone on for over three weeks as students continue to protest unsafe living conditions and advocate for representation on the board of trustees.

Despite the double whammy of a global pandemic and the subsequent economic uncertainty, the Washington, D.C., rental market seems to be bouncing back, according to new data.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service said Tuesday that suspects being held in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection do not need to be removed from the District of Columbia jail complex despite their complaints about…