2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Public high schools in Washington, D.C., faced a fresh wave of bomb threats Thursday, despite the arrest of a teenager who is accused of making some of the previous threats. No hazardous materials were found.

Five public and charter schools in D.C. received bomb threats on Thursday, forcing staff and students to evacuate. This is the third consecutive day certain D.C. schools received bomb threats, with some experiencing them on back-to-back…

Celebrity chef and television personality Gordon Ramsay is bringing Hell's Kitchen to The Wharf on D.C.'s southwest waterfront.

The wheel problems with Metro’s 7000-series railcars could be more complex than originally thought, according to the transit system’s CEO.

Health experts say there’s reason to doubt the quality of the masks, a persistent problem for governments during the pandemic.

The director of the D.C. Public Library told the D.C. Council on Wednesday that he plans to rework the policy that allows DCPL to unilaterally name interior places and spaces after donors. DCPL Director Richard Reyes-Gavilan also…

AG Karl Racine’s defense tour stops at the Wilson Building this afternoon.

The upcoming budget season is coinciding with a mayoral campaign and public safety concerns stemming from a rise in homicides and carjackings in recent years.

The possible link between an empty World War I shell, discovered in 2020 during construction of a trail through Fort Totten Park, and the massive Spring Valley cleanup of chemical weapons has the local Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner…

D.C. Public Schools on Wednesday provided the council with hiring updates for its COVID coordinator and full-time substitute teacher roles in city schools.

A group of non-profit organizations have signed a letter calling for Mayor Muriel Bowser to direct more city funds to stop evictions in the District.

Metro’s ability to provide safe and reliable transportation was under scrutiny by a House Oversight subcommittee

Through careful reporting, student newspaper the Eagle confirmed tips that the school had unknowingly purchased bogus masks.

D.C. police investigated threats at eight District schools Wednesday, just a day after Dunbar High School was evacuated due to a bomb threat, and cleared the schools shortly before 3 p.m.

Kathy Patterson faults lawmakers for ignoring many of her office’s recommendations.

A years-long bureaucratic snafu has imperiled D.C.’s membership in a multi-state system that checks the accuracy of states’ voter rolls, raising the possibility that D.C. could become the first jurisdiction in the country to be formally…

Each week, Kristen Cox administers a coronavirus test to her 4-year-old son at their home in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington. To make it easier for him, sometimes she’ll “test” her son’s stuffed animals, too. A new measure…

Authorities have cleared six public and charter schools in Washington, D.C. of bomb threats, Metro Police said Wednesday, a day after second gentleman Doug Emhoff was rushed out of an event at a high school in the city due to an apparent…

Metro safety and service came under congressional scrutiny Wednesday as lawmakers pressed transit agency leaders about the handling of issues related to a derailment last fall that’s led to months of long delays for riders.

Members of Congress grilled Metro leaders Wednesday over the transit agency’s untenable situation: more than half its trains out of service because of a safety issue, COVID and telework decimating its ridership and revenue, and a looming…