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WASHINGTON (AP) — A blistering internal report by the U.S. Capitol Police describes a multitude of missteps that left the force unprepared for the Jan. 6 insurrection — riot shields that shattered upon impact, expired weapons that couldn’t…

Members of the independent commission charged with monitoring Metro safety said the transit system is trending in the wrong direction when it comes to ensuring that trains stop for red signals and that proper protocols are followed to keep…

The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission says Metro needs to be more diligent in properly investigating, identifying and classifying incidents when they happen.

Twenty-two Republican attorneys general are threatening legal action if Congress passes and President Joe Biden signs a bill making D.C. the 51st state, claiming such an effort is “unconstitutional” and “bad policy.”

Students incarcerated in the D.C. Jail have not regularly interacted with teachers for more than a year, according to a lawsuit filed last week that alleges the city has failed to educate the students during the coronavirus pandemic.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has unveiled a loaded 2021-22 theater schedule with the aim of getting patrons back in seats as the region’s Covid-19 vaccination effort allows.

Following the recommendation of federal authorities, DC Health tells vaccine providers to temporarily discontinue the use of the J&J vaccine.

“I’ve got a few things … that I’ve been wanting to say to my whole city,” Tony Lewis said to a crowd of hundreds gathered at Black Lives Matter Plaza Saturday. He was on speakerphone, calling from a federal prison in Cumberland, Maryland,…

Since UrbanTurf's last look at Georgetown's residential pipeline, the neighborhood has been finding creative ways to adapt, from extended sidewalks and big-name retrofits to small-scale conversions and interim activations.

Theater is coming back to the Kennedy Center — with a vengeance. With masks on and fingers crossed, the performing arts center will begin on Oct. 13 to roll out musicals and plays at a pace breathtaking even in far healthier times.

A new town center at D.C.’s Walter Reed campus will start opening for shoppers and new residents as early as 2022 as construction steams ahead on the massive project.

It’s fitting that a new park just a block from the tracks leading to Union Station has a boxcar. The feature is just one aspect of NoMa’s initial design for an empty lot that is set to become a new 8,400 square-foot public space in as…

On Wednesday, the House Oversight and Reform Committee will mark up House Resolution 51, the pending D.C. statehood bill. The bill, which has enough co-sponsors to pass the House and nearly enough for the Senate, given filibuster…

After deadly Capitol attacks, lawmakers consider what fences should stay or go

A female American University professor said the business school is paying her male colleagues “tens of thousands of dollars” more than it's paying her, according to a discrimination lawsuit she filed against the university.

Local leaders are pausing use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this week at the recommendation of federal health officials, who say they are reviewing extremely rare but severe blood clots identified in six women who had…

At the end of September, the NoMa Parks Foundation announced its purchase of a vacant lot to create a sister park to Swampoodle Park across the street. Now, a design concept is on the table.

It’s been one of the most closely watched office buildings under development in the District, and after two years of work, Carr Properties is scheduled to deliver Signal House near Union Market later this month.

D.C., Maryland and Virginia are pausing the administration of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine Tuesday, hours after the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that six people in the…

Demonstrators marched through downtown D.C. late Monday over the shooting death of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, after the Minnesota city’s police chief described the 20-year-old man’s death as the result of an “accidental discharge”…