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(CNN) — A scathing report by the US Capitol Police watchdog obtained by CNN reveals that there were even more law enforcement failures prior to January 6 than previously known, including new details about expired ammunition, ineffective…

Schools and universities may plan for in-person graduation ceremonies this spring as long as attendance sizes are limited and physical distancing is observed, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday.

All D.C. residents aged 16 and older will become eligible for the coronavirus vaccine starting Monday, the health department said Thursday, indicating that the city has been able to offer vaccine appointments to priority groups more…

D.C. is opening COVID-19 vaccination appointments to the public sooner than expected.

The Hire Local DC Coalition, formed by the Federal City Council and the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, will seek to help residents find jobs.

The National Park Service announced Thursday that the Independence Day parade in the nation’s capital will be canceled for a second year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

A few months after we first saw the major residential plans that Douglas Development has in the works across the street from Dave Thomas Circle, the project is now rendered in full color.

The National Park Service has announced that it will skip this year’s Independence Day Parade on the National Mall, citing logistics and planning limitations.

As more of the D.C. region gets vaccinated, Metro’s board of directors is looking toward the future — and for a way to coax riders back to the system.

Returning D.C. residents, criminal justice experts, attorneys, and elected officials urged the D.C. Council on Thursday to move on legislation that would simplify the process of sealing criminal records — but debated the details of…

D.C. has pushed its timeline for offering COVID-19 vaccine appointments to all of-age residents up to April 12, according to the city’s health department. And some D.C. residents received a pleasant surprise on Thursday morning, when they…

Since 2015, DC’s various housing agencies have built or preserved about 11,600 affordable housing units, according to the District’s data portal. But in Ward 3, where single-family zoning and sky-high housing prices have historically kept…

“When seconds count, we don’t have minutes,” said the president of D.C. Firefighters Association Local 36.

How should prosecutors treat nonviolent misdemeanors? As a result of the covid-19 pandemic, proceedings in most nonviolent misdemeanor cases in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia were paused last year. In a Post op-ed …

From releasing internal investigations into uses of force to suspending the gun recovery unit.

The District had seen warning signs prior to 2-year-old Gabriel Eason’s death. But after suffering months of abuse at home, in April 2020 Gabriel died from what medical examiners determined was significant head and abdominal trauma while…

The Education Department has made an exception to its requirement that states administer annual exams this year and given the District’s public and charter schools permission to skip federally mandated standardized tests. It cited…

Congress had yet to even schedule a hearing on a measure granting statehood to the District of Columbia when a panel of state lawmakers in Arizona voted in February to take a stand against D.C’s plea to become the 51st state.

The pharmacies get their supply of COVID-19 vaccines through the federal government, not the District.

D.C. leaders on Wednesday criticized the Metro Transit Police after a video on social media showed four officers holding a woman with a bloody lip facedown on a Metro platform.