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The District will begin testing a random sampling of students learning in person at public schools for the coronavirus every week — a strategy that D.C. officials say is aligned with CDC guidelines recommending frequent testing in schools…

D.C.-area restaurateurs Eric and Ian Hilton expect to reopen many of their shuttered bar-centric spots six months after closing them indefinitely.

D.C. plans to launch its new coronavirus vaccine preregistration website Wednesday, but Mayor Muriel Bowser can’t promise residents there won’t be more frustrations.

Amanda Gorman, whose poetry reading at President Joe Biden’s inauguration captivated millions, now has her own mural in D.C.

A popular morning quiz show that has featured D.C. area high schoolers for generations needs help staying on the air.

Eliminating another positive platform during COVID will lead to more violence in the community

Poet Amanda Gorman is larger than life, with her face on the side of a building in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief, a person familiar with the matter said, as the fallout from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol continues.

The Humane Rescue Alliance connected homebound seniors with a variety of animals ranging from puppies, cats, birds and even a chicken on Friday over a Zoom call.

THE DEVASTATING effects of the pandemic have created daunting challenges for the public education system in D.C. Getting all students safely back in the classroom. Addressing student learning loss. Dealing with mental health issues…

This time last year, the organizers of the National Cherry Blossom Festival were scrambling to cancel events, call vendors and tell people to stay away in light of a deadly disease that had begun to sweep the globe.

D.C. opened its first high-capacity vaccination site Saturday, with about 2,500 eligible D.C. residents receiving the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, George Washington University said.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser thanked President Joe Biden and congressional leaders for including local aid in the latest COVID-19 relief package.

Sorry, wrong numbers runner.

The Metropolitan Police Department released its 2020 stop data on Friday, following a lawsuit filed last month by the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU-DC.

Amid months of protests for social justice, the D.C. Council moved quickly last year with emergency legislation to make sweeping overhauls to the police force, including cutting its budget and making it smaller.

A multibillion-dollar overhaul of Union Station would boost capacity for rail and expand retail options as planners envision how the rail hub should function in 20 years.

Chuck Ludlam braved the bitter cold with a sweater and scarf Friday morning, standing across from a cluster of embassies and a traffic island at the head of Rock Creek’s Melvin Hazen tributary.

While COVID-19 cases surged in the city, the consumer protection division at D.C.’s attorney general’s office saw a surge in complaints from consumers.

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Senior isolation has become a very real concern since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the Humane Rescue Alliance and the DC Department of Aging and Community Living are teaming up for a new partnership that…