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Dozen of people arrested over the weekend when mass protests in the District erupted in mayhem were released from custody Monday after appearing in court on an array of charges, including burglary, destruction of property and violating a…

Food services—which include restaurants and grocery stores—are considered essential and can remain open under DC’s 7 PM curfew, though a large number have closed. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the restriction is intended to make it more…

Demonstrators are still facing pushback from police hours after a city-wide lockdown began and authorities cleared protesters from downtown D.C.

Organizers are asking for supplies like milk, goggles, suitcases, and more.

THE DISTRICT, as in other places across the country, has been the scene of people protesting the killing of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. There is added attention when such scenes play out in the nation’s capital — both…

Ford Fischer, chief multimedia editor for the digital wire service Zenger, has been covering protests in D.C. for more than seven years. He says the clashes between police and protesters over the weekend looked different than any other he…

The image would shock just about anyone: a fire so large that it seems to stretch halfway up the 550-foot-tall Washington Monument, and burning so bright that it dramatically illuminated the landmark.

The smashed windows of a Tiffany & Co. and a Bobby Van’s Steakhouse at the center of downtown. Plywood over the windows of an Apple store, its entrance marked with graffiti that read “Capitalism is Murder.”

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said Monday that she and Police Chief Peter Newsham are “very focused on maintaining public order” after large, mostly peaceful protests devolved into sporadic looting and property damage in the nation’s…

“There is a such a bigger picture,” says Maddie Watkins. “There are voices that need to be heard.”

As the District attempts to carry out a primary election like none before — one in which officials, mindful of the coronavirus pandemic, have shrunk the number of voting locations on Tuesday’s Election Day and urged residents to instead…

Y’all saw the fires, right?

D.C.-area restaurants were able to reopen to limited outdoor dining over the weekend. The weather cooperated and patrons came. And, so did protesters.

Trains will stop running at 8 p.m. Metrobus service will stop at 9 p.m.

The District has set a curfew of 7 p.m. Monday after two nights of destruction and looting amid protests of the May 25 death of George Floyd, a black man, at the hands of a white Minneapolis policeman.

On Friday, the District of Columbia began its first stage of reopening, and Lana is terrified. The Columbia Heights resident, who asked to be identified by her first name to speak freely about mental health struggles, says she doesn’t plan…

On May 25, George Floyd, an African American father, brother, son and parishioner was killed by four Minneapolis police officers. Like many across America and the world, I am infuriated, but, sadly, I am not surprised. As Atlanta Police…

Most D.C. Public Schools buildings have stood vacant since the coronavirus sent teachers, students and staff home. The district’s warehouse is a rare exception.

At 8 a.m. sharp every weekday, Katrina Clark sits down in front of a computer, puts on her headset, types in a username and password, and settles in for eight and a half hours of phone calls.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said Monday that the city is imposing another curfew as it braces for several more days of protests, following a night of “significant” damage, particularly around the White House.