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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Office of the Inspector General that investigated the Rail Operations Control Center as a “toxic workplace culture,” filled with sexual…

Black Americans are dying at nearly twice the rate of White Americans from the coronavirus. In the nation’s capital, about 75 percent of coronavirus deaths are among Black Americans — despite making…

As acting D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee asked D.C. Council members to confirm him as the city’s permanent chief, he said he planned to hire a diversity task force to review the department’s…

Former Dodgers owner Frank H. McCourt Jr.'s donation will expand financial aid

A federal judge issued an injunction Thursday on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s coronavirus restrictions on the city’s Catholic churches, ruling that the District’s limits of 25% capacity or 250 people at…

In the mornings, they collect paper-pushers and patterns of sun and shade. In the evenings, their shadows swallow entire streets, their surfaces swell with yellow light.

Top officials in the District and Maryland announced Thursday that they would embrace CDC guidelines and advise schools that they can operate with three feet of social distance between students in…

The D.C. Council is considering a bill that would institute new soundproofing standards for buildings near entertainment and music venues, following years of tension over how to deal with music and…

Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee III was called “homegrown” and “reform-minded” by community members, while facing tough questions by D.C. councilmembers Thursday during his nomination…

Maria Gomez is leaving Mary’s Center after more than three decades with the organization.

D.C.’s acting police chief fielded questions on police training, community outreach and more from D.C. Council members who will help decide whether he gets the position permanently.

The veteran police officer and lifelong D.C. resident chosen by the mayor as the District’s next police chief told lawmakers Thursday he wants officers to be “laser-focused” on violent offenders…

Bipartisan legislation that would prohibit installation of permanent fencing on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol was unveiled Thursday.

A bill that would ban the federal government from spending money on a permanent fence around the U.S. Capitol is gaining traction in both parties and chambers.

The D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences is under criminal investigation amid allegations that managers at the independent lab pressured analysts to change their conclusions, and then potentially…

D.C. is getting shortchanged by the federal government again.

D.C. wasn't interested in a high-capacity site, but it wouldn't have come with more vaccine doses.

D.C. senior citizens are lagging behind other eligible groups in booking coronavirus vaccination appointments through the city’s preregistration system, with 35 percent failing to secure an available…

When Louis Sawyer Jr.’s family visited him, they took a 14-hour road trip on an overnight bus to get to the federal penitentiary near Jonesville, Va. And that was one of the easier trips during his…

Five new restaurants are slated to come to the Skyland Town Center development in Ward 7. And leasing for Skyland’s first residential property is also beginning.