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D.C. Public Schools has met most safety criteria to reopen for in-person learning, an arbitrator ruled Saturday night, finding the Washington Teachers’ Union failed to prove many of the violations it…

Despite D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s call to allow sledding on the U.S. Capitol grounds, the hills on the complex will remain closed.

D.C. schools are set to reopen this week for the first time in nearly a year, with schools in wealthier wards at maximum capacity while seats remain empty in the city’s poorest neighborhoods, because…

When Answer Man was a wee Answer Boy, a favorite game was cops and robbers. The neighborhood urchins would ape what they’d heard on TV, which meant at some point someone on the law enforcement side…

The self-appointed guardians of the fence that separates Black Lives Matter Plaza in the District from the federal parkland of Lafayette Square and the White House grounds gathered once again in the…

Few American public high schools are anything like the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. It has been educating future artists and entertainers for 47 years. It also ranks in the…

NOW THAT facts are back in fashion, it’s useful to recall the ones that argued in favor of relocating the FBI headquarters, an architectural eyesore in downtown D.C. notable for its crumbling facade,…

Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White is requesting that the District declare a state of emergency to combat gun violence.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The terrace on the west side of the Capitol used to be a popular place for tourists and Washingtonians alike to watch the sun dip behind the Lincoln Memorial at the far end of the…

There were nearly 200 homicides in D.C. last year, the most since 2004. And there has been more violence in the first month of 2021, according to police statistics.

Starting in February, staff of licensed child care providers and independent schools in D.C. will be eligible to make appointments for the coronavirus vaccine.

The coronavirus isn’t contained, and variant cases were reported in neighboring states. Time to double mask?

A law student shopping at a D.C. grocery store had a stroke of luck that led to a COVID-19 vaccine shot in his arm.

On Thursday, a group of 15 people gathered in Carver-Langston in Northeast D.C. for a workshop they all hoped might lead to a job.

Staff at Georgetown University are railing against a program that asks them to temporarily take on health-related roles during the pandemic — such as conducting wellness screenings, registering…

"We really want this project to be an inspiration to people, to be a hope-giver."

Every January, a phalanx of volunteers heads out into the night to find people experiencing homelessness. The annual point-in-time count, which happens across the country, helps inform the decisions…

It sets up the potential for an awkward Monday morning media briefing.

D.C. Public Schools expects 8,000 kids to return to in-person learning on Monday, and is challenging concerns from the Washington Teachers’ Union that the buildings haven’t met safety metrics.

Local hospital systems have poured money, time and resources into a Covid-19 vaccine rollout that now has a very big problem: a shortage of vaccines to roll out.