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WASHINGTON (AP) — Returning to school in the nation’s capital during the pandemic has proven to be an ongoing experiment in learning — and not just for students.

Members of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, D.C.’s largest local LGBTQ political organization, voted by email last week to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden following a dispute…

George Washington University on Friday became one of the first colleges in Greater Washington to announce it will continue with mostly virtual learning for the spring semester, which begins in early…

As protesters took to the streets across the country earlier this year demonstrating against racial injustice and the death of George Floyd, institutions of all types asked themselves what they…

Homicides are up 18% from this time last year, after DC saw 10 shooting deaths in the past week.

WASHINGTON — D.C. has been deadly this weekend, with five people killed in shootings that happened on Friday and Saturday. It is part of five death in less than 24-hours and nine since October 3,…

School leaders offer insight into how hybrid in-person learning is working at Social Justice Public Charter School and Friendship Public Charter School.

The nine members of the D.C. State Board of Education are the city’s only elected representatives focused on education. The elected school board was stripped of most of its power in 2007 when Mayor…

If you want to get some exercise in D.C. when indoor facilities open up next week, you’ll have to first exercise your fingers and computer mouse.

D.C. students from schools throughout the city stressed the importance of voting in this year’s Blacks In Wax virtual performance.

A D.C. church that filed suit against the District of Columbia has won injunctive relief from a federal judge and can begin holding church services in the city again.

A D.C. federal court late Friday granted permission for a large D.C. church to hold outdoor worship services, saying the city’s coronavirus restrictions banning church services of more than 100…

The same year that an advocacy campaign began to push for a stand-alone Latino museum on the Mall, these three things occurred: The final episode of “Friends” aired. Janet Jackson’s exposed breast…

A police officer has filed a complaint against the Metropolitan Police Department, alleging professional retaliation for speaking up about discriminatory policing practices.

The D.C. government offered free coronavirus testing in front of the White House on Friday, as the number of COVID-19 cases connected to the Trump administration grows.

The dozens of protesters waited outside School Without Walls at Francis Stevens in Northwest Washington, chanting, holding signs and demanding to know why the school system abruptly removed their…

The kids are not all right. Neither are their teachers, nor their families. Children are about to become victims of a lethal combination: pressure on local leaders to reopen schools, a shortage of…

The D.C. government on Friday set up a free coronavirus testing site outside the White House in response to the growing number of confirmed cases linked to the Trump administration.

The veteran white tablecloth restaurant plans to reopen in the spring with a new look and menu.