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D.C. police are on standby as the stated purpose of one group’s rally on the National Mall goes directly against a District mandate, and they’re preparing businesses for potential pushback.

The Big Board on H Street may find out soon.

D.C.’s deputy mayor for public safety told the council that the main source of an “influx” of guns coming into the District is changing, and that police are changing their tactics as well.

The piece will be included in a Kusama exhibit this spring, sure to break Instagram feeds all over Washington.

COVID-19 cases may have peaked in the D.C. region, but the death toll is rising in some parts. Local government officials are saying that many of the residents who are dying are unvaccinated. They are often older or have pre-existing…

With Paul Wiedefeld stepping down in six months, Metro’s board will be looking for a new leader to steer WMATA through some of its most trying times.

The lab lost its accreditation more than nine months ago and has no solid plan in place to restore regular operations.

The Senate is gearing up to address the "vacancy crisis" highlighted by the DC Courts and local officials as hampering the interests of public safety and justice.

On Wednesday, I will participate in D.C.'s “point in time” count — the annual census of people experiencing homelessness in our city. Mandated by the federal government, the count offers a snapshot of residents living on the streets and in…

D.C. police officer Jeffrey Smith died by suicide in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection, an act his family believes was the result of injuries he received when he took a blow to the head with a crowbar, or similar object, as he…

The pups are a part of a support team of the D.C. Fire and EMS Department and the local firefighters union.

More than nine months after the D.C. crime lab lost its accreditation to perform forensic casework, the amount of DNA evidence from D.C. crimes uploaded to a national database — which can be used to link crimes and identify unknown…

The nation’s capital will once again be awash in the aura of an electrifying Kennedy this weekend.

The Smithsonian Institution has tapped Cynthia Chavez Lamar to become the director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., which has one of the largest collections of Native and Indigenous items in the world.

Harry Thomas Jr., who ended his comeback bid for the Ward 5 D.C. Council seat this week, said he is considering endorsing a former D.C. government staffer in the highly competitive contest.

Here is a sampling of headlines from our editorials in 2015 and 2016, just before and as Paul J. Wiedefeld became general manager of Metro, the Washington area’s transit system:

The former Ward 5 councilmember dropped out of the race for his old seat and announced a run to join D.C.’s shadow delegation.