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D.C. is preparing to vaccinate roughly 46,000 newly eligible children from the ages of 5 to 11, after the two-dose pediatric Pfizer vaccine was authorized by the FDA on Friday.

One might think the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities would be the city government’s agency least likely to be embroiled in the toxic issue of race. After all, the commission’s mandate is to engage and support District programs in…

Metrorail is adding seven more trains on Monday to its limited fleet, which Metro says will add service to the Silver Line and increase frequency for the Green Line.

Metro said Sunday it is putting dozens of older rail cars back in service following a derailment, and starting Monday morning, riders should see signs of improvement on the Silver and Green lines.

Animal control officers had to rescue a dog stuck in the mud at a D.C. park. Now, they are reminding owners to keep their dogs on leashes.

Annual tuition at Emerson Preparatory School was $29,000, yet Jackson Janney’s last year at the struggling private high school began in the basement of a downtown Washington hotel.

Since 2007, when the D.C. Council voted to give the mayor control over the public school system, there have been periodic attempts to claw back the historic reform. Past efforts have failed, but those who want to undermine mayoral control…

The D.C. Council will be considering legislation on Nov. 2 to help providers and consumers of medical marijuana affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation may also cripple the city’s gray market of retail and delivery services that…

For more than two weeks, Howard University students have been protesting living conditions and a lack of housing opportunities at the school. On Tuesday, school leaders met with protestors to discuss their demands.

We never celebrated Día de los Muertos when I was a child.

A D.C. Popeyes restaurant has been shut down by the health department after a man posted a video showing rats scurrying up the walls and across the floor after turning on the lights.

Council members Robert White (D-At Large) and Trayon White (D-Ward 8) say the wealth gap and racial disparities have not been sufficiently addressed.

Officials urge parents to be patient, as doses will be limited initially

The agency also recommended all public transportation systems inspect wheels and axles on their subway cars

Inundated streets and power outages came as vast system brought worst coast flooding in years

“Next customer!” yelled a Municipal Fish Market employee while pouring water out of his boot.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has declared a state of emergency for areas along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac River and the Atlantic coast that are under a coastal flood warning.

Department of Employment Services Director Unique Morris-Hughes said there’s been an uptick in fraud since the end of the summer, when some federal benefits expired

Scissors & Scotch is opening three new locations.

DV awareness month is far from the end of local efforts to combat the spike in domestic violence