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The D.C. Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked the release of a convicted rapist whose lawyers convinced a lower court that he should be freed from prison because his poor health and confinement make him acutely vulnerable to the…

Last month marked the 20th anniversary of the day I found Susan Schaeffler, then 31 years old, working in an Anacostia church basement where she was about to open a public charter middle school for mostly impoverished students. She and her…

D.C. officials say they intend to provide a detailed plan in the coming days of what safety protocols will be in school buildings this fall as the traditional public school system prepares to begin the new academic year on Aug. 30.

For more than 50 years, Washington, D.C., was “Chocolate City” — the nation’s first major majority-Black city, a center for Black arts and culture and a hub of Black political power. But that title has officially been erased, new 2020…

In late 2017, DC launched a pilot program, DC Flex, to try giving families a smaller, more flexible rent subsidy than a standard voucher. Now a newly released report evaluating the program’s first year has found that the program shows…

Both parents and students are getting a little something extra at a coronavirus vaccine clinic in D.C. on Saturday.

Two photojournalists who covered a protest at D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Plaza against police brutality last August are suing the District and eight members of the police, claiming officers used chemical irritants and stun grenades that had…

The conclusion came in a five-page audit that reviewed how Metro installed or replaced parts

D.C. public schools has released a study that reviewed the evaluation system it uses for teachers.

The lawyer for a D.C. police officer who fatally shot himself nine days after he was injured confronting rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6 says a group of cybersleuths has identified two of his attackers.

Lawyers for a man caught on video being punched multiple times by a D.C. police officer on Sunday while being restrained by two other officers are calling for them to be fired.

The 23-year-old man punched by D.C. police as they arrested him Sunday in Southeast Washington was left with a broken nose, multiple fractures in his face and possible neurological damage, according to his family members and attorneys.

How D.C. was the first gerrymandered district and Hamilton politically spun away your congressional representation.

A young Black man who was repeatedly punched by a D.C. police officer has secured legal representation and is asking that the officers involved in his arrest be criminally charged.

The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission said Friday that Metro workers are regularly flouting required safety checks and failing to get necessary certification or approvals when they work on the rail system.

D.C. Housing Authority board chairman Neil Albert, apparently, was in a hurry this morning. During a last-minute, emergency meeting in which the DCHA board of commissioners voted to give interim director Brenda Donald a two-year contract,…

D.C. Public Schools plans to test 10% of students for COVID-19 every week, officials said during a Friday call with the Council.

Jane Baber had stopped dating completely.

Two photojournalists who covered a protest at D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Plaza against police brutality last August are suing the District and eight members of the police, claiming officers used chemical irritants and stun grenades that had…