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It’s been more than nine months since a man on a scooter died while being chased by police in D.C., and a council member wants the officers involved in the pursuit to be held accountable.

Mario Sykes, 38, is not vaccinated against the coronavirus. He figures he doesn’t get sick much and hasn’t even gone for flu shots. Lately, he has been reading news stories about vaccinated people contracting the virus. And with changing…

Last fall, at-large Council member Christina Henderson (I) clinched electoral victory in a crowded field of two dozen candidates. Not long after entering office, she engaged council colleagues and constituents about how to ensure that…

District leaders have had enough of the increasing homicide rate and are asking residents to get more involved in fighting crime and to seek solutions to the violence.

Ward 3 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Monika Nemeth, who became the first known transgender person to win election to public office in D.C. when she won her ANC seat in 2018, says she plans to run as a Democrat for the Ward 3 D.C.…

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Wednesday that almost all of his office’s 634 employees will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine before returning to in-person work on Sept. 13, except those who claim a religious, medical, or…

Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia is taking too long to decide whether to charge police officers involved in the death of Karon Hylton-Brown last fall.

Failure to comply with the new order could mean unpaid suspension or termination.

Trinity Washington University announced that it has paid off $2.3 million in balances from over 500 undergraduate students of the university, in part using funds from the American Rescue Plan.

While parting is such sweet sorrow, former Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer and his wife Erica are nudging the dial toward sweet by sponsoring pet adoption fees at the Humane Rescue Alliance for a week.

In a back alley in Anacostia, Wendell Whren and Valerie Davis sit on two folding chairs in the shade. In their laps they hold clipboards detailing the day’s tasks following a morning meeting in a Ward 7 backyard. The two are supervisors…

D.C. government employees who work for the city’s attorney general will be required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, while the city’s mayor has not imposed a vaccine requirement on the vast majority of the District’s workforce.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has mandated that every employee in his office get vaccinated against COVID-19.

They’re coming, and yes, they’ll be expected to wear masks over their masks.

On a cool Saturday morning, rowing on the calm waters of the Anacostia River, you’d probably be surprised to see a large, bright pink bird hanging out on the mudflats near the Benning Road Bridge.

Accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic's forced transition to remote learning, Howard University is expanding its online footprint with a goal to reach more nontraditional students through a new partnership with Lanham's 2U Inc.

D.C.’s program to offer hotel rooms to unhoused people who are exceptionally vulnerable to COVID-19, in place of congregate shelters, is scheduled to end Sept. 30 when its federal funding runs out. Several councilmembers, however, have…

Alleyways used as bathrooms, portable toilets with piling waste, and mile-long walks with bags of soiled clothes are just a few of the unlivable and unsanitary conditions that individuals experiencing homelessness face in D.C. But in a…

D.C. will host its second Open Streets event this October, closing a portion of Georgia Avenue to vehicles for a day and encouraging businesses and residents to envision new uses for roadways.