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WASHINGTON (AP) — Famed actor Phylicia Rashad is returning to her alma mater as the new dean of the Howard University College of Fine Arts.

With traffic deaths happening at the fastest pace in recent years, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that she’s dedicating $10 million to add speed cameras across D.C. and make changes at dangerous intersections.

The actress behind Clair Huxtable is returning to her alma mater, as a dean.

United Medical Center, the District-owned Ward 8 hospital that has limped by for years with city support, could soon see cuts under a new control board — because this time, it can’t go back to lawmakers for more funding.

A D.C. Council hearing kicked off Wednesday morning on an intense note. At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman said, “I am simply done with excuses. I’m done with it.”

The D.C. region’s Point in Time count conducted in January reveals a 15% decline in homelessness since last year’s count, according to a briefing for area leaders on Wednesday.

Before Ivy City got an organic grocery store and a Target and a children’s play space for families who could pay, a round-faced 12-year-old boy pleaded with the D.C. Council to turn a long-abandoned school in his neighborhood into a…

GWU student creates tribute video

A new housing facility, opening in June, will provide shelter to women returning from prison or struggling with addiction.

Workers who file for unemployment have repeatedly said they receive inaccurate or conflicting information from the department’s call takers.

Metro is not keeping up with preventive maintenance, lacks needed safety certifications and is not training employees on how to maintain the system’s complex equipment and machinery, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission said in a new…

Two landmark restaurants in D.C. will receive thousands in grant money as part of an effort to protect culturally significant, minority-owned businesses across America.

More than 13,000 D.C. unemployment claimants did not receive their expected payments this spring as the city was adjusting to a change in federal benefits, a previously unreported number that further illustrates problems plaguing the…

More speed and red-light cameras are among the changes planned to address a spike in traffic fatalities

Legendary actor Phylicia Rashad, known for her role as Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show, is the new dean of Howard University’s College of Fine Arts.

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Michael Pope is fully vaccinated, but he’s still worried about the pandemic. He’s been following the deadly surge of the coronavirus in India. And while the Southwest D.C. resident, 57, got his second shot at the Entertainment and Sports…

Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad, best known for her role as Claire Huxtable on NBC’s The Cosby Show in the 1980s, has been named Dean of Howard University’s newly reestablished College of Fine Arts.