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A current and a former D.C. police officer accused of racing two marked cruisers that crashed on a street in Northeast Washington have been charged with reckless driving and other traffic offenses, according to court records.

Two D.C. police officers under investigation for totaling two cruisers in an apparent street race last month have been identified and charged, according to court documents.

The public can once again return to Lafayette Square near the White House.

Amid a drop in COVID-19 cases and calls to reopen, the mayor announced that all capacity limits will lift by June 11.

The tall metal fence that has surrounded Lafayette Square for nearly a year opened Monday morning — to the delight of tourists and relief of D.C. residents, who took cautious steps forward into the center of the park.

Coronavirus cases are plummeting across the D.C. region, as jurisdictions look towards returning to a somewhat normal summer.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lafayette Square, the park across from the White House, reopened Monday to the public nearly a year after federal authorities fenced off the area at the height of nationwide protests over policing following the killing of…

Restrictions on bars and nightclubs, large entertainment venues and sports arenas will remain in place another three weeks, but will be lifted June 11, Bowser said at a news conference.

The number of home-schooled students has steadily increased in Virginia over the last decade, with a thousand or more students joining the ranks each year. But as the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools across the region to pivot from…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday the District will lift most restrictions on public and commercial activity on May 21.

The liberation of Richard McWalters was in full bloom as he strolled 14th Street NW the other day, his nose and jaw newly freed of the mask and constant worry that had shrouded him for more than a year.

After more than a year of shifting closures and restrictions brought on by the pandemic, D.C. officials said Monday they are throwing open the doors over the course of the next month, lifting capacity and other restrictions on everything…

A slew of concert halls and entertainment businesses wrote a letter to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, requesting that she follow suit with other cities and states, and allow venues to reopen at full capacity on July 1.

Anthony Lanier had an entirely different vision for the wedge-shaped piece of land at 2715 Pennsylvania Ave. NW than the place-holder outdoor bar that opened there late last month.

After closing its doors a year ago because of the coronavirus pandemic, the National Gallery of Art reopens its West Building on Friday.

One neighbor who lives on Michigan Avenue in Northeast, says about once a year, a car crashes into her front yard.

More than 14 months after pandemic-related layoffs first strained the District’s unemployment system, the frustrated calls are still coming.