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U.S. Capitol Police will reduce the security perimeter erected after the breach of the Capitol, having determined that “there does not exist a known, credible threat against Congress,” according to a security memo sent to U.S. lawmakers on…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is easing some public health restrictions as Covid-19 vaccines become more widely available, and could look to roll back additional Covid limitations in early April.

As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues across the Washington region, local museums are slowly starting to welcome back visitors. Most of them have a spate of new health and safety measures in place, including capacity limits, reduced…

The forbidding fencing that has surrounded the U.S. Capitol since the violent Jan. 6 insurrection may be scaled back further in the next two weeks, according to an internal email obtained by CNN.

In 2013, just over a month after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin, I walked into my first day at Georgetown Law. I was the only Black student in my section of more than 70 students.

(CNN) — The US Capitol Police intends to reduce perimeter fencing and is considering scaling back the National Guard presence at the Capitol as law enforcement forces examine how to protect against threats amidst a tense political climate…

At a desk within the D.C. police homicide unit, a lone photo of a smiling, baby-toothed, slightly dimpled-cheeked baby boy is tacked to a partition.

If there is one thing I have learned from my 37 years in the U.S. Army, and 13 years since in environmental and civil rights causes, it is that fences may work to keep livestock in your field, but they don’t work — and they send the wrong…

U Street Corridor was once home to hundreds of Black-owned businesses. Author Briana Thomas is trying to keep that spirit alive.

Health workers prepared to vaccinate 500 people against COVID-19 Saturday at a clinic in D.C.’s Ward 7. This was part of an effort to reach residents east of the Anacostia River, including those who live at nearby senior housing…

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — On Saturday, two new high capacity vaccination sites opened up in the District.

Halfway through her second term, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has achieved one of the centerpieces of her agenda: dramatically reducing the number of homeless families in the city and replacing the massive and decrepit D.C. General shelter…

In 1936, it was estimated that one in three Washingtonians played the “numbers,” the illegal lottery that required a network of numbers “runners,” “books” and “banks.”

In a city where intense protests are regular fare, D.C. residents Saturday plopped down lawn chairs, busted out their crossword puzzles and ate pizza — all to show their objection to a four-mile fence around the U.S. Capitol that they say…

Getting vaccinated has been a challenge for some residents across the District, but on Saturday a clinic in Southeast is offering the vaccine to those who qualify.

As the weather warms and the promise of spring’s renewal is bolstered by increased optimism about the availability of COVID-19 vaccines, several of the symbolic centers of “life in D.C.” won’t return to pre-pandemic normal for the…

A Georgetown law professor has resigned after being placed on administrative leave over a Zoom conversation with a now-fired professor whom the school described as racist.