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Days before the scheduled launch of a preregistration system for making COVID-19 vaccination appointments, D.C. has selected Microsoft as the vendor to host the system, the mayor’s office told WTOP.

How the DC group Thrive East of the River is offering a different kind of help.

Dogs, kittens, guinea pigs—and a chicken—are all taking part.

Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police working to protect Congress.

Following concern from the D.C. Council over the pre-registration system DC Health said it would implement as early as next week, city officials confirmed on Friday that Microsoft is hosting the new system. As of Thursday evening, it was…

The restaurateurs sent shockwaves through DC when they announced the closure of seven spots last fall

D.C.’s vaccine registration website once again sparked frustration for users on Friday, despite assurances from the city’s chief technology officer that issues related to heavy traffic to the portal were resolved.

I am an 83-year-old great-great-grandmother and president of the Brookland Manor/Brentwood Village Residents Association. As a civil rights activist, I marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and in the years since, I’ve organized…

D.C.’s public school system has welcomed back thousands of students to its classrooms in recent weeks, but that only accounts for about 20% of its overall student population.

The Bowser administration has not yet chosen a vendor for its vaccine pre-registration system that is scheduled to launch next week, a DC official said at an oversight hearing late Thursday.

At least four prominent D.C. LGBTQ organizations, including the D.C. Center for the LGBT Community, are working on plans to seek D.C. government support for the purchase of a building in which more of the city’s LGBTQ groups can share…

Building Blocks DC Feted as Innovative But Criticized as Lacking

U.S. Capitol Police have requested a 60-day extension of some of the 5,200 National Guard members activated in the District in response to security threats and the Jan. 6 assault on Congress, opening the door to a military presence in the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about continuing threats, the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police appealed to congressional leaders Thursday to use their influence to keep National Guard troops at the Capitol, two months after the law…

A member of the commission that advises House Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) on judicial nominations has resigned after making an antisemitic remark about a candidate for the federal bench.

The District’s top private schools are able to offer more classroom instruction in the upper grades than public schools because they are not bound by the same health guidelines, frustrating some public school parents whose children are not…

While all 50 states have reinstated some high school sports, D.C. hasn’t. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday announced that will change in two weeks with a “tentative plan” to return teens to practice, but some think the lifting of the…