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Federal prosecutors will not pursue civil rights charges in the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay, who was killed by a D.C. police officer in September.

Federal prosecutors will not pursue charges against the D.C. police officer who shot and killed an 18-year-old man earlier this year.

Every year, the District shuts down some of its busiest streets for a few hours so bicyclists can pedal around the city without worrying about traffic. But this year, because of the pandemic, the DC Bike Ride has been called off.

Metro’s board has approved a new budget that addresses the harsh financial reality of the pandemic.

As COVID-19 cases rise around the region and across the U.S., a number of well-traveled D.C. destinations will be closing their doors to the public.

The Smithsonian Institution is closing all of its museums, including the National Zoo, starting Monday in response to the regional and national uptick in Covid-19 cases.

In parks, near grocery stores and schools, lining streets and at intersections, police-owned surveillance cameras in the District of Columbia and Baltimore disproportionately monitor majority nonwhite areas, most of which are predominantly…

As COVID-19 cases rise across the D.C. region, the Smithsonian Institution announced Thursday that all its museums and the National Zoo will again close to the public temporarily starting on Monday, November 23.

If your stomach is growling, a good cookbook can be a real page turner.

The winter holiday season is traditionally a time when nonprofits count on an influx of contributions. Yet in a year marked by simultaneous health and economic crises, the coming weeks may be even more critical for local charitable…

After spending nearly half a billion dollars to renovate 23 libraries since 2009, the D.C. Public Library has a new request: more money to build new libraries.

The 26 miles of road that make up D.C.'s "Slow Streets" may stick around even after the pandemic is fully cleared up. At least that's what the District Department of Transportation Director Jeff Marootian says.

"What's the location of your emergency?" asked a District of Columbia Office of Unified Communications 911 call taker on June 5 just before 4 p.m. The caller, crying as she reported that her 59-year-old mother passed out after experiencing…

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In January, three young women will begin serving full terms as District lawmakers, shifting the composition of the D.C. Council to majority-female for the first time since 1998.

D.C., Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia are blazing a new path in COVID-19 information sharing. The four have joined in the nation’s first, multistate effort to quickly share contact tracing data.