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D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said she wants to bring small groups of students back into schools by the end of September, but with less than two weeks to go, her administration has no plan and has not reached an agreement with teachers…

Only two Washington, D.C. council members have had the honor of being sworn into office by a Supreme Court justice. Councilmember Mary Cheh received the honor when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg agreed to administer her oath in 2007.

An off-duty D.C. police officer shot and wounded a 17-year-old in Northeast Washington late Friday after the teen tried to carjack the officer’s vehicle and fired at him, D.C. police said.

RBG died days after DC announced plans to jettison Wilson's name. She would be an ideal namesake.

A faith-based, nonprofit youth center is changing the lives of at-risk teenagers in the D.C. neighborhood of Anacostia.

On Tuesday night, the local go-go group Pure Elegance assembled on an outdoor stage in Southeast D.C. — or, for those quarantining at home, on a glowing computer screen — for a live-streamed concert designed to mobilize the crowd,…

Not long after opening in the mid-1990s, the Capitol Lounge’s management issued a decree that may have seemed odd for a bar two blocks from the U.S. Capitol, where crowds of House staffers drank after work and the decor included old Nixon…

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Friday night spurred many D.C. area residents to gather outside of the nation’s highest court to remember the titanic figure.

On the steps of the Supreme Court Building, soft cries and the low murmur of chirping crickets filled the air as hundreds of people grieved the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

They gathered in small groups, some crying, others holding flowers or candles. A few clutched posters, including one woman whose hand-drawn sign portrayed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a saint.

With less than seven weeks to go before Election Day on Nov. 3, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto‘s campaign is looking for a full-time field director to get out the vote.

The Metro board on Friday took the first step toward cutting $212 million from its operating budget, endorsing a plan that could lay off up to 1,700 employees, move up rail closing times and create longer transit waits.

Stand outside, aim your ears up, and you might just hear thousands of little chirps, peeps, and honks tonight.

TGIF. With DC Public Schools enrollment and attendance down for a school year that has begun with remote learning, the Office of the Inspector General is planning an audit of the school system's virtual offerings, with a focus on equity…

Pandemic safety versus disease prevention: A pediatrician weighs in.

For some time now, D.C.’s Office of Contracting and Procurement has been treating a section of the local contracting and procurement law more like a guideline. In a motion for reconsideration filed with the Contract Appeals Board, the…

Ethiopia Berta can remember the experience of walking through Deon Kay’s Congress Heights neighborhood with him when he was a kid. She says Kay must have been just a 5th grader at the time—but he knew everyone.