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D.C. police have released footage of an officer fatally shooting 18-year-old Deon Kay Wednesday afternoon in Congress Heights.

The D.C. Board of Elections says it has sent voter-registration forms to 2,400 residents who are serving out felony sentences, marking the first step in implementing a new D.C. law that restores the right to vote for people with felony…

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a $100 million donation to four historically Black medical schools today, including a $32.8 million gift to the Howard University College of Medicine. The effort is designed to improve…

President Donald Trump is aiming to withhold federal funding to the District and other Democrat-led cities where large protests against systemic racism and police brutality sprung up over the summer.

Authorities will release body-worn camera video Thursday from a call that ended with police fatally shooting a young man in Southeast Washington.

The Office of Police Complaints will neither confirm nor deny the existence of misconduct allegations against all but one of the 21 officers recently identified for their roles in killing civilians. OPC won’t even release the raw number of…

The Street Sense Media report is a rare and somewhat unprecedented look at the intimate details of life that officials often decline to provide.

The undocumented workers who used to staff D.C. restaurants are scrambling to support their families.

Both agencies say it never happened.

The Black Survivors Healing Fund is for current and former students who’ve survived sexual violence during their time at Howard.

New five-page memo says Portland, Ore.; Seattle; D.C.; and New York City should face particular scrutiny

President Trump is attempting to withhold federal funding from a number of U.S. cities, including D.C., where large-scale protests have occurred over the last few months.

D.C.’s top prosecutor told Muriel Bowser that police didn’t have probable cause for mass arrests, and that “guilt by association” doesn’t warrant felony charges.

A D.C. police officer shot and killed a young man Wednesday afternoon in Southeast Washington’s Congress Heights neighborhood, the District’s police chief said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police officers in Washington, D.C., fatally shot a young Black man Wednesday, amid increased nationwide and local scrutiny over police tactics.

D.C. police shot and killed a person in Southeast D.C. around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham.