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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke on night one of the Democratic National Convention on why she created Black Lives Matter Plaza and backs the Biden/Harris ticket.

The trailblazer is also the first single mother in that role.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said that she has several concerns about the upcoming general election, emphasizing worries about how inefficient the U.S. Postal Service could be in delivering mail-in ballots.

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday lambasted President Trump for the “photo op” near historic St. John’s Church on June 1 after law enforcement had cleared the area of protesters.

Prosecutors in D.C. have declined to bring charges against most of the 41 people arrested in a disturbance in Adams Morgan last week that sparked a large police response and which authorities had characterized as a riot.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Zookeepers at Washington’s National Zoo are on furry black-and-white baby watch after concluding that venerable giant panda matriarch Mei Ziang is pregnant and could give birth this week. It’s a welcome bit of good news…

Sunday was supposed to be the day Richard Bangura left for Temple University, embarking on studies he hoped would lead to a law degree.

Analysis of contact tracing cases in the District shows many new infections never encountered someone with symptoms.

Happy Monday. City Administrator Rashad Young left his post abruptly on Friday as he worked out details for a job at Howard University, the school with which his office recently negotiated for a new hospital to be built thanks to tax…

Another 15 percent came from people who attended gatherings of more than five people.

In June, days after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled the massive “Black Lives Matter” mural that attracted international attention, local activists added their own message.

When a crowd assembled in Oxon Run Park in Southeast Washington for a concert last month, residents accused authorities of ignoring violations of the mayor’s orders restricting mass gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic.

D.C. is ramping up its contact tracing efforts to limit the spread of novel coronavirus infections, which have plateaued in recent days across the Washington region.

In what the transit agency calls the “largest ramp-up” in its 44-year history, Metro is touting a return to pre-pandemic levels, with a restoration of most rail and bus services and reduced wait times.

Amid stories of delayed mail deliveries, concerns over the new Postmaster General’s plan for the U.S. Postal Service, and President Donald Trump’s repeated comments deriding voting by mail, it’d be natural for anyone opting to vote from…

D.C. is warning of small gatherings and traveling as it ramps up contact tracing and begins house visits to track down COVID-19 cases.

The District has hit a two-and-a-half-month high for a key metric officials are using to help determine the city’s reopening plans. According to data reported by the D.C. Department of Health on Monday, community spread reached a peak of…

Vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris is hardly a newcomer to DC. The senator from California has lived and served in the District for almost four years, and she graduated from Howard University in 1986.