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D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is suing the city’s housing authority over conditions at 10 of its properties, alleging that the agency has been “refusing to address systematic drug-and firearm-related activity” at the properties, where…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously passed an emergency police-reform bill requiring body-camera footage to be made public more quickly after a police shooting, imposing limits on when officers can use deadly force and banning the…

In response to the widespread protests against police brutality over the past two weeks, DC is joining other jurisdictions in enacting some police reform measures.

These local charities address racial inequities—and they could use your help

A new exhibit in D.C. highlights the Black Lives Matter movement that people can view while walking through Gallery Place.

After being deployed during large-scale protests that have swept the District for nearly two weeks, members of the D.C. National Guard have tested positive for the coronavirus.

As two Washington theater companies announced Tuesday they will not be back on their stages for the rest of 2020, a third affirmed that it hopes to restart live performances in August.

Before the pandemic, Loyalty Bookstore had seen about 50 online orders a week since its new website launched in October. When physical stores shut down in mid-March due to the pandemic, that number jumped to 300 to 400 per week.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser about "BLACK LIVES MATTER" road banner painted near the White House and the police in D.C. and around the country.

The D.C. Council approved emergency legislation Tuesday afternoon that includes sweeping police reforms. Council members voted unanimously to approve the bill.

DC Attorney General Karl Racine filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA).

As protests over the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other black people at the hands of police continue in D.C. and across the U.S., many protesters are beginning to ask: What comes next?

The Post followed five demonstrators through one day. Turn your sound on for the full experience.

Two months after Events DC, the District’s sports, entertainment, and conventions authority, set aside $5 million for undocumented workers who were laid off or furloughed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the D.C. Council on Tuesday approved…

Certain areas around the White House, including the Ellipse and parts of Lafayette Square, are scheduled to reopen this week, the National Park Service says. The perimeter around the White House expanded dramatically in the last week as…

One of the nation’s oldest apparel chains will not return to Georgetown in D.C.