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After an election night marked by wait times stretching past four or five hours at polling sites, Janeese Lewis George appears to have bested incumbent Brandon Todd in Ward 4 in the Democratic primary, while Brooke Pinto holds an extremely…

More than half the 1,300 inmates at the D.C. Jail have been tested for COVID-19, with 304 having been tested on a single day in late May as corrections officials have continued battling a simmering outbreak in the jail.

A Georgetown University report released Tuesday says a “legacy of inequality” is partly to blame for black District residents living several years less than white residents and for a higher rate of African American deaths attributed to the…

As police aggressively sought to disperse protesters on Monday night, at least two helicopters flew unusually close to the ground, in what aviators called a “show of force.” Onlookers noticed one of those helicopters had Red Cross…

Just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday night, the D.C. National Guard made its first original tweet since early March, asserting that its Commanding General, Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, will investigate why its helicopters were used to suppress…

Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House, has been the local epicenter of the last five days of protests in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody last week.

WUSA9's Nathan Baca experienced first hand what was used when U.S. Park Police cleared Lafayette Square amid protests over George Floyd's death.

As many as 2,000 demonstrators descended on Washington on Tuesday, the largest and most boisterous crowd to gather in the nation’s capital during five straight days of protests over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody.

The owner of a Dupont Circle hotel is bringing a lawsuit against a Florida private school whose student stayed at the property in March.

As federal and military authorities swarm D.C. streets, Mayor Muriel Bowser keeps calling their actions things like “inappropriate,” “unnecessary,” and “appalling.” That sounds like somebody irritated over a dropped napkin at a dinner…

On the battlefield, the roar of helicopter blades paired with a Red Cross is salvation for wounded troops and civilians.

To supplement the presence of local and federal police and the D.C. National Guard, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper asked state National Guards to send in some of their troops, and hundreds were on their way or already here by Tuesday.

Happy Election Day. Voters this afternoon and this evening reported lengthly wait times at many of the District's 20 vote centers as they waited to cast ballots in the primary — with many residents still having to wait in line for several…

From his front steps on Swann Street, Rahul Dubey watched uneasily as D.C. police in riot gear moved in on a throng of protesters.

An additional 1,500 national guardsmen will join the D.C. National Guard on Tuesday in response to protests in the District against the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in the nation’s capital pushed back Tuesday on an aggressive response by the federal government to demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, with the mayor flatly rejecting a Trump administration proposal…

Protesters continued to gather Tuesday around D.C. for a fifth-straight day in response to the killing of George Floyd under Minneapolis police custody last week.

The cops boxed in protesters at Swann Street last night. The tactic is illegal in most instances.

In the past few months, local businesses have struggled with one challenge after another. First, a shutdown and dramatic revenue losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, difficulty securing aid to keep operating and paying workers. Most…

Protesters descending on Washington for a fifth day of demonstrations on Tuesday found one of the nation’s most symbolic places for political rallies — Lafayette Square, across from White House — entirely closed off with a tall chain-link…