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Thousands of people have signed a petition asking Lewis Ferebee, the D.C. schools chancellor, to change the name of Tenleytown’s Woodrow Wilson High School.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Muriel Bowser’s national profile had never been higher, thanks to a Twitter beef with President Donald Trump and a renewed push to turn the nation’s capital into the 51st state. Now Washington’s mayor must pull off a…

Two Texans are yearning to return to college in the nation’s capital after dreary months of waiting to hear whether the coronavirus closures would end. Like many students nationwide, they spent their spring in a surreal state of pandemic…

Four men have been charged with destruction of federal property for allegedly trying to topple the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square, the Department of Justice announced Saturday.

Four men alleged to have been trying to tear down the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Square just outside of the White House were each charged with destruction of federal property on Friday, according to a news release from the U.S.…

Four men have been charged in connection with an attempt to tear down the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square, the U.S. attorney’s office for Washington announced Saturday evening.

Dr. William Strudwick was finishing a shift at Washington, D.C.'s Howard University Hospital when his wife, Maria, texted. Their 19-year old son, Cole, wanted to join a protest five days after the killing of George Floyd.

Temperatures in the 90s on Saturday tamped down some of the energy rolling through streets and parks around D.C. in the last week.

Black moms, their children, and other protesters stretched out their arms, took a depth breath, and made their way to a warrior two pose.

A familiar sound filled the air in D.C. on Saturday as the Washington National Cathedral’s bells rang for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic broke out in the U.S. back in March.