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D.C. officials and other guests celebrated The National African American Read-In Friday at a local elementary school named after a historic Black resident of the city.

Joining what's been called the Great Resignation, Ward 3's Mary Cheh has announced that she won't seek a fifth term on the DC Council after all.

“Many people have reevaluated their lives during the pandemic, and that has been the case for me as well,” she says in an email to supporters.

D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) is ending her campaign for a fifth consecutive term and will no longer seek reelection, she said Friday.

D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) is dropping her bid for a fifth term in the city’s legislature, unexpectedly opening up a race that she had been raising funds for since last year and was largely favored to win.

The profit-driven underpinning of all of our systems — including our public health infrastructure — has become plainer than ever through this ongoing pandemic. Eclipsed by the coronavirus’s pervasive impact, however, is another ongoing…

Kevin Flythe, now 52, has serious mental and physical disabilities. His attorneys say the Bureau of Prisons released him without a plan.

Nee Nee Taylor looked up at the exhibit in the airy lobby of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library to read the letters activists had written more than 50 years ago. She pointed to a name she recognized.

Howard University plans to create an endowed chair position in honor of one of its most distinguished alumna, award-winning novelist Toni Morrison.

D.C. on Thursday unveiled a new portal, replacing MyIR, that allows residents to pull up a digital copy of their vaccination records.

The Big Board's owner doesn't deny that the H Street restaurant knowingly disregarded D.C.'s vaccine and mask mandates, but they want to get back to business — as a carryout.

Federal investigators arrested two D.C. Fire and EMS employees Thursday on charges of bribery and conspiracy that allege the pair illegally accepted thousands of dollars from a contractor and fraudulently certified the department received…

Three automatic wayside stations are on order to inspect rail car wheels and axles

A D.C. man who is admitting to killing a 2-year-old child, among other charges, is set to stay locked up but could walk free in less than a decade under a plea deal with prosecutors.

The FBI arrested two employees from the D.C. Fire and EMS Department Thursday for accepting bribes to benefit a Maryland contractor over several years, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Public high schools in Washington, D.C., faced a fresh wave of bomb threats Thursday, despite the arrest of a teenager who is accused of making some of the previous threats. No hazardous materials were found.

Five public and charter schools in D.C. received bomb threats on Thursday, forcing staff and students to evacuate. This is the third consecutive day certain D.C. schools received bomb threats, with some experiencing them on back-to-back…

Celebrity chef and television personality Gordon Ramsay is bringing Hell's Kitchen to The Wharf on D.C.'s southwest waterfront.

The wheel problems with Metro’s 7000-series railcars could be more complex than originally thought, according to the transit system’s CEO.

Health experts say there’s reason to doubt the quality of the masks, a persistent problem for governments during the pandemic.