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The director of the D.C. Public Library told the D.C. Council on Wednesday that he plans to rework the policy that allows DCPL to unilaterally name interior places and spaces after donors. DCPL Director Richard Reyes-Gavilan also…

AG Karl Racine’s defense tour stops at the Wilson Building this afternoon.

The upcoming budget season is coinciding with a mayoral campaign and public safety concerns stemming from a rise in homicides and carjackings in recent years.

The possible link between an empty World War I shell, discovered in 2020 during construction of a trail through Fort Totten Park, and the massive Spring Valley cleanup of chemical weapons has the local Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner…

D.C. Public Schools on Wednesday provided the council with hiring updates for its COVID coordinator and full-time substitute teacher roles in city schools.

A group of non-profit organizations have signed a letter calling for Mayor Muriel Bowser to direct more city funds to stop evictions in the District.

Metro’s ability to provide safe and reliable transportation was under scrutiny by a House Oversight subcommittee

Through careful reporting, student newspaper the Eagle confirmed tips that the school had unknowingly purchased bogus masks.

D.C. police investigated threats at eight District schools Wednesday, just a day after Dunbar High School was evacuated due to a bomb threat, and cleared the schools shortly before 3 p.m.

Kathy Patterson faults lawmakers for ignoring many of her office’s recommendations.

A years-long bureaucratic snafu has imperiled D.C.’s membership in a multi-state system that checks the accuracy of states’ voter rolls, raising the possibility that D.C. could become the first jurisdiction in the country to be formally…

Each week, Kristen Cox administers a coronavirus test to her 4-year-old son at their home in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington. To make it easier for him, sometimes she’ll “test” her son’s stuffed animals, too. A new measure…

Authorities have cleared six public and charter schools in Washington, D.C. of bomb threats, Metro Police said Wednesday, a day after second gentleman Doug Emhoff was rushed out of an event at a high school in the city due to an apparent…

Metro safety and service came under congressional scrutiny Wednesday as lawmakers pressed transit agency leaders about the handling of issues related to a derailment last fall that’s led to months of long delays for riders.

Members of Congress grilled Metro leaders Wednesday over the transit agency’s untenable situation: more than half its trains out of service because of a safety issue, COVID and telework decimating its ridership and revenue, and a looming…

Seven D.C. public and charter schools were evacuated due to bomb threats on Wednesday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

No hazardous materials were found, police said

D.C. neighborhood commissioners on Tuesday urged At-Large Council Member Robert White to consider providing them with additional resources and further training in a strategic plan funded in this year’s budget.

Researchers say structural racism has left D.C. with stark differences in health outcomes, and a new study takes a deeper look into the issue.

An unexploded shell found in 2020 on National Park Service land near the Fort Totten Metro station may be linked to the World War I-era chemical weapons testing facilities that many decades later forced a prolonged cleanup in Spring…