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As the holiday break — and a break from in-class transmission of the coronavirus — approaches for D.C. and Maryland public schools, parents and school leaders alike are wrestling with how to get students safely through the winter surge.

D.C. Mayor Bowser (D) declared a state of emergency on Monday and announced a number of new policies aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19, including the reinstatement of the city's indoor mask mandate and a booster requirement for D.C.…

The waxed floors gleam in Gregory’s new studio apartment. The paint is fresh. The morning sun streams through the blinds.

Masks are back, more schools are closing, and holiday cheer spreads in Congress Heights.

The District is reinstating its indoor mask mandate in response to spike in Covid-19 infections.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that she is reinstating the District’s indoor mask mandate and declared a state of emergency.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday reimposed the city’s indoor mask mandate and announced a stricter vaccination mandate for D.C. government workers — measures intended to confront a surge in coronavirus caseloads and the rise of…

As D.C. experiences a record number of new COVID-19 infections, Mayor Muriel Bowser, alongside her cabinet, announced she will be reinstating a mask mandate, as well as expanding access to rapid tests at public libraries and for D.C.…

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that she'll reinstate DC's indoor mask mandate in public places as of 6 a.m. Tuesday as one of several new measures amid concerns about a winter wave of COVID-19 cases and the spread of the new omicron…

The gift will help fund literacy program Beyond the Book.

Some are pausing after positive tests, while others are closing indoor dining altogether.

Karen Hylton wants justice for Karon Hylton-Brown, her son who died in a scooter crash while being followed by officers in a cruiser in October 2020

DC Public Schools has confirmed that a staff member at Watkins Elementary in Southeast has been placed on leave pending an investigation into alleged Holocaust re-enactments.

D.C. Public Schools announced that McKinley Tech High School and Turner Elementary School will close through the start of winter break.

A Watkins Elementary School staff member told third-graders in library class to reenact scenes from the Holocaust, directing them to dig their classmates’ mass graves and simulate shooting the victims, according to an email from the…

If her coronavirus test came back positive, Janet Schaffer knew she risked spending Christmas in the basement.

An hour-long TV special, which just capped its second week on District airwaves, begins with images of families in immigrant detention centers, as a voice-over asks, “Isn’t everyone welcome in America? Why is it that my people are being…

Allison Hart, a D.C. kindergartner known as Allie to family and friends, was more than traffic victim No. 28.

A week before Christmas at a holiday market in downtown Washington, the air was thick with music, the smell of roasted candy-coated nuts and a growing dread over the latest surge in coronavirus cases.

The D.C. Attorney General will no longer represent the city’s Department of Corrections in “all matters arising out of or pertaining to” a federal inspection into allegations of poor living conditions and treatment at the jail, which has…