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Poet Amanda Gorman is larger than life, with her face on the side of a building in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief, a person familiar with the matter said, as the fallout from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol continues.

The Humane Rescue Alliance connected homebound seniors with a variety of animals ranging from puppies, cats, birds and even a chicken on Friday over a Zoom call.

THE DEVASTATING effects of the pandemic have created daunting challenges for the public education system in D.C. Getting all students safely back in the classroom. Addressing student learning loss. Dealing with mental health issues…

This time last year, the organizers of the National Cherry Blossom Festival were scrambling to cancel events, call vendors and tell people to stay away in light of a deadly disease that had begun to sweep the globe.

D.C. opened its first high-capacity vaccination site Saturday, with about 2,500 eligible D.C. residents receiving the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, George Washington University said.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser thanked President Joe Biden and congressional leaders for including local aid in the latest COVID-19 relief package.

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The Metropolitan Police Department released its 2020 stop data on Friday, following a lawsuit filed last month by the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU-DC.

Amid months of protests for social justice, the D.C. Council moved quickly last year with emergency legislation to make sweeping overhauls to the police force, including cutting its budget and making it smaller.

A multibillion-dollar overhaul of Union Station would boost capacity for rail and expand retail options as planners envision how the rail hub should function in 20 years.

Chuck Ludlam braved the bitter cold with a sweater and scarf Friday morning, standing across from a cluster of embassies and a traffic island at the head of Rock Creek’s Melvin Hazen tributary.

DC's vaccine appointment portal was again overwhelmed on Friday morning, the last day before sign-ups shift to a pre-registration system by late next week.

While COVID-19 cases surged in the city, the consumer protection division at D.C.’s attorney general’s office saw a surge in complaints from consumers.

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Senior isolation has become a very real concern since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the Humane Rescue Alliance and the DC Department of Aging and Community Living are teaming up for a new partnership that…

DC's Department of Employment Services Director Unique Morris Hughes answered questions Friday morning about her Department's performance during the pandemic in front of City Council members.

The D.C. Court of Appeals has ruled against a legal challenge to a developer’s plans to revamp Brookland Manor in Northeast D.C.

We still don't know the official launch date for the pre-registration program, or answers to other key questions.

Our small delegation of World Bank executive directors arrived in Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) close to midnight on the last leg of a week-long visit to India to review bank-supported development projects. En route from the airport to…

After a temporary setback last month, Sandlot Northwest appears to be back on track to pop up in Georgetown this year.