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A federal lawsuit alleging law enforcement officials violated the civil rights of protesters forcefully cleared from Lafayette Square in June with the use of chemical irritants has been amended to include the names of nearly two dozen D.C.…

Local officials and medical experts have repeatedly touted reliable rapid antigen testing as a vital tool in slowing the spread of the coronavirus in our region and nationwide.

With fall classes getting underway, many teachers and students in the D.C. area have made the jump from in-person to virtual learning. But for thousands of adult English learners who largely belong to the area’s immigrant community of 1.3…

If you live in D.C., Maryland, or Virginia, new software on your iPhone could alert you of potential exposures to COVID-19.

On Twitter, it was a four-alarm fire: In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, a committee reporting to D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) called Tuesday to “remove, relocate or contextualize” the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington…

A global organization has ranked D.C., Maryland and Virginia in how well their policies support workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

“It’s been overlooked for a while, but people will look at Georgetown with fresh eyes.”

DC’s Office of Unified Communications (OUC) handles the 311 and 911 calls in the District. Are those calls being mishandled? Our #TheQandA is here with that answer.

The White House slammed Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday night for a “ludicrous” plan to remove, relocate or “contextualize” the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial and other monuments in the nation’s capital.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A task force commissioned by the Washington, D.C., government has recommended renaming, relocating or adding context to dozens of monuments, schools, parks and buildings because of their namesakes’ participation in…

In the months following George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police, there has been a growing movement to address landmarks with a racist legacy.

The U.S. Attorney for D.C. fired back at D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday, rebutting her claims that the office has lacked the “willingness” to prosecute protesters who allegedly attack police.

A day after Mayor Muriel Bowser leveled claims against the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. for not actively pursuing many cases against arrested protesters, the federal office fired back in a sharply worded letter Tuesday.

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday accused D.C. police of using insufficient evidence to arrest demonstrators accused of rioting, putting the U.S. attorney’s office and local authorities at odds over how to deal with days of unrest in the…

After more than half a century, the District’s beloved 202 area code is running out of numbers.

The mayor of Washington DC has warned of a "race war" after a weekend of violent riots, that began outside Donald Trump's White House speech, that city officials have labelled "domestic terrorism".

George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Francis Scott Key are among the namesakes a mayoral commission recommends revisiting.

“It’s always important to get a boguarder on your team … The boguarder is generally the guy who wins the argument. If you don’t have a big guy with a reputation, you’ll lose.”

A new D.C. committee recommended renaming, removing, or contextualizing more than 50 different government-owned spaces in the city, after studying the history of racism and oppression behind the namesakes.

A committee reporting to D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has recommended renaming dozens of public schools, parks and government buildings in the nation’s capital, after studying the historical namesakes’ connections to slavery and oppression.…