Politics Nov 04 Protesters gather near White House and across nation, no wide unrest seen More than 1,000 people protesting President Donald Trump converged on Black Lives Matter Plaza, just a block from the White House, while hundreds more marched through parts of downtown Washington, at times blocking traffic and lighting off fireworks.
Education Oct 12 D.C. charters lead the way on in-school teaching experiment A dozen charter schools have essentially chosen to become medical-educational experiments, offering in-person instruction for select groups of students.
Politics Oct 05 D.C. health department can’t reach White House for COVID-19 tracing, Bowser says Officials with the Washington, D.C., Department of Health have been unsuccessful in trying to connect with the White House to assist with contact tracing and other protocols regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.
Nation Aug 28 WATCH: Thousands gather at March on Washington commemorations Thousands gathered at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have A Dream" address, a vision of racial equality that remains elusive for millions of Americans. And turnout has been…
Nation Aug 18 National Zoo awaits birth of pandemic panda cub Zookeepers at Washington’s National Zoo are on furry black-and-white baby watch after concluding that venerable giant panda matriarch Mei Xiang is pregnant and could give birth this week.
Education Jul 30 Washington D.C. will not reopen school buildings in fall Officials have abandoned their initial plans to use a combination of distance and in-person instruction. The announcement Thursday by Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser was widely expected as all surrounding school districts in northern Virginia and southern Maryland had already made…
Nation Jul 13 Activists seek to decriminalize ‘magic’ mushrooms in D.C. Despite pandemic conditions that made normal signature-gathering almost impossible, activists in Washington, D.C., say they have enough signatures for a November ballot initiative that would decriminalize natural psychedelics such as certain mushrooms.
Nation Jun 26 Trump says he’s signed a ‘strong’ order to protect monuments Trump had promised the order earlier this week but did not immediately release the text. Hours earlier, Trump called for the arrest of protesters involved in this week's attempt to pull down an Andrew Jackson statue from a park in…
Politics Jun 25 WATCH: Democratic leaders deliver a news conference on D.C. statehood Friday's vote, if successful, would pass a D.C. statehood bill for the first time in the House, but the legislation faces insurmountable opposition in the GOP-controlled Senate.
Nation Jun 20 DC protesters pull down, burn statue of Confederate general Eyewitness accounts and videos posted on social media indicated that police were on the scene but didn’t intervene. President Donald Trump quickly tweeted about the toppling, calling out D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and writing: “The DC police are not doing…