Jenny Gathright

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) also credited Kwelli Sneed with helping to contribute to the 35 percent drop in violent crime D.C. has seen this year.

Bowser tapped Kwelli Sneed, the interim director of the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE), to permanently take the helm at the agency.

A spokesperson with the Department of Small and Local Business Development confirmed Monday that the company District Services Management had been dropped from a sports gambling subcontract.

Their experience with pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding in custody was rocky. Now, they’re working with the D.C. Council to help future mothers.

A D.C. contractor allegedly bribed two city officials, prompting concern about how contracts are awarded.

City officials terminated two of Life Deeds’ contracts in 2019 and considered blocking the contractor for five years.

District Dogs was under investigation for whether it misled customers about the safety of their pets at its Northeast Washington location after 10 dogs died in an August 2023 flood.

D.C. is not alone in its staffing challenges. 911 workers who responded to a national survey last year overwhelmingly said their call centers were understaffed.

Authorities identified the missing girl as Nevaeha Orellana and said she was located around 1 p.m. Friday in the company of a masked man, who fled.

The individual, whom authorities did not identify, was transported to George Washington Hospital for a medical evaluation.

The owner of Canna Coffee told a delivery driver to “learn English” in a recorded encounter. The city said the shop was operating despite a shut-down order.

D.C. police conflated the identities of two officers in the fatal shooting of Justin Robinson during a briefing with reporters, leading to incorrect reports.

The 25-year-old understood the city’s crime problem better than most, because he had been on both sides of it.

Anger was already simmering when footage was released of the fatal police shooting of Justin Robinson, 26, who worked as a violence interrupter in D.C.

D.C. police fatally shot Justin Robinson, 26, earlier this month at a McDonald’s in Southeast Washington.

Relatives of Justin Robinson, 26, hesitated at first, their lawyer said, but ultimately decided to let the public see his final moments.

The legislation marks the D.C. Council’s latest attempt to elicit more information from the city’s 911 agency.

The family of Justin Robinson, 26, of Southeast Washington opted against making the footage public.

The attorneys general of D.C. and Maryland on Tuesday sued three firearms dealers in Montgomery County that they argue should have flagged purchases as suspicious.

A man in a vehicle who authorities said was armed with a firearm and tried to grab an officer’s gun was fatally shot Sunday when two D.C. officers fired at him.