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**FILE** Metropolitan Police Department vehicles (Courtesy photo)

Community Demands Justice for Man Shot by MPD at Fort Slocum Park

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. August 3, 2022August 4, 2022

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Many Drivers Speed Through D.C. School Zones: Report

by WI Web Staff August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

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Four D.C. Firefighters File $10M Racism, Sexism Lawsuit Against City

by WI Web Staff August 2, 2022August 2, 2022

D.C. Councilwoman Mary M. Cheh speaks as the council votes to confirm Peter J. Newsham as new chief of Metropolitan Police at the Wilson Building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

D.C. Council’s Cheh Floats Bill Banning Right Turns on Red

by WI Web Staff August 1, 2022August 1, 2022

**FILE** Metropolitan Police Department vehicles (Courtesy photo)

Bowser Admin Invites Residents to Partake in National Night Out

by WI Web Staff August 1, 2022August 1, 2022

Washington Gas New Center

by James Wright Jr. July 29, 2022July 29, 2022

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (center) presides over a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new affordable housing community in Ward 7 on July 28.

New Affordable Housing Units Come to D.C.’s Ward 7

by WI Web Staff July 29, 2022July 29, 2022

Community, Health

Monkeypox Vaccination Clinic Opens in Ward 8

by Jamila Bey July 28, 2022July 29, 2022

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (center) speaks during a Feb. 1 joint press conference in northeast D.C. with Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (right) and Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee (left) on the rise in juvenile carjackings in the region. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Bowser Admin, Police Union Reach Pay Accord

by WI Web Staff July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

Young people and Roving Leaders staff from the DC Department of Parks and Recreation engage in a water fight #SummerVibes at Langdon Park in Northeast as temperatures soared past 90 degrees. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Residents Work to Stay Cool During Heat Wave

by James Wright Jr. July 27, 2022July 27, 2022