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set of medical protective face masks

D.C.-Area Music Venues Drop COVID Requirements for Patrons

by WI Web Staff April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Phelps ACE High School displays handmade artwork in a float during the Emancipation Day Parade on Saturday, April 16, 2016 in Northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

D.C. Government to Observe Emancipation Day with Some Schedule Changes

by WI Web Staff April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

D.C. Democratic mayoral candidate Robert White, hoping to defeat current Mayor Bowser, who hopes to secure a third term in office, has received several key endorsements during his campaign. (WI file photo)

Key Endorsements, Signature Challenges Dominate Current D.C. Political Campaigns

by James Wright Jr. April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers celebratory speech at the White House on April 8. (Courtesy of Nyah Marshall/HUNS)

D.C. Statehood Allies Angry About No Role in Jackson’s Approval

by James Wright Jr. April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

**FILE** D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie announces his bid for the city's attorney general during an Oct. 21 press conference outside his Ward 5 home. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)

McDuffie Gets Three New Labor Endorsements in Bid for D.C. AG

by WI Web Staff April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

**FILE** The platform at Metro's Branch Avenue station is shown here. (Anthony TIlghman/The Washington Informer)

Metro Steps Up Patrols in Wake of NYC Subway Shooting

by WI Web Staff April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

**FILE** D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (Courtesy of NNPA)

Norton Leads Quest for D.C. National Guard Control

by Stacy M. Brown April 12, 2022April 12, 2022

American, GW Universities Initiate Indoor Mask Mandates

by WI Web Staff April 12, 2022April 12, 2022

Chief Pamela A. Smith (Courtesy of U.S. Park Police)

U.S. Park Police Chief Retiring After One Year on the Job

by WI Web Staff April 12, 2022April 12, 2022

The officers and members of the first fully African American fire company in Washington, D.C., stand for a commemorative portrait outside their fire station in 1919.

The Hornet’s Nest: Washington, D.C.’s First African American Fire Station

by Roland Hesmondhalgh, Special to The Informer April 11, 2022April 11, 2022