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Pair sentenced in fatal attack on D.C. honor student

The defendants pleaded guilty to an assault that left 16-year-old Tyshon Perry dead, but only one of them is headed to prison.

 

Alexandria school board requests another year of funding for school police officers

School officials said the district is working to reimagine its relationship with police, but a police presence inside schools is needed as that work continues.

 

D.C. proposes expanding the number of traffic cameras that issue fines

The mayor’s proposed budget would deploy new cameras to target drivers who use bike and bus lanes, and pass school buses.

 

Metro outlines plan to gradually return suspended rail cars through summer

The proposal to Metrorail’s regulatory agency outlines the eventual return of its 7000-series rail cars, which have been sidelined since October.

 

FBI warns of online ‘sextortion’ cases targeting teens

Investigators say offenders may have hundreds of victims around worldwide, though many may feel too embarrassed to report the abuse.

 

D.C. street closures for Scope It Out 5K race on Sunday

The Scope It Out 5K race is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Sunday from Freedom Plaza.

 

Spring to pause in eastern U.S. as significant cold spell arrives

Temperatures 20 degrees below normal, frost and snow are possible in some areas between Saturday and Monday.

 

Parkland shooting survivors return to D.C., with a grim message

Activists used 1,100 body bags on the National Mall to spell out “Thoughts and prayers,” a condolence often invoked after mass shootings — and one that gun-violence-prevention activists decry as hollow as more people continue to die.

 

D.C. jail to end shackling of transgender detainees, settles lawsuit

The ACLU-DC and Public Defenders Service for D.C. reached an agreement with the city 10 months after they sued over the gender housing policy at the jail.

 

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