Council member Mary M. Cheh introduces a bill that would impose new standards to make sure furry creatures that live in or travel through neighborhoods are treated humanely.
The embarrassment has lasted far too long -- the Redskins should change the team name and retire "unofficial" mascot Chief Zee. Set him up in a box seat with a plate of hot wings and a new tomahawk. (Preston Keres/the Washington Post)
A D.C. police officer fatally shoots a man in the Carver Terrace section of Northeast, a police department spokeswoman says. No police personnel are injured.
In the works for more than two years, the Developmental Disabilities Reform Act would encourage people living in group homes to move into smaller residential settings.
Recriminations and political fallout from the Oct. 2 teacher layoffs have brought the on again, off again contract talks between the District and the Washington Teachers' Union to another standstill.
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