Mark Segraves

Some D.C. schools are back open for specialized programs. In-person learning is still slated to begin in November. Mark Segraves reports.

A national coronavirus test provider cut D.C.’s weekly supply of COVID-19 tests by one-fifth, according to city officials.    LabCorp was providing D.C. with 10,000 coronavirus tests available to the public each week, with no appointment or symptoms required for testing. Now, that number has been cut to 8,000 per week. Later Monday, LabCorp informed D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser it would...

After cutting the amount of test kits provided to D.C., LabCorp will go back to sending the city 10,000 tests a week. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Some D.C. Public Schools students could be back in the classroom as early as this month.  Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that she asked the school district to take a look at how charter schools are reopening their doors to students.  Bowser didn’t plan to make an announcement about schools on Wednesday but a reporter asked her whether traditional...

Mayor Bowser has asked the public school system to follow the charter schools approach and some students may be able to return to school for classes. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

A mailer sent to every registered voter in Washington, D.C., was supposed to help residents cast their ballots. Instead, it sparked confusion.  The D.C. Board of Elections apologized on Thursday after a design flaw confused voters ahead of the general election. As many as 500,000 of the faulty mailers were sent out. The mailer lets voters confirm or change their...

D.C.’s central library is set to reopen next month after a $211 million renovation that preserves the historic interior and adds light, a grand reading room and a rooftop garden.  The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will open its doors on Sept. 24 after six years of work. News4 got a sneak peek. Inside, it’s a completely different...

D.C.’s MLK Memorial has gone a $211 million renovation that preserves the historic exterior. News4’s Mark Segraves reports on the changes.

Car thefts are on the rise in D.C., and it may be due in part to the COVID-19 lockdowns. News4’s Mark Segraves reports delivery drivers are being targeted.

Police released edited footage Friday of three confrontations that resulted in men’s deaths. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

After laying out the reopening plan for D.C. schools, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday she would wait two more weeks before a decision is made after seeing the coronavirus case trends. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

A homeless man who risked his life to save the life of a D.C. police officer was reunited with his family this week after they spotted him on TV. They hadn’t seen him in eight years and had thought he was dead.  John Burrows jumped into action when he saw another homeless man attacking a police officer in downtown...

John Burrows, the man dubbed the “homeless hero” after risking his life to save a D.C. police officer who was being stabbed, has been reunited with his family after nearly a decade. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

D.C. health officials and the mayor said the racial justice demonstrations that have swept through the city for weeks have not been linked to any rise in coronavirus cases. The majority of cases appear to have been contracted from members of one’s own household or from going to essential businesses. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

D.C. Chief of Police Peter Newsham said John Burrows, a homeless man, likely saved the life of a police officer who was being stabbed Thursday morning. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

The clash between D.C.’s mayor and the president over federal troops on city streets has escalated.  As racial justice demonstrations continue in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Mayor Muriel Bowser shared a letter Friday that she sent to President Donald Trump. She requested the withdrawal of “all extraordinary federal law enforcement and military presence from Washington,...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser requested that the National Guard troops be removed from the District after more recent protests have been peaceful. She also unveiled a new mural and plaza with the phrase “Black Lives Matter.” News4’s Mark Segraves reports from downtown D.C.

D.C. is potentially just six days from reaching a target needed to begin phase one reopening in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.  For the first time since tracking began, D.C. has gone eight straight days with a reduction in community spread of the virus, Mayor Muriel Bowser said at a news conference Monday. City officials want 14 straight...

With more than 300 deaths in D.C. related to the coronavirus, the D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is busy.  In additional to their regular work of identifying causes of death, officials are now combing through cases to determine whether D.C. had COVID-19 deaths before the first cases of the illness were reported in March.  Chief Medical Examiner...

A World War II veteran who was recently honored by the DC Council died last week after contracting the coronavirus, and his family says they’re now facing a bureaucratic nightmare.  Leroy Tonic was 96 when he died Saturday morning at a Maryland nursing home where he lived for the past five years.  His family is mourning his loss as...