Wife Calls For Release Of Md. Man Imprisoned In Cuba For Nearly 3 Years
Days away from the three-year anniversary of the arrest of a Maryland man accused of spying in Cuba, his wife and attorney called again for his release.
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Days away from the three-year anniversary of the arrest of a Maryland man accused of spying in Cuba, his wife and attorney called again for his release.
Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, says many Americans don't know anyone in the military, and that's why the nation needs an education center to tell their stories on the National Mall.
The District of Columbia's Department of Motor Vehicles says it was former councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. who requested that 10 traffic and parking tickets be voided early last year.
Smithsonian magazine is awarding its first set of American Ingenuity Awards honoring nine innovators in media, arts, science and technology, among other fields.
The Washington Humane Society says two dogs were found in a trash can in southeast Washington, one of them dead and the other seriously injured.
The Newseum in Washington will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy next year with a new film and exhibits chronicling the 35th president's life.
The Maryland Department of the Environment says Philadelphia-based Sunoco and a suburban Washington water utility have been fined for alleged violations.
Within the span of about a week recently, Haris Tarin spoke at a Washington panel on how the next U.S. president can combat violent Islamic extremism, delivered a guest sermon for Eid in Alexandria, launched an ad campaign on District buses calling for religious tolerance, and hosted an election night party and discussion in Great Falls.
The University of the District of Columbia wants $4 million from the city to help it pay for the severance packages of dozens of professors and staff members it wants to lay off.
District of Columbia fire officials say three people were seriously injured after a fire broke out at the State Department headquarters in Washington.
Paintings and photographs depicting the raw reality of the Civil War marked a major change in American art that tossed out romantic notions of war.
The crack epidemic that began in the 1980s ushered in a wave of bloodletting in the nation's capital and a death toll that ticked upward daily. Dead bodies, sometimes several in a night, had homicide detectives hustling between crime scenes and earned Washington unwelcome monikers such as the nation's "murder capital." At the time, some feared the murder rate might ascend to more frightening heights.
Three charter school operators are applying for fast-track approval to operate 10 campuses serving thousands of Washington students.
A city official says hundreds of workers were involved in fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits while still holding government jobs.
Police in Washington say more charges are being filed in connection with a fatal stabbing at a Metro station.
Metro says single tracking on the red, orange, blue and yellow lines will affect weekend train riders.
The District of Columbia has submitted a plan to close 20 schools and send students from those schools to other campuses.
A federal audit of the authority that runs metropolitan Washington's two major airports has revealed more problems, including overreliance on no-bid contracts and executives accepting expensive gifts from contractors.
Amtrak will resume service between New York City and Boston on Friday following the repair of commuter rail tracks damaged by Superstorm Sandy, the railroad said late Thursday.
Washington's Metro system is operating a normal weekday schedule for the first commute after superstorm Sandy.
It'll be much more expensive to catch a cab in D.C. over the next day.
The D.C.-area transit system says most of its preparations for Hurricane Sandy are complete, but it's still unclear how or whether the storm will impact service.
Virginia Sen. Jim Webb is joining with historians and scholars for a symposium on the War of 1812 at the National Portrait Gallery next week in Washington.
A Virginia man has appeared in court to face new charges in a shooting inside the headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group.
The D.C. transit system is urging travelers to sign up for email and text alerts to keep tabs on changes to bus and train schedules because of the approaching storm.
