D.C. Police Say Shooter At Conservative Lobbying Group Opposed Its Anti-Gay Marriage Stance
The shooting at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. may have been politically motivated.
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The shooting at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. may have been politically motivated.
A candlelight vigil is planned in Washington in response to the shootings at a Wisconsin Sikh temple.
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton says a Senate committee has matched the House by approving a bill that would allow continued commercial filming and photography on a piece of land near the Capitol.
The Metropolitan Police Department says a former officer has pleaded guilty to three counts of misdemeanor fraud in connection with his duties in 2008 and 2009.
A bomb threat has been called in to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, forcing a building to be closed for three hours at the facility outside Washington.
A D.C. police captain who was demoted and transferred after actor Charlie Sheen received a high-speed police escort to a performance has filed a $12 million whistle-blower lawsuit against the department.
Artwork by more than 100 children from around the country, some of them disabled, is going on display at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington.
District of Columbia tax collectors have filed a lien against a company that's part of a federal campaign finance investigation involving Mayor Vincent Gray.
Pepco is asking its customers to conserve energy as high temperatures descend on the Washington area. The utility announced that it is asking customers to conserve energy on Friday because of forecasted high temperatures.
District of Columbia school officials say 98 teachers have been fired after receiving low scores on a key evaluation instrument.
Metro says buses will replace trains on parts of the blue and red lines this weekend.
Motorists in the Mid-Atlantic region are seeing higher prices at the pump for the third week in a row.
A man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for striking and killing a bicyclist in Washington, then leaving the scene.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian hosts its third Living Earth Festival this weekend.
Metro officials say they're working on new guidelines for operating in periods of extreme heat.
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton says the criminal activity by District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's 2010 campaign is "deeply disturbing" and is calling on the mayor to respond.
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray said Wednesday that he still believes he's the best person to lead the city despite revelations that he was elected with the help of a $650,000 shadow campaign, and he said he has no plans to resign.
Disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff has a new talk radio show to offer advice on reforming politics.
Pepco would be required to bury more power lines in the District of Columbia under legislation proposed by members of the D.C. Council.
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray was elected in 2010 with the aid of $650,000 in illicit funds from a district businessman, a Gray campaign consultant acknowledged in federal court Tuesday.
The District of Columbia Council has approved an overhaul of its taxicab regulations to make cab use more modern and rider-friendly.
Repairs to the Washington Monument will require massive scaffolding to be built around the 555-foot obelisk and may keep it closed into 2014 after it was damaged by an earthquake last year, the National Park Service said Monday.
Metro officials say a Green Line train has derailed in Prince George's County. No one was injured, and all 55 passengers have been safely removed from the train.
The Anacostia Riverwalk Trail is growing and the planned extension will connect many of Washington's favorite locations.
A Senate committee has withdrawn consideration of a bill that would grant the district more control over its municipal budget.
