Metro Service Restored After Minor Derailment
Metro says service has returned to normal on the orange and blue lines following a minor derailment near the Rosslyn Station in northern Virginia.
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Metro says service has returned to normal on the orange and blue lines following a minor derailment near the Rosslyn Station in northern Virginia.
Broadway cast members from Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart" are returning to the production as it opens a national tour this summer in Washington.
Two dogs chase and attack children and an adult. It was caught on tape in Washington, D.C.'s Trinidad neighborhood. Now neighbors say those dogs are still at large even though they know the owners.
Metro officials are checking all 46 automated external defibrillators at stations after a device used on a man having a heart attack had an insufficient battery charge.
A leading House Republican is talking to District of Columbia leaders about easing the height restrictions that have limited buildings in the nation's capital to about 12 stories for more than a century.
Taxicab regulators in the District of Columbia have given final approval to a major fare increase.
A former teacher at a private elementary school who is accused of possessing and producing child pornography has been added to the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" national list, authorities announced Tuesday.
Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" have a new home with a diverse set of artifacts in a new timeline of American history that includes a piece of Plymouth Rock, a slave ship manifest, Alexander Graham Bell's telephone and Kermit the Frog at the Smithsonian Institution.
Metro says riders may see smaller fare hikes thanks to expense reductions and an improved ridership outlook.
Metro is seeking new members for an advisory committee that advises on ways to improve transit for senior citizens and people with disabilities.
A Frederick County high school is benefitting from the closure of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
A bizarre theft ring is broken up by police in Maryland. Tide laundry detergent was stolen and sold on the black market. Thieves have been cleaning out stores across the country.
The National Zoo has awarded a 10-year contract to Sodexo Inc. to upgrade concession stands into a food court and restaurant space and serve food in more locations.
A District of Columbia man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a series of arsons in Maryland.
Washington has experienced its warmest winter on record.
A Maryland company has been chosen by more than 100 religious, community, labor and low-income housing groups in the Washington area that are joining forces to save money on electricity.
The leaders of more than 100 religious and community organizations in the Washington area share one interest: saving money on electricity to better serve their communities.
Two Metro workers accused of stealing potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in coins from fare card machines are scheduled to enter guilty pleas in federal court.
National Zoo officials say two rare Guam rail chicks have hatched there. The birds are extinct in the wild.
It's where the nation's capital gathers to mourn, to pray and to seek comfort during tragedies. Now the Washington National Cathedral needs help weathering its own financial emergency.
A District of Columbia man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for setting a series of fires, including one that seriously injured several firefighters.
It was reported that they violated salary cap regulations that will cost them $36,000,000 in cap room over the next two years.
A German-born man has been indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of his 91-year-old socialite wife in Washington.
Authorities say several people were hurt when a driver fleeing a traffic stop in Prince George's County was involved in a crash with a Metrobus at the D.C. border.
It didn't take Indiana Jones to crack the case, but what federal agents recovered would have been right up his alley.
