!["I can remember the first year I went, there were probably a few hundred to a thousand riders," says Scott Silverthorne, mayor of the City of Fairfax, of the Memorial Day event. "Today you can't even count them. They're all the way down Fairfax Boulevard [Route 29], probably 1 to 2 miles down the road."
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By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
It started more than a decade ago, a few hundred motorcycle riders looking for an informal group to join for a 20-mile trip through Northern Virginia to the Pentagon, where nearly a half-million fellow bikers idled before the national Rolling Thunder event. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
The fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Alexandria man by an off-duty Arlington County sheriff’s deputy has been ruled a homicide, but prosecutors have not determined whether criminal charges will be filed in the case, authorities said Thursday. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
One person was killed and another seriously injured in a parking garage collapse at the Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda on Thursday afternoon. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
D.C. police arrested a second person in connection with a drive-by shooting on North Capitol Street that injured 13 people outside a Northwest apartment complex in March and said two additional people face charges in the case. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
An off-duty Arlington County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot an Alexandria man early Wednesday morning. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
A major downtown intersection will be kept closed through at least Thursday evening as crews work to repair a 15-foot sinkhole, according to city officials. Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
A witness who helped convict a man in the 2001 murder of Chandra Levy lied during the trial when he testified he had never previously provided information to law enforcement in other criminal cases, attorneys revealed in court Tuesday. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times
The convergence of two events this week — one by the hand of God, the other man-made — might leave us asking, “What can I do?” and “What should our government do?” Published May 22, 2013 Comments
By Ben Nuckols - Associated Press
A few dozen tea party activists and their supporters have gathered outside the IRS headquarters in Washington to protest extra scrutiny of their organizations. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
Memorial Day travelers will have slightly less company on the roads this year because of the effects of sequestration, travel officials said Tuesday. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
The District’s Office of Tax and Revenue failed to collect $6.5 million over a five-year period because it did not charge penalty fees to businesses that owed money — a punitive system now under review because officials said it was too ambiguous to enforce. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Virginia Democrats tried to shift the focus Monday away from their own embattled gubernatorial candidate to newly minted Republican lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson, whose controversial remarks on abortion and gay rights have quickly landed the fiery Chesapeake minister in the national spotlight. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press
A Quantico woman was sentenced Thursday to 8½ years in prison, far less than what was sought by prosecutors, for fatally shaking and fracturing the skull of a 9-month-old girl who had been left in her care. Published May 23, 2013
By Eric Tucker - Associated Press
A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed. Published May 23, 2013
By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Senators voted 97-0 Thursday to confirm Srikanth Srinivasan to a judgeship on the vitally important U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia after Republicans relented and allowed the vote to go forward this week. Published May 23, 2013
By Associated Press
Richmond's top prosecutor is looking into gifts to Gov. Bob McDonnell in an investigation requested by Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II. Published May 22, 2013
By Associated Press
A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of an ex-Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook, using the case to criticize a program that looks for veterans who may have become extremists. Published May 22, 2013
By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times
There is no better name for an event that resonates with patriotism, deep loyalty, sacrifice, a sense of mission and authentic history: Rolling Thunder. Oh, yeah. Here they come. They're rolling, and it is thunderous. Published May 22, 2013
