
Investigators have identified the remains of two men found in Fairfax County as brothers missing since 2010, police announced Thursday.

The death of a newborn girl, who died after being abandoned in freezing temperatures on the steps of a Northeast home in January, has been ruled a homicide, according to the District's medical examiner.
A patient in the maximum security wing of a Maryland state psychiatric hospital has been charged with killing his roommate Friday. The slaying comes 13 months after another Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center patient was charged in the death of a fellow patient, the only other killing in the hospital's more than 50-year history.

The death of a man found on the side of a road in Columbia Heights two weeks ago has been ruled a homicide by the city's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

The husband of the 91-year-old Georgetown woman found dead in her home last week was arrested and charged with her murder Tuesday night, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
D.C. police say the death of a 91-year-old Georgetown woman -- a German-born journalist who wrote columns for The Washington Times -- has been ruled a homicide.

Maryland State Police say a man was found dead Wednesday morning in a truck on the shoulder of the Capital Beltway near Interstate 95.

A Greenbelt man pleaded guilty Monday to child abuse resulting in the death of his 3-month-old daughter.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell declared a state of emergency Sunday after powerful weekend thunderstorms caused widespread flooding and damage and were thought to have killed at least six people in the central and southern parts of the state.