Virginia Democrats’ push for new gun controls is having a major ripple effect hundreds of miles south in Florida, where at least 10 counties, fearing their state could be next, have declared themselves “Second Amendment sanctuaries.”
FBI agents on Thursday arrested a former Canadian Armed Forces reservist and two other men who are linked to a violent white supremacist group and were believed to be heading to a pro-gun rally next week in Virginia’s capital.
A Virginia House committee gave first approval Tuesday to the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, sending the legislation to the chamber floor.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday that her government is taking steps to ensure the District’s safety amid heightened tension between the U.S. and Iran but stressed “there are no immediate threats to Washington D.C.” while making a pitch for statehood.
Former Roman Catholic cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick has left the Kansas friary where he had stayed as a sexual misconduct scandal swirled about him, according to a report.
Booze is out and “sober curiosity” is in as people around the world participate in Dry January and voluntarily abstain from alcohol for the month.
Military bases in the greater Washington area have increased their security protocols in the wake of Iranian threats of retaliation for a U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general in Iraq last week.
Police in central Virginia are searching for a man who they say shot two workers in a McDonald's restaurant.
Casinos could be coming soon to Virginia, but a brawl over just how many, where they would go, and who would run them is on tap first.
D.C. lawmakers held a public hearing Thursday on legislation that would require a prescription to purchase of any electronic smoking device or liquid, and would ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and the sale of vaping devices within a quarter mile of middle or high school.
2020 Chinese New Year (also called the Spring Festival) is the Year of the Rat, falling on Jan. 25 and lasting until Feb. 8.
It's the start of a new year and new decade -- but the end of an era for the Newseum, which closed its doors for the last time Tuesday.
Barb Cram believes that families spending time together is important but rare, especially as the year ends. That's why she has organized the family-friendly New Year's Eve celebration known as Night Watch Falls Church for the last 13 years.
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder fired longtime confidant and team president Bruce Allen on Monday after a decade of "winning off the field" while losing on it, as the franchise looks for a fresh start with former Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera.
Gov. Larry Hogan has appointed two people to the Maryland General Assembly.
Ulysses Currie, a powerful former Maryland lawmaker who was censured in an ethics scandal has died. He was 82.
A small plane crashed into a home in Lanham in Prince George's County Sunday afternoon.
A Virginia lawmaker has filed a bill that would scrap the state's Lee-Jackson holiday celebrating two Confederate generals and add one on Election Day.
A Virginia lawmaker wants to narrow the definition of milk as something that comes only from a "healthy hooved animal."
Baltimore could wrap up 2019 with its highest per-capita homicide rate on record as killings of adults and minors alike for drugs, retribution, money or no clear reason continue to add up and city officials appear unable to stop the violence.
As the holiday season comes to a close, there are still a number of events and activities to carry on the joy and celebration across the D.C. area.
Halim Flowers is a convicted murderer at 16 years old, author of 11 books, poet, burgeoning fashion mogul, and outspoken proponent of President Trump's criminal justice reform.
Michael Harris has many dreams to pursue in the new decade -- restart his construction business, reconnect with his five kids, launch an inspirational Youtube channel -- and it all soon may become a reality because he has secured a housing voucher.
So, on Christmas Eve 1854, she again trekked from Philadelphia, where she was safe -- relatively speaking, of course -- to Maryland, where her parents and three brothers were enslaved. Her brothers knew she was on her way, because she had sent word via the agents and conductors of the Underground Railroad.
Police say two shooters opened fire on a crowd outside a hookah lounge in Baltimore, wounding seven people.
A pileup involving more than 60 cars on a major interstate in Virginia on Sunday morning injured dozens of people, according to state police.
