This burning question was put to the Supreme Court: Will the 2020 census ask whether a respondent is a U.S. citizen?
Northern Virginia ranks at the top in the annual Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, with suburban Maryland getting a middling score and the District trailing near the bottom of the nationwide survey.
A week after his predecessor resigned amid corruption investigations, Bernard “Jack” Young formally became Baltimore’s mayor Thursday at a swearing-in ceremony in which he praised the resiliency of residents and promised to address some of the city’s chronic problems.
One of the reasons kids, teens and adults know more about sex and sexual relations is because parents shirk their responsibilities: 1., by not accepting their responsibility to be their children’s first teachers, and 2., by not paying attention to what their children’s teachers are and are not teaching.
Lawyers for WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning said she was released from Virginia jail Thursday more than two months since being found in contempt for refusing to testify in front of a federal grand jury.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, Maryland Democrat, raised concerns in an interview aired Thursday about foreign hackers potentially compromising the public transit system in Washington, D.C.
Baltimore's mayor resigned on Thursday, ending a city leadership tenure that unraveled amid a scandal over payments for a self-published children's book series she sold to customers including a $4 billion hospital network she once helped oversee and companies with business before the city.
Tammi Lynch wanted to do something when Divyne Apollon II endured racist taunts. For starting Players Against Hate, Lynch is a finalist for the NHL's Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser pitched legislation Thursday to allow for the sale of recreational marijuana in the city.
A great horned owl and at least seven bald eagles have been found dead along Maryland's Eastern Shore this year, reminding officials of the eagles found fatally poisoned in the area in 2016.
Maryland state officials have removed a historical marker from near historic Fort Garrison that said the building was erected to protect against "hostile Indians."
On Wednesdays, The Light Horse (715 King St., Alexandria) introduces "Joint Chiefs Night" from 4-10 p.m. to honor the five branches of the military with specialty cocktails and 15% off the entire bill for guests with military ID. A portion of the proceeds goes to the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), a nonprofit that supports families and friends grieving the loss of a member of the armed forces.
A judge in Virginia has ruled that statues in Charlottesville of Confederate generals are covered under a law that prevents cities from removing war monuments without the state's approval.
The first black woman to serve as American University's student government president is seeking more than $1.5 million in court-ordered damages against a neo-Nazi website operator who orchestrated an online harassment campaign against her.
Politicians often have good intentions, creating programs that simultaneously offer a hand up and a hand out. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. The city of Baltimore's did not work, and its failure at stringent oversight and accountability by city authorities is why.
A Virginia-based IT staffing and recruiting company has apologized for an "offensive" job posting on LinkedIn and other sites that called for "preferably Caucasian" applicants.
Attorneys for the man accused of killing five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, say he has changed his not guilty plea to an insanity defense.
A gunman fired indiscriminately into a crowd where people were gathered for cookouts on a street in Baltimore, wounding seven people including one of them fatally, the city's police commissioner said.
A gunman fired indiscriminately into a crowd that had gathered for Sunday afternoon cookouts along a west Baltimore street, killing a man and wounding seven other people, authorities and reports said.
Arlington County moved Thursday to ask Virginia transportation officials to rename Jefferson Davis Highway to Richmond Highway.
When men and women wearing jackets identifying themselves as agents of the FBI or IRS or police or sheriff, your best defense is to read whatever court documents they proffer, open your door and grant them access.
Thursday was a red-letter day for Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. Federal agents raided her homes and offices, Maryland's governor called for her resignation "for the good of the city" and speculation swirled about her whereabouts, as she presumably is still recovering from a bout of pneumonia.
Democrats' chances of defending their House majority next year could depend on the fate of three freshmen women -- and none of them is named Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar or Rashida Tlaib.
Federal agents executed search warrants Thursday morning at two homes belonging to Baltimore's embattled mayor and at City Hall.
Reagan National Airport will host a full-scale airport emergency drill this weekend.
A surprising number of local fans -- some superstitious, others skeptical and some just confident the Capitals will advance without them there to watch -- are making other plans for Wednesday night, when the Stanley Cup champions take the ice at Capital One Arena with their playoff life on the line against the Carolina Hurricanes.
