The D.C. Council plans to reintroduce legislation that would require movie theaters to provide more open caption screenings, after a Tuesday hearing in which dozens testified about frequent failures of captioning glasses.
Gov. Larry Hogan announced plans on Tuesday to create a $3.5 billion fund for school construction over five years.
Two D.C. Council members are inquiring about the fire department’s apparatus, as fire and city officials push back against a report in The Washington Times citing senior department sources who said a lack of reserve vehicles contributed to a woman’s death in a fire late Tuesday.
A lingering storm keeps dumping immobilizing snow, sleet or freezing rain across five southern states, leaving dangerously icy roads and hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. Authorities urged people to stay home on Monday in areas where driving is dangerous.
The same jury that convicted a man of first-degree murder for driving his car into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally will now decide his punishment.
Defense witness Joshua Matthews was charged with failing to appear in court Thursday afternoon for delaying proceedings in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., an Ohio man charged in connection with killing a counterprotester during the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
It has seemingly come out of nowhere -- a virus that has killed 11 children in a New Jersey medical facility and a freshman at the University of Maryland.
The Navy said late Tuesday that an active-shooter alert at the Walter Reed military hospital was an accident caused when someone "inadvertently" set off the warning system.
Occidental Grill & Seafood will serve special three-course dinners before Washington Ballet performances of "The Nutcracker" through December at the nearby Warner Theater.
The Montgomery County school district in Maryland is reportedly expected to pass a proposal letting students skip classes in order to attend political protests.
Administrators at a Virginia high school have apologized for a plan to have the Pledge of Allegiance said in different languages by students.
Most Americans expect public schools to teach children the basics of the United States of America, and a great place to start those lessons is the U.S. Constitution -- the rock-solid foundation under which it still stands.
The D.C. Council is considering creating a separate office for deaf and hard-of-hearing residents because disability advocates say the city fails to provide qualified American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters.
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski married in a secret Washington, D.C., ceremony, said a Vanity Fair report published Sunday.
Thanks is something none of us says often enough these days.
Authorities say a shooting and a car crash have injured at least three people at a Maryland mall.
Anne Reed Allen has been acquitted of murder in the 2017 death of her estranged husband Scott Alan Horn, a retired FBI agent.
The D.C. Council gave overwhelming preliminary approval Tuesday to a sweeping campaign finance reform bill.
Some D.C. firefighters have been using their own money to buy auto parts and perform minor repairs on their vehicles themselves, department sources say.
The Rolling Stones have announced their first U.S. tour in nearly four years, including more than a dozen concerts scheduled at stadiums across the country starting in spring 2019.
The face of Jacob Saylors is an eye opener, a teary eye opener for the devastation that fires can cause. Jacob lost his home in a huge blaze that happened a decade ago when it swept through Paradise, California. His family lost their home that year, 2008. Then, like a cruel, cruel joke in a place called Paradise, Jacob lost his home again this month, when wildfires swept through Paradise.
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is planning to expand a pilot program to manage parking in the city, now that officials say ride-sharing services have made curbside safety a key concern.
Yes, we still have much to do, but we've enjoyed so many improvements since Mr. Trump took office that it's utterly unacceptable for every American not to be thankful.
This is FedEx Field in 2018. The 21-year-old stadium has become a central character in the story of the Redskins season, as players criticize the fans for a supposed lack of support at home games, fans diss the experience of attending a game there and rumors swirl about where and when the team could move to a new home turf.
A Virginia Republican seeking a state House seat is asking for a recount after he lost a GOP primary by one vote.
Anthony M. Derlunas II, the man who yelled "Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!" at a theater performance of "Fiddler on the Roof" in Baltimore, says he's sorry for the outburst.
