An Anne Arundel County high school student told police he panicked Monday when his teacher asked him for a piece of his brownie, so he gave her some. Only he didn't tell her the brownie had been baked with marijuana. Published December 9, 2014
Six detainees were released to Uruguay from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Department of Defense announced Sunday. Published December 7, 2014
St. Louis Rams tight end Jared Cook said Thursday he has received threats since he and four teammates took the field Sunday in a "hands up" gesture to express solidarity with demonstrators protesting the grand jury decision in the police shooting death of Michael Brown. Published December 4, 2014
Scattered protests shut down traffic around the District for a third day Monday, with demonstrators lying in roadways and blocking highways to decry the grand jury decision in the police shooting death of Michael Brown. Published December 1, 2014
Iraq's prime minister said Sunday that an investigation of the military forces revealed 50,000 "ghost soldiers" on the country's payroll. Published November 30, 2014
Two outgoing Republican members of Congress are making a last-ditch effort to leave their mark on the District, introducing a bill that would outlaw the city's speed and red-light cameras. Published November 26, 2014
Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, who rose from the sharecroppers' shacks of Itta Bena, Mississippi, to the executive suite of the District's City Hall and overcame an embarrassing public drug arrest while in office to return as D.C. mayor and council member, died early Sunday. He was 78. Published November 23, 2014
The Arlington County Board voted Tuesday to cancel a controversial and expensive streetcar program amid concerns that the divisive fight over the transit project was distracting officials from other pressing issues. Published November 18, 2014
Maryland Gov.-elect Larry Hogan pledged to assemble a bipartisan administration after his defeat of heavily favored Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown — a victory made all the more stunning in that he became the first candidate in state history to win a gubernatorial race after accepting public financing. Published November 5, 2014
A longtime animal rights activist who believes that pets should not be considered property was dealt a setback in federal court when a judge threw out his legal case challenging D.C. law that forbids him from denying "ownership" of his beagle. Published October 21, 2014
The District's mayoral candidates showed rare distinctions on policies over education and homelessness Wednesday during their third debate, which featured several jabs but fewer sharp exchanges than their previous encounters. Published October 15, 2014
Montgomery County police say they are working to build a homicide case against the mother of two Clarksburg children who have been missing for more than a week. Published September 15, 2014
Thousands of bikers from around the country rolled gathered outside the District Thursday and rolled into the city in remembrance of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Published September 11, 2014
A Montgomery County woman wanted in connection with the disappearance of her two small children may have been off her medications for as long as two weeks before she and the children were last seen, her father said Thursday. Published September 11, 2014
Ed Gillespie trails Sen. Mark R. Warner by more than 20 points in the Virginia Senate contest, according to a poll released Wednesday that suggests the Republican hopeful has made no progress closing the gap against the Democratic incumbent in the nine months since announcing his candidacy. Published September 10, 2014
Montgomery County police are looking for a Wheaton boy who has been missing since Friday. Published September 10, 2014
Montgomery County police on Wednesday obtained an arrest warrant for a Clarksburg woman being sought in connection with the disappearance of her two young children. Published September 10, 2014
A majority of Virginia voters think a federal jury in Richmond got it right when they convicted former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, on public corruption charges last week, a new poll says. Published September 9, 2014
The senior D.C. fire official who oversees the department's beleaguered vehicle fleet collected $40,000 in pay raises in a year that saw the agency's ambulances and firetrucks draw headlines for mechanical breakdowns and deteriorating conditions. Published September 8, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay Wednesday halting gay marriage from taking effect in Virginia this week, signaling the justices are inching closer to taking up a case that could definitively decide between the rights of states to recognize marriages and the federal government's guarantee of equal protection. Published August 20, 2014
