A federal appeals court on Wednesday cleared the way for same-sex marriages to be performed in Virginia as soon as next week, denying a request to stay its ruling striking down the state's ban on the unions. Published August 13, 2014
A federal appeals court on Wednesday cleared the way for same-sex marriages to be performed in Virginia as soon as next week, denying a request to stay its ruling striking down the state's ban on the unions. Published August 13, 2014
A federal judge has upheld a package of strict firearms regulations that went into effect in Maryland last year. Published August 12, 2014
A 13-year-old boy was charged with attempted murder after shooting a female in the back because a gang he was involved with thought she had snitched to police. Published July 31, 2014
Montgomery County schools are seeing a surge in illegal immigrant children enrolling in the school system after having crossed the border unaccompanied, schools officials say. Published July 30, 2014
Lawmakers in a Northern Virginia county are looking for answers about a contract between the federal government and a local nonprofit to house illegal immigrant children weeks after community opposition forced the Obama administration to rethink a plan to house some of the children at an abandoned college south of Richmond. Published July 15, 2014
Former Prince George's County Executive Wayne K. Curry died Wednesday after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 63. Published July 2, 2014
A D.C. jury found that a nonprofit group and its director misappropriated more than $300,000 from the city's HIV/AIDS program for renovations on a proposed job-training center that instead was used to open a strip club. Published June 24, 2014
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has posted on his Facebook page a letter from a Virginia state senator praising the Syrian army and offering encouragement in the government's three-year battle against rebel forces. Published May 28, 2014
Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds has indicated he might sue over negligent treatment of his mentally ill son, who attacked Mr. Deeds before fatally shooting himself last year. Published May 15, 2014
A D.C. woman pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Wednesday for administering a lethal dose of a prescription drug to her infant son. Published May 7, 2014
A proposal to expand Medicaid to up to 400,000 low-income residents is losing support in Virginia, poll results released Thursday suggest. Published April 24, 2014
Five former Virginia attorneys general — three Democrats and two Republicans — said in a proposed court filing that corruption counts against former Gov. Bob McDonnell should be dismissed and that Justice Department attorneys overreached in bringing criminal charges for his indiscretions. Published April 3, 2014
D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser's victory Tuesday in the District's Democratic mayoral primary caps a rise from relative obscurity seven years ago to front-runner status in the general election. Published April 1, 2014
D.C. voters, weary of the shadow of corruption and federal investigation that clouded the administration of Vincent C. Gray seemingly from his first day in office, rejected the mayor's bid for a second term, choosing instead a two-term council member and political protege of the man he ousted four years ago. Published April 1, 2014
A weeklong search for a missing 8-year-old girl that has spanned the East Coast shifted Thursday to a large wooded parkland in the District, where police mounted a "recovery operation" and said they couldn't ignore the possibility that Relisha Rudd was killed. Published March 27, 2014
Howard County Police said a 19-year-old who fatally shot two employees at a Maryland mall in January before taking his own life had a fixation on the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and that he posted a chilling message online moments before his rampage. Published March 12, 2014
Alexandria police said Thursday that the fatal shooting of a music teacher last month and the killing last year of a regional planning official "appear to be linked" to the decade-old unsolved slaying of the wife of the city's former sheriff. Published March 6, 2014
A Maryland man serving a prison sentence in Israel for a horrific murder he committed as a teen in Aspen Hill was gunned down Sunday by police special forces after he stole a gun and shot three guards. Published February 23, 2014
D.C. police say a Northeast man shot last month died on Saturday. Published February 23, 2014
