During Wednesday night’s presidential debate, Hillary Clinton defended her disagreement with the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on gun rights by saying it was about keeping toddlers from gaining access to firearms.
A federal judge has granted a brief extension of Virginia’s voter-registration deadline after heavy demand prevented some voters from registering online.
Bao Bao the panda is moving to China early next year, officials at the National Zoo announced Thursday.
Got a phone? You’ll get a lawyer. Free.
The pop star is swinging in to Northern Virginia to campaign for Hillary Clinton.
A Prince George’s County school bus aide has been indicted on charges of child abuse and sexual molestation of two specials needs children.
The National Zoo will be saying bye-bye to panda cub Bao Bao.
Legal scholars and tenant advocates pushed Wednesday for the D.C. Council to approve a bill that would provide low-income residents with free legal representation in housing court.
A terminally ill woman from California says her insurance company declined to cover a chemotherapy treatment, but offered to pay for her to kill herself, shortly after California passed a law permitting physician-assisted suicide.
An unnamed Maryland police officer is suspended from duty pending review after a woman complained about an Oath Keepers hat on display in the rear window of the officer’s county police cruiser.
D.C. landlords vastly favored white female tenants with criminal records over black female tenants with similar backgrounds, according to a study released Tuesday by the Equal Rights Center.
The Bad Brains’ explosive live performances beginning in the late 1970s established Washington, D.C.’s reputation for breeding some of of the most important bands of punk rock and, as hyperbolized in one of their best known songs, were rowdy enough to get the group “Banned in D.C.”
One of NASA's main delivery companies made a triumphant comeback seen up and down the East Coast on Monday night, launching its first space station shipment from Virginia since a rocket explosion two years ago.
"Democracy depends on the integrity of voting." So say some concerned registered voters in Ward 4, who claim irregularities occurred during June's closed primary elections at the hands of the D.C. Board of Elections.
Guests gathered at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Northwest Saturday evening for the National Italian American Foundation's 41st annual gala to honor standout Italians and Americans of Italian heritage.
The D.C. Council this week gave preliminary approval to legislation that would raise the smoking age to 21, but some lawmakers say making cigarettes illegal won't deter teens from picking up the habit.
With a $275 million deficit looming, Metro leaders and elected officials need to figure out how to close that shortfall, prevent another hole and raise additional revenue to cover future expenses.
Comedian Kevin Hart, in the District to promote his concert film "Kevin Hart: What Now?" which opens Friday, told The Washington Times that he was advised by Chris Rock to be as "universal as possible" in his stand-up.
