The D.C. Council approved the District of Columbia Soccer Stadium Act of 2014 on Wednesday.

Alan Gross -- the American who was freed from five years of imprisonment in Cuba today -- had been working as a subcontractor for the U.S. government's U.S. Agency for International Development when he was arrested -- an agency that has been promoting democracy in Cuba.

"Saving Private Ryan" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" are among 25 movies being inducted this year into the National Film Registry for long-term preservation, the Library of Congress announced Wednesday.

One dresses sharply; the other holds up banks in Alexandria and Annandale.

Three Metro lines are up and running Tuesday morning after a water main break caused a major headache for commuters on the rail and the road.

Singer Chris Brown's bodyguard Christopher Hollosy has been given a 90-day suspended jail sentence, 1-year probation and ordered to perform 24 hours of community service for breaking the nose of a Beltsville man last year.

Because visits to your local record store shouldn't just be once a year.

Paperhaus reinvents its lineup?and sound?on its new track.

And Alex Trebek talks local sports.

The Hirshhorn?s carefully curated look at the work of installation artist Robert Irwin is the museum?s best exhibit in a decade.

Bold dance shows, a beer-fueled rock bash, and moody rock from a Northern Virginia native

A Record Store Day bummer

After an extensive national search, The Washington Times is promoting from within, naming longtime newsroom stalwart and Executive Editor Christopher Dolan as the next president of The Washington Times, effective Jan. 1.

Mr. Dolan, a third-generation newspaperman who joined The Times' newsroom 18 years ago as a national desk editor, ...

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The National Park Service (NPS) is considering changing how it processes applications for marches in Washington.

Not marches on Washington, mind you, such as the peaceful 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that included Martin Luther King's legendary "I Have a Dream" speech.

Instead, the NPS is ...

Advocates for people with disabilities are concerned that MetroAccess vehicles carry no medical kits, a rarity among mass transit systems.

Phil Posner, chairman of Metro's Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC), said Monday that the MetroAccess vans purchased last summer should carry first-aid supplies because riders who have disabilities hit their heads ...

D.C.-area Catholics expressed frustration Sunday over the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, who resigned Friday amid criticism of his handling of sexual assault allegations against priests when he was bishop of Pittsburgh.

"I hope he does spend all his spare time regretting what has happened. God ...

New rules proposed by the National Park Service are coming under criticism over concerns involving their potential impact on protests around Washington, D.C., as the federal government's window for receiving public comments nears closing.

Park officials are accepting comments on the proposed rules through Monday, after which point the agency ...

Federal authorities are receiving roughly twice as many requests to investigate threats made against lawmakers than they were a few years ago, according to a Justice Department official handling cases in D.C.

Kenneth Kohl, deputy chief of the national security section of the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C, said his ...

Amy Brandwein of Centrolina, in Washington, has reinvented Italian classics and tried to get people thinking differently about women who run restaurants.

It?s time to end the longest stretch in American history without a new state.

And why it?s time to make Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., the 51st and 52nd states.

Despite demands to oust Cardinal Wuerl over sexual abuse scandals, Pope Francis praised him as a model leader.

After he was killed in Laramie, Wyo., in 1998, Mr. Shepard became a symbol of violence against gay people. He has never been laid to rest.

The city is joining dozens of others around the world by creating a position focusing on issues that crop up at night, like noise complaints or congestion in certain neighborhoods.

He is developing well, zookeepers say, and they have lots of pictures and video to show off.

EatBar's Hash Brown Burger may be a novelty, but it's even more delicious than it looks.

The poll suggests voters are not troubled by his involvement in a scandal in which his staffers submitted fraudulent signatures in an effort to get another candidate on the ballot.

Heat islands are caused by high concentrations of asphalt and concrete, which intensify temperatures. The cool spots, in contrast, tended to coincide with shady, tree-lined parks.

Authorities said the assault took place around 3 a.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of H Street Northeast.

The positions wield little power in the District but have attracted significant amounts of money this election cycle.