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

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Roughly 100 players worked out at the XFL D.C. Summer Showcase on Saturday, and in many ways the lineup had a geographical tilt toward the DMV.

The group included former Baltimore Ravens running back Bernard Pierce; wide receiver Vinny Papale, son of famed Eagles receiver ...

President Trump's hotel in D.C. risks losing its liquor license after local alcohol regulators set the stage this week to consider whether he satisfies their "good character" requirement.

The district's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board ruled Wednesday against dismissing a complaint lodged against the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue.

A ...

The Trump administration and Congress have yet to pay the District of Columbia $7 million for President Trump's 2017 inauguration ceremony, while Mr. Trump plans a Fourth of July speech at the Lincoln Memorial, The Washington Post reported.

Congress originally provided $20 million for the ceremony, but the inauguration ended ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland information technology official says Baltimore leaders resisted accepting help from the state for about a week after the city's computer servers were hacked.

The Baltimore Sun reports it obtained a transcript from a May 22 cybersecurity meeting where Maryland Chief Information Security Officer John Evans ...

The Washington Times has won a combined 21 awards in two major journalism competitions.

The Times took home 16 awards in the Society of Professional Journalists' 2019 Dateline Awards for journalism excellence, landing six first-place wins and 12 finalist honors in the daily newspaper division. The industry competition for the ...

Travelers on the hunt for souvenirs have made the newest kiosk at Ronald Reagan National Airport — Made in DC — a standout that outsells its nearby rivals.

The kiosk is the first of its kind in the airport — owned and operated by a collaborative of 12 local women- ...

A federal agency recommended firing President Trump?s counselor, but he said he would not comply. Here?s a look at the 1939 law restricting political activity by government employees.

We live in a country where revelers cannot even celebrate a group, cause or artist without the fear of a mass shooting.

President Trump takes a cue from Samuel Johnson, who once declared that ?Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.?

The president decided that the one thing missing from the capital?s celebration was himself.

The Trump administration is pressing Turkey to drop plans to buy a Russian antiaircraft system, threatening to end cooperation on the F-35 fighter program.

The mayor?s office confirmed that the president intends to speak from the Lincoln Memorial, prompting criticism that he is politicizing a nonpartisan celebration.

Drivers should expect major delays on Beltway's inner loop.

The city Rayful Edmond III left behind no longer resembles the one in which he reigned. At public hearings on his request for release, neighbors recalled the drug trade ? and its toll.

The city Rayful Edmond III left behind no longer resembles the one in which he reigned. At public hearings on his request for release, neighbors recalled the drug trade ? and its toll.

Dieudonne Kazzembe's difficult journey from Congo to Capitol Hill ended with a loving family. ?He woke up one day and had this teenager in his house,? Kazzembe said of his dad, Joe McGill. ?And he just took me.?

And why some Republicans in Northern Virginia are irked by the congresswoman?s focus on the issue.

The path to a degree can be rocky for first-generation university students. But these young men and women found help from a surprising source.