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

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles reiterated the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle to D.C. youth Thursday during a Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington event.

Creating healthy habits at a young age not only keeps kids in good health, but also increases their chances for sustaining the healthy ...

Lihua Chi stood Thursday in 100-degree weather on the U.S. Capitol's West Lawn, relating via an interpreter how she was beaten and imprisoned four times, and how her husband was tortured to death in her homeland of China.

Her 15-year-old daughter stood beside her, holding photos of her father and ...

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And the beat rolls on toward reforming the D.C. region's mass transit system.

Metro officials have been under considerable pressure to fix obvious problems with the system, including longstanding rail and bus safety and security issues, labor issues and financial and governance shortcomings.

The benefits of those reforms are ...

The District's iconic Watergate Hotel will host an all-star chef dinner Tuesday to honor French culinary expert Jean-Louis Palladin, whose restaurant has been a staple of the hotel since 1979. Palladin ran the restaurant until his death in 2001 from lung cancer.

The five-course meal, taking place at The Watergate's ...

Regional lawmakers on Wednesday approved looking into constructing a northern bridge across the Potomac River, despite opposition from Montgomery County and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's administration.

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board also approved nine other proposals to be analyzed over the next four months. Board members will decide ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, pro-Kurdish supporters and free speech advocates gathered Wednesday morning outside the Turkish ambassador's residence to deliver a message to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: "We will not be silenced."

Waving flags and handmade signs, demonstrators in Northwest Washington's Sheridan Circle returned to the scene of ...

The police say foul play is not suspected in the disappearance of six students from the violence-plagued country. Two were reported seen in Canada.

Six girls from Herat, initially denied entry to the U.S. for the First Global robotics competition in Washington, are now the stars of the show.

In the president?s newest tweet about his eldest son?s meeting, he described the gathering as routine and something almost anyone in politics would have wanted to attend.

A church choir and orchestra performed ?Make America Great Again? earlier this month, and President Trump has spread it far and wide on Twitter.

Mr. Scalise, who was critically injured in a June 14 shooting during a congressional baseball practice, was moved back to the I.C.U. over concerns about infection.

A Washington hospital returned the No. 3 Republican in the House of Representatives to the intensive care unit over concerns about infection.

The other four teens, who came to D.C. to compete in the event, are also believed to be safe.

Report for Va. government blunts complaints that Metro?s labor costs are excessive.

David Grosso (I-At Large) plans to introduce a bill aimed at improving disciplinary procedures.

Life remained the same despite heat wave in the District.

The Republican running for Virginia governor appears to be heeding advice that he must shore up support from Trump voters.

Cutting through the talking points and Twitter fights between campaign staffers.