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Quantico-Based FBI Agents Fell to T...

Quantico-Based FBI Agents Fell to Their Deaths

Two agents with the FBI's elite hostage rescue team apparently fell to their deaths while on a counterterorrism training exercise off Virginia Beach Friday. An FBI spokeswoman said Tuesday that the two...
Car Plows Into Adelphi Dry Cleaning...

Car Plows Into Adelphi Dry Cleaning Business

The car hit the building, located in the 2200 block of University Boulevard, Tuesday morning.
News4 I-Team Investigative Unit

News4 I-Team Investigative Unit

The News4 iTeam focuses on investigative stories across the Washington, D.C., area.Photo Credit: NBCWashington.com
Adorbale Disabled Pig Grows Star Po...

Adorbale Disabled Pig Grows Star Power

Catch up with YouTube sensation Chris P. Bacon. A YouTube video turned the pig into an Internet sensation five months ago. Since then, he's gained size and increased his public
Nats' Mattheus Breaks Hand Punching...

Nats' Mattheus Breaks Hand Punching Locker

Frustration is boiling over in the Nationals' clubhouse.Photo Credit: Getty Images
Could Va.'s Surprise GOP Lt. Gov. P...

Could Va.'s Surprise GOP Lt. Gov. Pick Hurt Cuccinelli?

There's reason to think it could.

WTOP

Fiesta Asia celebrates Pacific Asia...

Fiesta Asia celebrates Pacific Asian culture

The Asian Heritage Foundation hosted its eighth Fiesta Asia Street Festival. The festival featured martial arts demonstrations, food vendors, musical performances and a cultural parade.
Pet of the Week: Cherry

Pet of the Week: Cherry

WTOP Living is partnering with the Washington Animal Rescue League to feature a Pet of the Week available for adoption. Meet this week's pet below.
ADOPTED! Pet of the Week: Diego, Ch...

ADOPTED! Pet of the Week: Diego, Chihuahua mix

WTOP Living is partnering with the Washington Animal Rescue League to feature a Pet of the Week available for adoption. Meet this week's pet below.
Woman: Hung up on after calling 911...

Woman: Hung up on after calling 911 in D.C.

A woman in D.C. says her calls for help to 911 went unanswered after an attempted robbery, but city officials say the system was working properly.
D.C. police seek help finding missi...

D.C. police seek help finding missing boy

Police in D.C. are asking the public for help finding an 11-year-old boy.
DC Fire: Carbon monoxide sickens 7 ...

DC Fire: Carbon monoxide sickens 7 workers

- A D.C. fire department official says seven construction workers were sickened by carbon monoxide and sent to area hospitals.

Washingtoncitypaper

ToDo ToDay: Company at Signature Th...

ToDo ToDay: Company at Signature Theatre and a Daft Punk Listening Party

For its current production of Company, Sondheim's musical tribute to thirtysomething urban dwellers, Signature Theatre has dug deep into its own company: All of the actors have performed in at least two previous productions with the Arlington theater. A dark musical comedy about the woes of adult relationships might hit too close to home, [...]
Reviewed: Lara Bandilla, Melanie Ke...

Reviewed: Lara Bandilla, Melanie Kehoss, and Millennium Arts Salon at Hillyer Art Space

This month, Hillyer Art Space is shoehorning a trio of wildly divergent exhibits into its three galleries.Melanie Kehoss, a lecturer at Georgetown University, makes exquisitely delicate paper cuttings set on rice paper (top), often with a theme of celebration. Some of her brightly toned works are eccentric (a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. set [...]
Arts Roundup: Goodnight, Roberto Ed...

Arts Roundup: Goodnight, Roberto Edition

DC-7: The Roberto Clemente Story closes early at Gala Hispanic Theatre. [D.C. Theatre Scene] Stream Red Hare's Nites of Midnite over at Spin—but before you do, read our review of the aggro record. [Spin] Behold: Adams Morgan's summer concert series! [The 42] Dave Nada makes a free mix for the rapidly approaching Moombahton Massive party at 9:30 Club. [Moombahton] D.C. [...]
Listen: Wale, ?Love Hate Thing?

Listen: Wale, ?Love Hate Thing?

Wale spent the last week tweeting about "Love Hate Thing," the next release from his third album, The Gifted, which drops June 25. With Folarin's "Bad" dominating the radio, anticipation for new Wale material has been high. His latest release should temporarily sate the fans—and maybe even quiet some of his critics. "Love Hate Thing" (which [...]
Photos: Kvelertak @ Rock & Roll Hot...

Photos: Kvelertak @ Rock & Roll Hotel

Some metal bands play consistently great live shows simply by virtue of their music's relative simplicity. Unlike the kind of metal that relies on technical complexity and mathematical precision, the straightforward brand of stuff that Kvelertak plays really just comes down to big, catchy riffs. With these guys there's just not a lot of nuance [...]
Reviewed: ?Raising Dust? at Carroll...

Reviewed: ?Raising Dust? at Carroll Square Gallery

?Raising Dust? at the Carroll Square Gallery spotlights five artists whose works incorporate clay, but none of the five artists—Akemi Maegawa, Melissa Mytty, Matthew Alden Price, Matt Ziemke, and Margaret Boozer—is content to simply turn clay into pottery. For each of them, clay or dirt is a starting point, not an end in itself. Price turns acrylic, [...]

myfoxcity

Residents seek to revoke store lice...

Residents seek to revoke store license

Hundreds of Columbia Heights residents are asking city officials to revoke the liquor license of a 14th Street carryout after the owner was indicted on felony drug charges.

DC pizza makers aiming to be fastes...

DC pizza makers aiming to be fastest

Joe Burr is bouncing up and down, exhaling. He is concentrating like an Olympic runner ready to pounce out of the gate. His nickname is "Domino Joe." His sport is pizza. Burr and Jesse Dann are Domino's Pizza employees. They have both qualified to head to Las Vegas next week where they will compete for the title of World's Fastest Pizza Maker.

Alexander discusses same-sex marria...

Alexander discusses same-sex marriage

It has been years since the District legalized same-sex marriage. At the time, two D.C. councilmembers voted against the legislation: Marion Barry and Yvette Alexander. "It was really, really a difficult decision for me,? Alexander tells FOX 5 Thursday.

Peterson, Khan rematch canceled

Peterson, Khan rematch canceled

The highly-anticipated rematch between Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan was canceled after the American tested positive for a banned substance. FOX 5?s Dave Ross spoke with Peterson and his trainer Barry Hunter about the failed drug test.

DC man charged in death of tourist

DC man charged in death of tourist

The younger brother of NFL players Vernon and Vontae Davis has been charged with murder in the death of a man visiting the nation's capital from Colorado.

Ovechkin helps Caps beat Rangers 2-...

Ovechkin helps Caps beat Rangers 2-1

Alex Ovechkin rebounded from a rare zero-shot performance by scoring after 88 seconds Wednesday night, Braden Holtby made 30 saves, and the Washington Capitals recovered from a potentially devastating loss by beating the top-seeded New York Rangers 2-1 to force a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinal.

WashingtonTimes

U.S. Capitol Black Police Associati...

U.S. Capitol Black Police Association set to rally against discrimination

The U.S. Capitol Black Police Association is staging a protest on Tuesday against what members decry as a hostile and discriminatory work environment.

The protest comes on the heels of a class-action suit just filed by 51 CBPA officers, civilians and employees against the Capitol Police Board. The suit contends ...

Va. GOP lieutenant governor nominee...

Va. GOP lieutenant governor nominee under fire for comments on abortion, gay rights

Virginia Democrats tried to shift the focus Monday away from their own embattled gubernatorial candidate to newly minted Republican lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson, whose controversial remarks on abortion and gay rights have quickly landed the fiery Chesapeake minister in the national spotlight.

Mr. Jackson, a Harvard Law School graduate ...

D.C. tax office whiffed on $6.5M i...

D.C. tax office whiffed on $6.5M in penalties

The District's Office of Tax and Revenue failed to collect $6.5 million over a five-year period because it did not charge penalty fees to businesses that owed money — a punitive system now under review because officials said it was too ambiguous to enforce.

The findings were among several deficiencies ...

Chesapeake bishop surprises, wins V...

Chesapeake bishop surprises, wins Va. GOP lieutenant governor nomination

RICHMOND — After Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II formally accepted his party's nomination for governor and Virginia GOP scion Mark Obenshain secured the same for attorney general, it was a political neophyte who stole the show Saturday with multiple helpings of 11th-hour drama.

Chesapeake Bishop E.W. Jackson, who ...

D.C. man won't face gun charges for...

D.C. man won't face gun charges for shooting pit bull attacking boy

Authorities last week made an agreement not to prosecute a Northwest D.C. man who used his unregistered handgun to kill a pit bull in order to stop it from mauling a child in his neighborhood.

As part of the agreement, Benjamin Srigley, 39, was required to pay a $1,000 fine ...

Virginia woman charged in connectio...

Virginia woman charged in connection with domestic homicide

A Sterling woman was arrested this weekend on charges related to a shooting death of her husband, a police officer, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said.

Rosangela Spradling, 42, was arrested by Loudoun County after deputies found the body of 52-year-old Steven Spradling in their home in the 21700 block ...

NY Times Washinton

Washington Gardeners Battle a Persi...

Washington Gardeners Battle a Persistent Pest: A Flower Thief

Lovingly planted lilies, peonies and other flowers have been disappearing from gardens in capital neighborhoods for about a decade.
Focusing on Power Play, Nash Aims t...

Focusing on Power Play, Nash Aims to End a Skid

Rick Nash, 0-5 in his postseason career, attempted 16 shots in Game 1 against the Capitals, but the Rangers need him to find the net.
Justice Breyer Has Shoulder Surgery

Justice Breyer Has Shoulder Surgery

Justice Stephen Breyer was in a Washington hospital after shoulder replacement surgery following a bicycle accident.
Mississippi Man Is Arrested in Send...

Mississippi Man Is Arrested in Sending of Suspicious Letters

Federal agents arrested a man suspected of sending letters feared to have been tainted with the poison ricin to President Obama and a Mississippi senator, according to two officials.
Supreme Court Spectator Line Acts a...

Supreme Court Spectator Line Acts as a Toll Booth

Some people brave long waits through the cold and dark for a chance to see the Supreme Court at work. Others pay ?line standers? to do the waiting for them.
Hearing Set on Cheating Claim in Ca...

Hearing Set on Cheating Claim in Capital

The City Council in Washington will hold a hearing after a memo warning officials of cheating on standardized tests during the chancellorship of Michelle A. Rhee surfaced on Thursday.

WashintonPost

Nationals vs. Giants: Washington pi...

Nationals vs. Giants: Washington pitchers are pounded in 8-0 loss

SAN FRANCISCO ? The goal for the Washington Nationals remains unchanged, and if they overcome the bewildering first portion of their season to reach it, they may look back on Monday night and wonder: how did they ever get so lost on the way to the World Series?

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Ryan Mattheus breaks throwing hand ...

Ryan Mattheus breaks throwing hand punching a locker, adds to bullpen disarray

The disarray in the Nationals' bullpen reached a bizarre and self-inflicted new height Monday night. After the Nationals' 8-0 to the Giants, Manager Davey Johnson revealed set-up man Ryan Mattheus had broken his right hand Sunday when he punched his locker after a dreadful performance, landing him on the disabled list and leaving the Nationals scrambling for fresh arms.

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10 affected by carbon monoxide in D...

10 affected by carbon monoxide in DC

Carbon monoxide fumes sent seven construction workers to hospitals in the District Monday night, a D.C. fire department spokesman said.

A total of 10 people were affected at about 10 p.m. as they removed asbestos from from a building in the 500 block of 14th Street, department spokesman Lon Walls said.

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Antiabortion group plans to use Vir...

Antiabortion group plans to use Virginia races as ?template? for 2014 midterm efforts

A leading antiabortion group plans to use Virginia?s 2013 statewide races as a strategic proving ground ahead of next year?s midterm elections, raising the stakes in a gubernatorial contest marked by heated debate over social issues.

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FBI agents killed in training exerc...

FBI agents killed in training exercises belonged to elite hostage rescue team

They were among the elite of the elite, members of the FBI?s paramilitary counterterrorism Hostage Rescue Team traveling the globe to respond to fast-developing criminal threats. The agents who died Friday off the coast of Virginia Beach were training for some of the most rigorous and dangerous law enforcement assignments.

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How Silver Spring?s transit center ...

How Silver Spring?s transit center plan grew into a fiasco

At the low point in the boom-bust-boom history of Silver Spring, the biggest downtown in the Washington suburbs was in desperate straits. From the mid-1960s through the next decade, storefronts emptied out fast. Some morphed into low-rent adult bookstores or churches catering to immigrants. Crime spiked.

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