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

The National Weather Service says that rain expected this week in the D.C. area could set the annual precipitation record for the region.

A 30 percent chance of rain Thursday night will grow to a 70 percent chance Friday with the potential for setting the record on annual rainfall, said ...

A group of Northern Virginia residents is protesting the proposed construction of a large solar farm in their rural community, saying the project is more dangerous to the environment and surrounding towns than beneficial.

The project is proposed by Utah-based Sustainable Power Group, known as sPower, and would be the ...

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With three weeks left in 2018, the number of homicides in the District is nearly 45 percent higher that last year's total, prompting one lawmaker to say the city is in a "state of emergency."

As of Monday, there have been 154 homicides this year in District, compared to 108 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A lingering storm keeps dumping immobilizing snow, sleet or freezing rain across five southern states, leaving dangerously icy roads and hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. Authorities urged people to stay home on Monday in areas where driving is dangerous.

Accidents on snow-covered interstates caused ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The same jury that convicted a man of first-degree murder for driving his car into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally will now decide his punishment.

The jury in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr. will reconvene Monday to hear additional evidence and come ...

Ms. Butina will plead guilty to conspiring to act as a foreign agent. The case drew headlines with accusations that she used sex as spycraft as she tried to influence Republicans.

Gen. Mark Milley of the Army is expected to be President Trump?s choice for the top military job.

But the justices seemed reluctant to overrule precedents that sometimes allow defendants to be prosecuted twice for the same crimes.

Former President George W. Bush delivered an emotional eulogy about his father, former president George H.W. Bush, during his funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington.

Former President George W. Bush, the 43rd president, delivered a eulogy for the 41st president and his father, George Bush. Here are those remarks.

The United States? five living presidents and about a dozen current and former heads of state are at the National Cathedral for a state funeral.

Eerie relics from the Pentagon and twin towers wreckage were installed in a future wing of the museum.

The Virginia Department of Health is investigating the self-proclaimed neo-Nazi.

James J. Grazioplene, 69, faces multiple counts in Prince William Circuit Court, according to court records. Authorities said the alleged attacks occurred between Aug. 1, 1987, and May 1, 1988.

The alarms terrified employees at the Bethesda installation last month and led to a massive police response.

Mostly sunny, tranquil weather is in store for today and tomorrow before unsettled conditions return on Thursday. Heavy rain is possible on Friday.

The staff of the Maryland paper targeted in a fatal shooting in June are among journalists honored by the magazine?s annual award.