District of Columbia News Headlines

Grab a jacket if you're going out on this spring day, a chill is in the air. The post Freeze warning issued for parts of DC...

A charter school in Texas apologized on Friday after students were asked to write a list of the positive aspects of...

A man is dead after being stabbed in Southwest D.C. Friday morning. D.C. police were called to Forrester Street near Martin...

President Trump reportedly touted his decision to bring former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani onto his legal team by...

President Trump responded Friday to a lawsuit filed against his campaign by the Democratic Party, criticizing the lawsuit...

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) was charged with a felony on Friday for using an improperly obtained list of donors from...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned the White House recently that he could resign if President Trump were to fire Deputy...

GOP leaders have been silent on the calls from key House conservatives to censure or impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod...

Republicans are pushing forward with a proposal to speed up the Senate's consideration of President Trump's nominees.The...

When President Trump hosts French President Emmanuel Macron next week for his first state dinner, no Democrats or members...

Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa told concertgoers this week that he wanted to personally apologize for a long...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has signed a bill banning carryout food and drink containers made from...

Marking 19 years since the massacre at Columbine High School that killed 13 people, local students are participating in a...

An art installation near Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School features nearly 200 white T-shirts hanging on a fence inscribed...

D.C. chef Jose Andres is among 100 people Time considers this year's most influential people. Andres makes the list for...

Commuters can take advantage of a number of free or discounted options as transit organizations across the D.C. region...

As marijuana fans celebrate the cannabis holiday known as 4/20 on Friday, advocates in the nation's capital are complaining...

If this year’s extended winter weather has left you itching to get outside, now is the time to do it. April 21 through 29...

Amy Schumer and co-star Rory Scovel join WTOP to dish on their new comedy “I Feel Pretty,” while joking about Schumer’s...

ANALYSIS/OPINION: Friday is 4/20 Day. Weed Day. Beware, however. A bulletin last week from the Centers for Disease Control...

Hundreds of students in the D.C. area and thousands more across the country plan to walk out of their classes Friday to...

According to charging documents made available Thursday, 24-year-old James Embre may have been physical with the toddler,...

Former first lady Hillary Clinton is scheduled to headline a fundraiser in the nation's capital to commemorate the 20th...

The Republican Senate debate in Virginia got personal Thursday when state Delegate Nick Freitas slammed rival Corey Stewart...

Crimes motivated by gender and sexual orientation made up about 40 percent of hate crimes in D.C. last year, according to...

Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Corey Stewart on Thursday said that not only would he have voted against last month's $1.3...

Instead of getting an ambulance, some 911 callers in the District could be sent a taxi or a Lyft. It's part of an effort to...

A California man has been found guilty of federal charges that he kidnapped a Lyft driver and ordered him at gunpoint to...

The new Entertainment & Sports Arena is on target to open on time this fall, but is still hiring for both construction and...

Nearly 50 years ago, Col. Carl McNair was in South Vietnam's Mekong Delta, a new Army aviator piloting the service's iconic...

Woodrow Wilson High School has banned students from bringing any baked goods, drinks or candy this week to prevent the...

With less than three weeks until West Virginia's primary election, national Republican leaders seem to finally recognize...

ANALYSIS/OPINION: Now that the lines of the red state-blue state models are as blurred as those in the Robin...

For the first time since 1876, Union muskets were loaded and Frederick Douglass took center stage on Capitol Hill. The...

Courtesy of Susan Spear/Cornell Lab April 16, 2018 Vlad George Guest Writer Consumer Resources Sponsored Purchasing a...

"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward." — Psalms 127:3 The God of all creation...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Kevin Anderson has resigned as Maryland athletic director after a seven-year run that ended in a...

April 11, 2017 Sara Blanco Guest writer Consumer Resources – Medical Sponsored Given the rise of nanotechnology in...

A new memorial wall has been erected on the National Mall, this one dedicated to the thousands of victims of fatal opioid...

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told Congress on Wednesday she will make a decision "soon" on whether to...

An overturned dump truck spilled mounds of dirt Wednesday across the eastbound lanes of New York Avenue, causing morning...

WASHINGTON — Watch out! If you're being a slowpoke in the left lane in Virginia, you may be fined. Thousands of people have...

Powered by last year's electoral victories and emboldened by GOP defections, Virginia Democrats are on the cusp of winning...

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is marking its 25th anniversary with a renewed pledge for education, remembrance and the...

A Twitter account linked to Tyler Barriss, a manslaughter suspect in custody awaiting trial in connection with the deadly...

Yuri’s Night, a yearly worldwide celebration of space, was held at the National Air and Space Museum, as it enters a new...

A Times reporter who has covered law enforcement under five attorneys general finds that each brings a personal conviction...

The comedy, about a ghost trying to scare away a family, is based on Tim Burton’s movie. Alex Timbers is directing, and it...

March 27, 2018 Miguel Angel Guest Writer Consumer Resources Sponsored If you want to unlock a mobile phone, track it or...

The protests in Washington and Chicago drew young people for whom the anguish of shootings feels different: The bloodshed...