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Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail, a volunteer group dedicated to trail maintenance and education efforts, was recognized with an award last month for its trail renovation work. The organization was honored with the “Trail of the Year” award from the Public Lands Alliance at the nonprofit’s conference in Daytona...

Police said that a man in pink sneakers tried to rob a Springfield store while armed with a gun.

Dr. Shana Nitri from the University of Maryland Greenbaum Comprehensive Cancer Center joins Fox 5 to talk about Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

Hungry for something new? Here are a few Northern Virginia restaurants slated to open later this year in that we can’t wait to try. As we noted last year, chef Gina Chersevani is (still) working on opening her fourth location of this soda counter-meets-deli-meets-cocktail-bar. Inspired by a Brooklyn soda shop at the...

A judge ordered a 16-year-old to be held after finding probable cause in his connection with the murder of Roy Lee Bennett Jr. at a recording studio in D.C.

Alexandria’s Shiloh Baptist Church is among more than 30 historically Black churches to receive a new grant aimed at preserving and restoring their buildings. The church at 1401 Jamieson Avenue has received $360,000 from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund as...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A reported mass stabbing near the nation’s capital left multiple people injured, with police firing shots during the rapidly unfolding emergency, according to early accounts and video from the scene. The incident comes just hours after a separate mass shooting in Texas, intensifying public concern...

Stabbing inside Northwest building ends in murder charge on Virginia

Snowfall and a wintry mix covered the D.C. region Monday afternoon into the evening. Here are the latest school closures and delays for Tuesday, March 3.

Virginia State Police have identified the suspect as Jared Llamado, 32, of McLean. One of the stabbing victims who died has been identified as Michelle Adams, 39. At around 1:20 p.m. on March 1, troopers were called to a stretch of the southbound lanes of the Capital Beltway near exit 52 to investigate a reported...