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The cases differed significantly in motive, but each brought violence from the region to the nation’s capital.

Anna King was sitting on a bench one afternoon outside her home on a busy street in Washington, D.C., scrolling on her phone when three National Guard members entered her front gate, confronted her and pushed her to the ground, tying her hands behind her back with zip ties. The...

Patients across the D.C and Baltimore area have no shortage of highly rated hospitals close to home, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. A dozen hospitals in the D.C. area earned the magazine’s Best Regional Hospital recognition, while The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore again landed among th

WALDORF, MD — Two people were flown to trauma centers after a serious crash in Waldorf left multiple people trapped in vehicles and brought a heavy response from emergency crews. The collision happened in Charles County and was serious enough to require rescue operations at the scene before patients could be transporte

Members of the Fairfax City Council have reacted generally favorably to the latest proposal to redevelop the Courthouse Plaza Shopping Center. Representatives from Combined Properties, which owns the 10-acre site, detailed its latest proposal at a July 28 City Council work session. “We’ve made significant, significant

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is encouraging everyone to come out for National Night Out.

Washington DC felt some brief reprieve from its drought conditions Sunday when heavy rain fell in the city, sending the District to a flash flood warning. DC's rainfall totals have fallen short of its averages in 11 of the past 12 months, but Sunday kickstarted August with the most rainfall in a single day in months. H

A 30-year-old woman who works at a D.C. music venue is missing after she was last seen in Adams Morgan early Friday, prompting a public plea for information. Madeline Avillion was last seen around 6 a.m., and her disappearance has drawn urgent attention from the local entertainment community. According to...

A 16-year-old boy died Sunday after being shot during a car meet early Saturday in Woodbridge. Just after 2 a.m., police were called to investigate a shooting that occurred in the 14100 block of Crossing Place off Prince William Parkway earlier that morning. "The investigation revealed there was a large...

Crews put out a fire on the first floor of the home. Fire officials said that the fire did not spread to the house's second floor or any other row homes.