Alexandria VA

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue crews were called around 3:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26, to the 6600 block of Mainsail Court in Burke, where flames were shooting from the roof of a garage attached to a single-family home. All six occupants inside the home made it out safely after one...

In the Cheltenham area of Prince George's County, through trees and brush and with not much to mark it, there is a spot where more than 200 Black youth were buried. The few headstones that exist are weather-worn. Other spots are marked with just moss-covered cinderblocks. Many of the dead were buried without any...

Police are investigating a car theft that took place in Southwest D.C. recently.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Mostly self-taught, Parks interspersed religious images in his photography across his career, an exhibition at Howard University reveals. The post Photographer Gordon Parks’ religious images displayed in DC exhibition appeared first on RNS .

Fire officials said that a woman had her arm trapped in an elevator door.

Vienna Police said the chaos erupted around 9:20 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at the McDonald’s on Maple Avenue West, where a large crowd of high schoolers gathered for a fight. As officers moved in to break it up, someone in the crowd launched fireworks in their direction. Two officers were hurt in the blast, but were...

The Rev. Howard-John Wesley is no stranger to speaking hard truths from the pulpit. His Sept. 14 sermon at Alfred Street Baptist Church — one of the nation’s oldest historically Black congregations — placed him and his church at the center of controversy. But his congregation at the Alexandria, Virginia-based church,...

Vultures are often misunderstood creatures, known for their scavenging habits but rarely appreciated for the vital role they play in our ecosystems. They help keep the environment clean by consuming carrion, preventing the spread of disease. In Virginia, birdwatchers can spot two distinct species of vultures: the...

Flavio was getting ready with his boss one morning in August when officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrived and arrested him and two of his co-workers. At first, they were taken in handcuffs to an area near the Pentagon, and then to a private home. Eventually, he said, he was transported to an...

FAIRFAX, Virginia – Attorney General Jason Miyares (R-VA) has called on Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano to resign, accusing his office of mishandling multiple cases and handing out lenient plea deals. While surrounded by more than a dozen victims, Miyares called for legislative reforms to protect...