The DC unemployment rate is one of the highest in the nation, and it just got even higher.

The bureau of labor statistics reports a spike in the district's jobless rate from 11.1 to 11.4 percent in the last month. 10-thousand jobs were lost.

Joe Walsh, director of the District's emplo...

WASHINGTON (AP) A Washington consultant has been indicted for allegedly conspiring to violate U.S. economic sanctions against Sudan. A federal indictment unsealed today says Robert Cabelly brokered business contracts and transactions benefiting Sudan without the approval of the U.S. government....

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) The parents of a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student who disappeared outside a Metallica concert say they fear their daughter is the victim of foul play but hope for her return. The band has posted photos of Morgan Dana Harrington of Roanoke on its Web site and contributed...

The D.C. Council is holding a hearing this week to find out why the city's housing authority awarded tens of millions of dollars in contracts without their approval.

The council is required to sign off on any contract worth more than $1 million. But council members say the mayor's office we...

A coalition of law enforcement agencies in Northern Virginia has released what it's calling a comprehensive look at gang activity across the region. The assessment paints a fairly rosy picture of the region's fight against criminal gangs.

Based on data from 2003 through 2008, it showed down...

The Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to hold public meetings in the six states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to discuss upcoming pollution limits.

The EPA says the limits, called the Total Maximum Daily Load, are a strict "pollution diet'' designed to restore the bay. The man...

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) Disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair will be the featured speaker at a Virginia journalism ethics seminar.

Blair, the focus of a major news media scandal, will speak on "Lessons Learned" at Washington and Lee University's Journalism Ethics Institute on Nov....

Virginia's governor says he's writing a budget for 2011 and 2012, and warns that despite several rounds of cuts already, everything remains on the table.

In the last round of budget cuts, Governor Tim Kaine eliminated nearly a thousand jobs and cut aid to colleges and universities by 15%. H...

Three Cabinet secretaries and the head of EPA testify at the first in a series of Senate hearings on global climate change. On the Senate floor, a showdown is expected this afternoon to break the partisan stalemate over extending unemployment benefits. And after all the Congressional work, some f...

Port of Baltimore officials say automobile business there is starting to recover.

James White, the Executive Director of the Maryland Port Administration, says the bottom dropped out of the shipping business about a year ago, but the volume of ships is growing again. White says they've seen...