LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed legislation that promotes the growth of virtual schools. It sets guidelines for virtual school programs in which students can learn online outside a traditional classroom.

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) A part-time worker has pleaded no contest to settin...

2:25 P.M. UPDATE: Metro reports the woman struck by a train at Mt. Vernon Square station has been taken to a nearby hospital.

WASHINGTON (AP) Officials say a woman has been struck by a Metro train at the Mount Vernon station on the green and yellow lines.

Trains are stopping in both d...

By Rebecca Blatt

Former Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich is expected to formally announce his gubernatorial campaign Wednesday morning in Rockville. He and his Democratic opponent, Gov. Martin O'Malley have not wasted time setting up their first debate.

Ehrlich says he will host O'Mal...

The strangest things change hands.

One chapter closes today in a story that began back in 2003, at the Port of Miami, when a ship arrived carrying, among other things, a stash labeled simply "gifts."

Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson Pat Reilly is looking at a photo of...

By Keosha Johnson

2:02 P.M. UPDATE:

From the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Emergency officials are responding to Mt. Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center Metrorail station for a report of a woman who was struck by a Green Line train at the station at about 1:18 p....

(April 7-11) ABSTRACT ALBERS Part-artist, part-educator German-American painter Josef Albers was a champion of visual abstraction in theory and practice. You can catch his iconic squares and some 60 other pieces as part of Innovation and Inspiration, on display in D.C. at the Hirshhorn Museum and...

By Kate Sheehy

Two students are in custody after a long gun was found on the grounds of St. Albans at the National Cathedral.

The two male students from St. Albans school are being questioned by police, after a weapon was found in the backseat of one of their cars.

Lieutenant Ni...

From the Office of Governor Bob McDonnell:

"The proclamation issued by this Office designating April as Confederate History Month contained a major omission. The failure to include any reference to slavery was a mistake, and for that I apologize to any fellow Virginian who has been offended...

By Elliot Francis

Funeral services for two victims of last week's murders in Southeast D.C. are scheduled for later today. Meanwhile there is mixed response to D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's attendance at an earlier funeral for another victim.

After the shootings, Fenty was criticized by a...

LAUREL, Md. (AP) Howard County police are investigating three unrelated shootings in the span of six hours, a rare outbreak of violence in a wealthy jurisdiction rarely touched by violent crime. There's only been one shooting all year in Howard before last night.

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) A judg...

By Kavitha Cardoza

Private foundations have pledged almost $65 million to fund portions of the new tentative agreement between Chancellor Michelle Rhee and the Washington Teachers Union.

It's been almost three years since the two sides first attempted to hash out a contract, and the l...