By Patrick Madden

The number of homicides in D.C. in 2009 dropped by almost a quarter compared to the previous year. No one is really sure why, but the city's police chief says she knows what didn't cause the decline.

Wanna get a reaction from D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier?

Rep...

WASHINGTON (AP) A minor earthquake shook residents awake in the DC area early Friday, rattling windows but apparently causing no serious damage. Susan Potter with the U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.6-magnitude earthquake was the strongest to hit within 30 miles of DC since they began keeping r...

By David Schultz

Police are searching for Tanveer Fayyaz. They believe he may have raped a woman he had picked up from an adult day care center in Montgomery County, Maryland last week.

Now, Metro says Fayyaz may have boarded a flight to Qatar and fled the country. Officials say they'...

By Rebecca Sheir

A local bakery is celebrating the premiere of its new reality-TV show by giving out free cupcakes all day. The new show, called D.C. Cupcakes, will take viewers behind the scenes of Georgetown Cupcake.

Walking into Georgetown Cupcake is like walking into a cupcake bea...

Let's see...financial reform bill? Check. What's next on the Senate to-do list? Well, among other things, voting on confirmation of a new Justice on the Supreme Court.

Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports...

By David Schultz

Metro Transit Police are searching for Tanveer Fayyaz. They believe he sexually assaulted one of his passengers last week after picking her up from an adult day care center in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Yesterday, Metro said Fayyaz had boarded an international fligh...

By Rebecca Sheir

Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Latinos in D.C. are coming together and celebrating identities they say they could never express in their home countries.

The attendees at the most recent meeting of Latinos En Accion hail from across the Spanish-speaking world.

D.C....

By David Schultz

On Monday, Metro Transit Police received a report that a 36-year-old woman had been raped by the driver of a Metro Access taxi, a transit service for people with disabilities. Police officers say the driver, Tanveer Fayyaz, picked the woman up from an adult day care center...

A mild earthquake shook many people awake this morning across the region.

Patrick Madden is near the epicenter and has this report...

The District’s mayoral candidates are talking about their plans to improve schools. According to commentator Judith Sandalow, voters who care about education reform should also ask mayoral candidates what they will do to address our high rate of poverty.

Sandalow is Executive Director of Ch...

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) The United States Geological Survey says a 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Rockville, Maryland area at 5:04 this morning. Officials from the USGS say there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte W...

By Kavitha Cardoza

A Virginia man whose travels to Yemen caught the attention of the FBI, leaving him stuck in the Middle East since May 4th, is expected to return to the U.S. today.

Yahya Wehelie from Burke, Virginia had gone to Yemen to study Arabic and computers. On his way back he...

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I’m Elizabeth Wynne Johnson of Capitol News Connection. This Week in Congress...

Lawmakers returned to Washington to a heaping plateful of priorities, and just 20 working days before they leave town again for the August recess. One of those priorities: the unemployment benefit...

A mild earthquake struck the region a little bit after 5 this morning. We received a number of calls from listeners around the region who said they felt the shaking, reports from as far away as Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Morning Edition host Matt McCleskey talks with a geophysicist wit...

(July 16) THE ZENITH OF THE ONE-MAN SHOW Bob Log III is unlike anything you've ever heard. For that matter, the behelmeted bluesman in a human cannonball suit is probably unlike anything you've ever seen. He brings his profane but entertaining one-man blues-rock band to The Red and The Black Bar...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) The University of Virginia is celebrating the completion of a new facility for its education school that is more in keeping with Thomas Jefferson's style. The university will dedicate the 65,000-foot Bavaro Hall today.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) The federal Mine Safety an...

By Patrick Madden

The number of homicides in D.C. in 2009 dropped by almost a quarter compared to the previous year. No one is really sure why, but the city's police chief says she knows what didn't cause the decline.

Wanna get a reaction from D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier?

Rep...