RICHMOND, Va. (AP) The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has canceled a news conference on the bay's restoration out of respect for Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his father's funeral. The foundation had scheduled a news conference today to press McDonnell to make a stronger commitment to a cleanup plan...

It's been nearly 130 years since Washington, D.C., hosted the International Meridian Conference, where 25 nations met to decide where the world's Prime Meridian ought to be.

The 41 delegates decided on Greenwich, England. But before the Royal Greenwich Observatory formed the natural splitti...

WASHINGTON (AP) A 19-year-old D.C. man who stole a Metrobus and crashed it into a tree has been placed on 18 months probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. William Jackson entered the plea in September and was sentenced today in Superior Court. His probation will also inc...

It's been nearly 130 years since Washington, D.C., hosted the International Meridian Conference, where 25 nations met to decide where the world's Prime Meridian ought to be.

The 41 delegates decided on Greenwich, England. But before the Royal Greenwich Observatory formed the natural splitti...

WASHINGTON (AP) A 19-year-old D.C. man who stole a Metrobus and crashed it into a tree has been placed on 18 months probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. William Jackson entered the plea in September and was sentenced today in Superior Court. His probation will also inc...

By Yanmei Xie

Commuting can hardly be the colorful part of the day for most people. But a group of local musicians, called "After the Storm," has been spicing up many Metro commuters' rides almost every day for years.

Maryland has joined Delaware as the only two states in the country to have reached an agreement with the federal government to use federally-owned waters of the Atlantic Ocean as the home of future offshore wind farms. The deal could bring offshore wind farms and thousands of green jobs to the st...

Hypothermia season is officially underway for D.C.'s homeless population. The city is one of the few jurisdictions that guarantees shelter during the colder months.

But a recent report found 10 percent of the families seeking shelter were not from the District. The D.C. Council is now consi...

A District man has plead guilty to shooting D.C. middle school Principal Brian Betts to death in his Silver Spring, Md., home last April.

Police allege Alante Saunders and three others planned to rob Betts at his house after Saunders met the principal on a phone chat line. While on that cha...

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) A new report recommends removing a dam in Danville that's been blamed for four deaths. The most recent death attributed to the Brantley Dam occurred in April, when a 5-year-old boy fell into the Dan River after a boat flipped.

AMHERST, Va. (AP) A former Chesapeake high sc...

This week on "Consider This With Fred Fiske," Fiske explains why is wife is "mad as hell" about pharmaceutical prices. He says he and his wife have seen staggering prices for U.S. prescriptions that they could buy much cheaper in Canada. But prices also differ between pharmacies within the U.S....

By Matt McCleskey

Metro will be reaching out to its riders in coming months for ideas about some of the design elements for its new line of rail cars.

The transit agency says it wants find out what riders think about what materials should be used for wall and floor coverings, where on...

Democratic Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is the sponsor of a bill that passed the U.S. House to bring more transparency into elections. Now he is pressuring his counterparts in the U.S. Senate to vote on the measure.

In the 2006 midterm election, not even $80 million was spent...

Advocates for the homeless continue to voice concerns over a proposal in the District to impose residency requirements at homeless shelters. They took their concerns to today's city council hearing on the plan.

Advocacy groups like the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless say requiring...

From MarylandReporter.com:

BUDGET CUTS In a red sea change, the course is unclear for Gov. Martin O'Malley in a blue Maryland. But budget cuts, as in the past, would be made with families in mind, Aaron Davis writes for the Washington Post. You can listen to O'Malley discuss the difficulty...

Drug dealers inside the Alexandria jail wait for sentencing, and identity thieves count their days until being released. But senior officials in the sheriff's office are counting something else: heads.

According to Inmate Records Director Ron Wise, the jail has about 100 fewer local inmates...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has canceled a news conference on the bay's restoration out of respect for Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his father's funeral. The foundation had scheduled a news conference today to press McDonnell to make a stronger commitment to a cleanup plan...

"Art Beat" with Sabri Ben-Achour:

(Nov. 8-13) FOTOWEEKDC It is Fotoweek in DC and that means you'll find exhibits everywhere, from the Embassy of Sweden to Pepco. There are lectures with renowned National Geographic photographers on their stunning work, and workshops on how to improve your...