Owners of the Tune Inn, a popular watering hole on Capitol Hill, say they plan to re-open the bar as soon as possible, after a fire gutted the bars kitchen early Wednesday.

A cantaloupe sits atop a road cone. Beneath it is an M-80, a popular addition to many Fourth of July celebrations. When the firework goes off, the cantaloupe disappears, with fragments landing in all directions, some hundreds of feet away.

D.C. police continue to take heat for providing a police escort for actor Charlie Sheen as he rushed to a performance in April. Police Chief Kathy Lanier and other law enforcement officers were called before the council Thursday for an explanation.

James Abbatiello, a science teacher at Hammond Middle School in Virginia, learned he would be a good father when he saved someone else's son.

Virginia's first lady, Maureen McDonnell, is trying to bring more attention to the 45-mile-long Washington and Old Dominion Trail. She visited Arlington County Wednesday to kick off that effort.

Proponents of a proposal to construct a monorail-like tram 85 feet above the Ocean City Boardwalk have withdrawn the idea after developers met with city officials.

D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson is expressing concern over the treatment of pregnant firefighters.

Play continues at the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., despite ominous skies.

Several Hampton Roads beaches along the Chesapeake Bay have been placed off limits to swimmers.