A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington D.C., polluting it ahead of a major winter storm that has repair crews scrambling.
A wild weekend of winter weather is kicking off in the D.C. region with a blast of arctic air Friday night, which will be followed by a massive winter storm approaching from the west.
From D.C. to Maryland and Virginia, officials are undertaking various measures to ensure response teams are fully prepared to handle what could be one of the region’s biggest snowfall in years.
Hundreds of Fairfax County students will be zoned for new schools this fall, as part of boundary changes the school board in the Northern Virginia suburb approved Thursday night.
The defense continued presenting its case Thursday in the "au pair affair" murders trial of Brendan Banfield, accused of plotting with his lover to kill his wife and another man.
The temporary rules imposed after last year's collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter to improve the safety of the crowded airspace around Washington, D.C. are being made permanent, the government announced Thursday.
A short walk from D.C.'s Dupont Circle Metro station, former office space is being converted into housing, and Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District is leading that trend.
An FBI investigation into an alleged drug and gun trafficking conspiracy, with significant activity at Haymarket's Rancho Los Cerritos farm, culminated in Wednesday’s raid on the property and several arrests, according to a criminal complaint affidavit filed in U.S. District Court.