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Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday. More>>
DC Councilmember Tommy Wells announced his candidacy for Mayor on Saturday in Northeast. More>>
A Loudoun County woman is behind bars tonight, accused of murder in the shooting death of her husband. More>>
The Virginia Republican Party has now formally nominated state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to run for the office of governor. More>>
It's all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials disclosed Sunday. More>>
A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. More>>
Officials in Connecticut say it was amazing that there were no fatalities or more injuries after two Metro-North trains collided around 6 p.m. in Fairfield Friday evening. More>>
A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. More>>
Right from the start, a horse trained by one not so over-the-hill Hall of Famer and ridden by another took control of the Preakness. The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont... More>>
An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident. More>>
Virginia's conservative activist attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, has been nominated by acclamation for governor at a statewide Republican convention dominated for the first time by the tea party. More>>
A Prince William County man says he was suspected by Walmart security of possibly kidnapping his three young daughters -- all because they aren't the same race. Joseph and his wife Keana are an interracial couple. They have been married for nearly 10 years and have three daughters. More>>
One of hardest things about being in the military is being away from your family for long periods of time. Airman 1st Class Darin Davis hasn't seen his in more than two years. So he asked us to help him surprise his family when he returned home to D.C. More>>
The chairman of the D.C. City Council's Judiciary Committee says he has "grave concerns" over the staffing of the D.C. Fire Department.
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Victims of violent crimes came face to face with a man who kidnapped and beat them while he learned his sentence Friday. More>>
Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign. More>>
Prince George’s County Police have arrested three men in connection with a series of more than 50 burglaries over the past several months. Many of the break-ins were concentrated in Oxon Hill. More>>
An Arizona congressman wants a nationwide ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. More>>
Two people have been sentenced to prison in the kidnapping and slaying of a teenager in 2010. More>>
Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again. More>>
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the... More>>
It's a rare treat when Fred Gray is in Washington. Who is Fred Gray, you ask? He's an 82-year-old, still-practicing attorney from Tuskegee, Ala., who happened to represent the likes of Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the start of the civil rights movement.
First lady Michelle Obama spoke passionately about the importance of education to the African-American community in a commencement address Friday, urging more than 600 graduates of Bowie State University to honor the... More>>
Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. More>>
The IRS official who led the tax-exempt organizations unit when Tea Party groups were targeted is now in charge of the IRS office responsible for ObamaCare, two Capitol Hill sources told Fox News.
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Boston Marathon organizers say runners who couldn't finish this year's race because of the explosions at the finish line can come back next year.
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If you plan to hit the pool this summer to cool down be sure to shower first. More>>
The third time's the charm for Candice Glover on "American Idol." More>>
They're barely old enough to see over the seats but that doesn't stop these kids from targeting a bus aid with profanity-laced insults, FOX 29's Bruce Gordon reports. More>>
In all the photos, taken by New York City artist Arne Svenson from his second-floor apartment, the faces are obscured or not shown. The people are unidentifiable. But the residents of a glass-walled luxury residential building across the street had no idea they were being photographed and never consented to being subjects for the works of art that are now on display -- and for sale -- in a Manhattan gallery.
In all the photos, taken by New York City artist Arne Svenson from his second-floor apartment, the faces are obscured or not shown. The people are unidentifiable. But the residents of a glass-walled luxury residential building across the street had no idea they were being photographed and never consented to being subjects for the works of art that are now on display -- and for sale -- in a Manhattan gallery.
The District of Columbia is losing paramedics at an alarming rate and they are not being replaced. 53 have resigned or retired since Kenneth Ellerbe became fire chief in 2011.
The District of Columbia is losing paramedics at an alarming rate and they are not being replaced. 53 have resigned or retired since Kenneth Ellerbe became fire chief in 2011.
We are Monitoring Metro with a development affecting potentially thousands of Maryland college students and their families. It is the decision by Metro to close its College Park station this weekend when the University of Maryland is having its commencement. Most intriguing about this is the matter of when the university found out this was going to happen.
We are Monitoring Metro with a development affecting potentially thousands of Maryland college students and their families. It is the decision by Metro to close its College Park station this weekend when the University of Maryland is having its commencement. Most intriguing about this is the matter of when the university found out this was going to happen.
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