One person died and another suffered life-threatening injuries when a 50,000-pound section of a parking garage at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda collapsed Thursday afternoon, officials said.

The co-founder of a prominent Northern Virginia swim club will be sentenced Thursday for sexually abusing a student.

D.C. police say another arrest has been made in connection with a drive-by shooting that injured 13 people in Northwest D.C. back in March, but they still need your help locating an additional suspect in...

Prince George's County police say Clifton Edward Bernard, 26, admitted to assaulting his girlfriend's 2-year-old Wednesday morning.

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The District will reopen two of the southbound lanes that are currently closed on 14th Street NW between New York Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in time for the Thursday evening rush.

The fifth annual "potholepalooza" was a success in D.C. with nearly 4,000 potholes getting filled over the last month.

Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, the Army's official ceremonial unit, Thursday placed flags before the graves and niches of all service members buried at both Arlington and the U.S. Soldier's and Airmen's Home National Cemetery.

Even as thousands flock to the D.C. area to observe Memorial Day, police presence in the region is being scaled back: Sequester cuts are forcing furloughs in the U.S. Park Police and other agencies.

Memorial Day weekend can be a dangerous time of year on the roads with more people traveling and attending parties and barbecues.

A former elementary school teacher who was on the FBI's list of most wanted fugitives is due in federal court on a child pornography charge.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Director Richard Koshalek has resigned, effective at the end of this year, following an inconclusive vote by the Hirshhorn's Board of Trustees on his vision for an inflatable architectural pavilion for the museum, according to a source who attended the meeting. (Update, 4:11 p.m.: Smithsonian spokeswoman Linda St. Thomas confirms [...]

For an exhibit titled ?The Salon of Little Deaths,? this dual-artist show at Hamiltonian Gallery doesn?t include much in the way of orgasm art, though at least in the works of Milana Braslavsky, there?s a not-too-subtle sexuality at play. Braslavsky?s still-life photographs, which have a painterly cast, feature pears, peaches, tangerines, yellow plums, and nectarines in [...]

Your metalhead friends wept openly when they heard about the death of Jeff Hanneman, one of Slayer's founding members. Right then, something hit you: ?Maybe I should listen to some Slayer. Y?know, out of respect.? When you put on ?Angel of Death,? you remembered that metal fucking rules, and now you?re fucking hooked. Good, news, [...]

Actor Jesse Eisenberg is known for playing neurotic, awkward characters. In his 2003 debut Roger Dodger, he played a bumbling high school kid who asks his chauvinistic uncle for help with women, and of course, he earned an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in 2010?s The Social Network. His latest is [...]

Odd: The Arlington County Board gives Signature Theatre a $250,000 grant to cover its outstanding tax debts. [ARLnow] Daft Punk's Random Access Memories is so-so—but sounds better at U Street Music Hall, writes Chris Richards. [Post] What to look forward to at this year's Capital Fringe: more beer, barbecue sandwiches, cardboard art [Post]

How to Build an Arts District If You Build It, Who Will Come? Stage of Development What to Expect at LUMEN8 2013 Anacostia's Arts Scene Is Growing Last year?s LUMEN8Anacostia, the partially city-sponsored arts festival aimed at inspiring future economic development in Anacostia, was all about being big, splashy, and temporary. This year, both the festival and the neighborhood?s growing [...]

Hundreds of Columbia Heights residents are asking city officials to revoke the liquor license of a 14th Street carryout after the owner was indicted on felony drug charges.

Joe Burr is bouncing up and down, exhaling. He is concentrating like an Olympic runner ready to pounce out of the gate. His nickname is "Domino Joe." His sport is pizza. Burr and Jesse Dann are Domino's Pizza employees. They have both qualified to head to Las Vegas next week where they will compete for the title of World's Fastest Pizza Maker.

It has been years since the District legalized same-sex marriage. At the time, two D.C. councilmembers voted against the legislation: Marion Barry and Yvette Alexander. "It was really, really a difficult decision for me,? Alexander tells FOX 5 Thursday.

The highly-anticipated rematch between Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan was canceled after the American tested positive for a banned substance. FOX 5?s Dave Ross spoke with Peterson and his trainer Barry Hunter about the failed drug test.

The younger brother of NFL players Vernon and Vontae Davis has been charged with murder in the death of a man visiting the nation's capital from Colorado.

Alex Ovechkin rebounded from a rare zero-shot performance by scoring after 88 seconds Wednesday night, Braden Holtby made 30 saves, and the Washington Capitals recovered from a potentially devastating loss by beating the top-seeded New York Rangers 2-1 to force a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinal.

D.C. police arrested a second person in connection with a drive-by shooting on North Capitol Street that injured 13 people outside a Northwest apartment complex in March and said two additional people face charges in the case.

Andrew Davon Allen, 19, of Southeast ...

RICHMOND — Richmond's top prosecutor is looking into gifts to Gov. Bob McDonnell in an investigation requested by Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports Mr. Cuccinelli sent a letter last November to Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney Michael Herring appointing him to review Mr. McDonnell's statements of economic ...

An off-duty Arlington County sheriff's deputy fatally shot an Alexandria man early Wednesday morning.

Police identified the victim as Julian Dawkins, 22, who was shot in the Lynhaven neighborhood.

As of Wednesday afternoon, no charges had been filed against Deputy Craig Patterson, 44. Alexandria police have said little about what ...

RICHMOND (AP) — A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of an ex-Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook, using the case to criticize a program that looks for veterans who may have become extremists.

Attorneys for the Rutherford ...

A major downtown intersection will be kept closed through at least Thursday evening as crews work to repair a 15-foot sinkhole, according to city officials.

The intersection of 14th and F Streets Northwest was closed Tuesday. An investigator from D.C. Water utility discovered that concrete had fallen onto and collapsed ...

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

The convergence of two events this week — one by the hand of God, the other man-made — might leave us asking, "What can I do?" and "What should our government do?"

I'm referring, of course, to the monster tornado that shredded parts of the Oklahoma City area on ...

Lovingly planted lilies, peonies and other flowers have been disappearing from gardens in capital neighborhoods for about a decade.

Rick Nash, 0-5 in his postseason career, attempted 16 shots in Game 1 against the Capitals, but the Rangers need him to find the net.

Jim DeMint, a former Republican senator, who helped kill legislation to overhaul immigration, finds Marco Rubio, his onetime protégé, on the other side of the issue.

Justice Stephen Breyer was in a Washington hospital after shoulder replacement surgery following a bicycle accident.

Federal agents arrested a man suspected of sending letters feared to have been tainted with the poison ricin to President Obama and a Mississippi senator, according to two officials.

Some people brave long waits through the cold and dark for a chance to see the Supreme Court at work. Others pay ?line standers? to do the waiting for them.

Reminders of the District's population growth are getting a little bit repetitive at this point, so you're forgiven if you gloss over the latest Census Bureau data set. But new estimates of city populations as of July 2012 make it clear that the District's growth ? 5.1 percent since April 2010 ? puts the nation's capital on par with some Sun Belt boomtowns.

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A few gusty storms with downpours are likely into this evening. It turns markedly cooler Friday and windy, with below normal temperatures.

Prince George?s County School Board Chairman Verjeana Jacobs (District 5) said Friday that Alvin Crawley, the county?s interim school superintendent, has agreed to stay in his position until school reopens in August.

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One construction worker has died and another has suffered life-threatening injuries after a parking garage partially collapsed at the Westfield Montgomery Mall, according to Montgomery County police and fire officials.

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Former D.C. area swimming coach Rick Curl, who once led one of the nation?s largest swim clubs and guided athletes to Olympic gold medals, was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for sexually abusing a girl he coached in the 1980s.

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The Hirshhorn board was unable to reach a decision on the fate of the Seasonal Inflatable Structure project, informally known as the ?Bubble,? which was first announced to fanfare in 2009 and has since faced setbacks and delays. Some members want to continue fundraising for the project, while others want to focus on other museum priorities. Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough will announce his decision in June.

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