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Relatives of Okiemute C. Whiteru can sue Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority over his death at a Metro station, a court ruled.

Meet Rosa and Martin, who were named after civil rights leaders by students in Loudoun County.

Obituaries of residents from the District, Maryland and Northern Virginia.

Cheh, 71, has long been a stalwart politician in Ward 3, and had filed paperwork to run in the June primary election.

Montgomery County council member Will Jawando said he was not surprised by the racism. But he thinks it needs to be addressed.

Rob Britton, a longtime Metro rider and expert in crisis communications, says Metro needs to focus on the basics to lure back riders: trains and buses that riders can depend on, clean stations and working escalators.

The main provision of the new bill, called the Transparency in Public Records Act, aims to require the governor’s office to create a records retention schedule, which would dictate how long each type of record must be kept.

D.C. police say a man told them he was cleaning a gun when it fired and struck a person in another apartment.

We can’t rule out an inch or two, but a coating or so is more likely.

The pair of peregrine falcons were the first to successfully raise a fledgling at Harpers Ferry in West Virginia in 70 years. Now they're back and parts of the park will be closed to protect them.