2,326 stories since December 22, 2020.
A judge in Fairfax County has sentenced Brendan Banfield to life in prison with no chance of parole in the 2023 “au pair affair” murders of his wife and another man.
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A new White House website that satirizes immigrant arrests as alien encounters says there have been over 3,600 undocumented immigrant arrests in Northern Virginia since February 2025.
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments has issued a drought watch for D.C., Northern Virginia and southern Maryland due to persisting dry conditions despite recent rainfall.
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Virginia has lured IT services firm Spatial Front away from Maryland, Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s office announced Tuesday morning.
The Global Down Syndrome Foundation hosted its annual Acceptability Gala in Washington, D.C., in late May, with contributions from numerous Northern Virginia residents and speeches from U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Rep. Paul Tonko, Rep…
After 10 days spent detained at Dulles International Airport, Ghanaian asylum seeker Anabella Gyasi and her son will go back to her home country. A judge with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ordered Friday that…
After more than a year of study, Council adopted tiered water and sewer rates on May 28, over the objection of Salamander, the town's largest water user. Its lawyer argued that a 2005 agreement…
A former CIA worker and Loudoun County resident is accused of stashing over $40 million in gold bars and cash in his home and lying for years about his academic and military record.
Pregnant Ghanaian woman Anabella Gyasi and her disabled child have spent the past week detained at Dulles International Airport in a windowless room without adequate food, hygiene or medical care, according to the American Civil Liberties…
Students from Prince William and Fairfax counties reached the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee before being eliminated in the seventh round Wednesday.
Virginia is pushing to reinvest express lane and toll revenue into public transit instead of road projects, even as public concerns persist about using priced roadways.
Actor, musician and veterans advocate Gary Sinise returned to Fort Belvoir with his Lt. Dan Band Thursday, telling service members and families their sacrifices remain at the center of his foundation’s mission.
A fire in Round Hill displaced a family of five people and six animals midday Saturday.
Loudoun County Public Schools said it has been notified that the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened a Title IX investigation into allegations of unauthorized recordings in school restrooms at Freedom High…
A Loudoun County grand jury this week indicted a 45-year-old Sterling woman in connection with an extensive rental scam -- and investigators believe there are more victims.
Dulles International Airport in Loudoun County is the focus of the United States’ effort to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus from East and Central Africa.
Hey, remember the time that Lake Anne Plaza's branding, including a somewhat suggestive sign that looked like it would be more at home in a certain park in Brambleton , was put up for a refresh? Yeah, that was awesome. Well, it turns out…
A Loudoun County grand jury on Monday indicted 22-year-old Alvaro Mejia Ayala on additional charges related to an alleged strangling that left his 8-month-old sister dead.
Virginia’s congressional delegation has announced over $67 million in federal funding for upgrades at two Northern Virginia airports.
House Republicans continued focusing a national spotlight from states like Illinois and New York to jurisdictions like Chicago and Fairfax County on Thursday.