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A Virginia waitress who was stiffed on a tip and insulted at the same time is getting support from all corners.

Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers share what it was like playing future President Barack Obama and future First Lady Michelle Obama.

Agencies are continuing moving toward shared services models. Does running these bandwidth-intensive, latency-sensitive applications and data on a shared IP storage network put storage performance, availability, and data security at risk?

If the Orioles are to stay in contention for the AL East title or a wild-card berth, they're going to need more pitching performances like the one they got from Kevin Gausman.

The end of nearsightedness is near for many children in the D.C. area.

For years, Wanda Witter lived on the D.C. streets, carting along suitcases full of uncashed Social Security checks, which she believed were much less than what the government owed her. For years, people dismissed her. Finally someone listened. Now, she’s about to get a big payout.

Some 50 animals saved from flooded shelters in Louisiana or given up by flood victims in that state, will soon be put up for adoption in the D.C. region.

How much money you’ll need to retire can’t be determined by a one-size-fits-all formula. There are at least seven questions you need to ask — and answer — in order to know what you’ll need.

DoD will ask around 3,000 current employees to move from the traditional civil service system to one that offers them fewer job protections but might also boost their pay and promotion prospects.