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Riders on all Metro lines slowed St. Patrick's Day weekend 03/12/2019 03:03pm • Single tracking slows riders on all lines St. Patrick's Day weekend, with the most significant delays scheduled on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines. Blue, Orange and Silver line trains are scheduled every 24 minutes each Saturday and Sunday with single tracking through Rosslyn. Silver Line train Hexagon returns for political comedy variety show with 'Romp in the Swamp' 03/12/2019 12:42am • The political comedy variety show Hexagon has become an annual tradition here in D.C. This year, the 64th annual event returns every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from March 15 to April 6 at Woodrow Wilson High School in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Northwest D.C. "We poke fun at everybo House plans vote on anti-Semitism resolution after lawmaker's comments 03/04/2019 03:35pm • The House plans to vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism on Wednesday, following the latest controversial comments from freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., about the relationship between Congress and Israel. Omar's comments at a D.C. bookstore forum last week have drawn criticism from seni Virginia Gov. Northam signing bills as he tries to get beyond blackface scandal 03/04/2019 02:55pm • After more than a month, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is set to make his first official public appearances this week since a news conference where he admitted to once wearing blackface. Still, even while meeting with individuals and groups only behind closed doors, he has continued the official wo Departing late season storm ushers in cold, blustery week 03/04/2019 04:30am • Sunday's late-season winter storm shaped up to be a non-event for the immediate D.C. metro area, with significant snowfall limited to central Maryland and Northern Virginia. But even if the storm may have brought less snow and more rain than first thought, slick roadways could still make for Sunday's less-than-expected wintry mix may mean messy Monday commute 03/03/2019 08:45pm • Monday's weather event has been a complex trio of snow, rain and sleet. And while the area saw less snow than predicted, that mixture could linger on the roadways heading into Monday, making for a slick commute. Frederick County and areas in Maryland closer to the Pennsylvania border are areas th AP FACT CHECK: Trump's epic speech is laced with fabrication 03/03/2019 08:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump uttered a dizzying number of false statements in his epically long weekend speech, to an audience that didn't seem to mind at all. He got the unemployment rate wrong. He misstated his winning margin in the election. He reprised so Best spring sales for 2019 02/27/2019 07:00pm • Getting the biggest savings on your favorite products is about timing the sales on those items correctly. There's a perfect time to buy every product if you're looking for a discount. You'll find the best deals on items as the season for using them ends, around holidays or at a season kickoff. Sprin As temperatures warm, wind advisory for DC-area 02/24/2019 07:31pm • WASHINGTON — Sunday may have been warm, but strong winds and scattered power outages are gearing up to make the start of the week a less than ideal respite from winter weather. Gusts of up to 50 or 60 miles per hour began sweeping through the D.C. area Sunday afternoon and will continue into Mo With the new AAF, it’s always football season 02/22/2019 01:59am • No, you’re not dreaming. It’s late February, and every Saturday and Sunday, there is football being played on your television. Spring football has been tried before in America, but early indications are cautiously optimistic that the new Alliance of American Football may have struck the right Va. House debates how to handle controversies surrounding leaders 02/21/2019 06:40pm • RICHMOND — With Virginia’s top politicians intent to remain in office despite a series of controversies, a powerful speech Thursday on the House floor called for change across the state. Del. Jay Jones, a Democrat who said he spoke only for himself and not the black caucus, called on people t Architecture meets the arts at Building Museum’s design-focused film festival 02/21/2019 12:19am • WASHINGTON — Over the years, the National Building Museum’s Great Hall has been made into a beach, a beehive and an iceberg. And this weekend, it will go through yet another transformation when it becomes a theater for D.C.’s 2019 Architecture and Design Film Festival. “There’s this gre Goodnight, John-Boy: Bed-and-breakfast being built near 'Waltons' house 02/19/2019 12:32pm • WASHINGTON — Fans of "The Waltons" television show will soon have a new place to stay, evoking the Depression-era home where three generations of the fictitious family lived. Ground was broken Tuesday for a new bed-and-breakfast in Schuyler, Virginia, near the home where writer Earl Hamner, Jr. In honor of Presidents Day, walking tours of Alexandria let locals step back in time 02/17/2019 05:12pm • ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In honor of Presidents Day, events are being held throughout the month to allow locals get to know the nation's first president — George Washington — along with his times and contemporaries. Every Sunday afternoon in February, Alexandria Visitor Center/Ramsay House is host Don't expect much more than a mild nuisance from this weekend's storm 02/15/2019 11:59pm • Official forecast from National Weather Service office in Sterling, VA. All measurable wet snow to the south of the District on Saturday, Feb. 16th. (Courtesy NWS) WASHINGTON — Unless you're going on a road trip to the south, don't expect to see much from this weekend's winter storm. For the r