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In 2013, freshmen senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul seemed like two peas in a pod.

President Obama and the rest of the first family celebrated Easter at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in Northwest Washington.

As dawn streaked the sky above the Mall on Sunday, April Vance was far from her native California, where she usually celebrates Easter, but she felt right at home.

Construction of a memorial at the Cleveland site where the remains of 11 women were found in a serial killer's home has been delayed because its funding is short by $250,000.

This March 14, 2013 file photo shows House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and House Democratic leaders speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

A few weeks ago, the drink in the bottle was merely sweetened tea in a large plastic barrel.

The Metropolitan Police Department says 14-year-old Sincere Stewart was last seen in the 600 block of Milwaukee Place SE on April 18. Stewart is described as a black, 5-foot-3 female, weighing about 160 pounds, with black braided hair and brown eyes.

Manpower DC and Trayon White is rallying residents and several community organizations to join the ongoing efforts to find missing 8-year-old girl Relisha Rudd .

The District's transportation planners envision sets of high-occupancy toll lanes stretching from Interstate 295 by the Maryland border to the 14th Street Bridge and the Virginia side of the Potomac River.

Relisha Rudd's disappearance was once measured in days. The days have stretched into weeks, and now nearly two months.

The symptoms of jet lag - fatigue, headache, indigestion - are all too common. PostTV producer Gillian Brockell explains what happens in your brain when you get jet-lagged and what scientists have discovered to fight it.

CBS Radio will move its regional Washington DC operations from Lanham to Capitol Rivertfront, where it will join the National Labor Relations Board at 1015 Half Street SE.

Of popular DC area brunch spots reviewed by WUSA9, 14 made the Restaurant Alert Top Ten list for most violations in a single inspection since 2012.

This April 8, 2014 file photo shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pausing during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

A 23-year-old D.C.man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for stabbing and killing one man and wounding another man in 2012.

Samuel Goodman had been on the hunt for a condominium apartment in the Dupont Circle or Logan Circle area of Northwest Washington for about six months when he heard about the Newport 21 Condominiums under development at 1321 21st St. NW by the Rubin Group.

Andrew Thomas had worked as a carpenter and an attendant at a coin laundry. He had a girlfriend and helped raise her daughter, who recalls him affectionately to this day.

Every newlywed couple wants their honeymoon to be as romantic as possible, but not all just-married pairs want to jet off to the usual suspects like Paris or Venice.

Much has been made of date nights among parents, but what about dates with one's self? A given period of time when a parent can forego the greatest sacrifice having children usually demands -- that of time -- to pursue interests that have nothing to do with cartoons, rainbow looms or homework.

Azariah Jones and Imre' Shaw traveled to Washington to urge legislators to support policies that help children in the U.S. and around the world get a healthy start in life.