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Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School junior Pascal Tessier, a Kensington resident, previously told The Washington Post he would be "devastated" if he were not allowed to earn Eagle Scout status because of his sexuality.

The metropolitan Washington area has experienced a surprising number of tornadoes over the past 200 years, according to data from the National Weather Service Forecast Office.

Robert Paul Dickey, a well-known Washington D.C. pediatrician, was directed to spend Memorial Day weekend in jail following a brief D.C. Superior Court appearance May 23.

Melissa Block speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times .

Maryland health officials investigating the death of a woman being treated at a Germantown abortion clinic found "no deficiencies" in her care.

The Washington Post has named a digital strategy editor as the newspaper's managing editor in charge of digital initiatives and multimedia operations.

Leaning in may work for women in the world of tech. But if you're a woman who wants to balance trading and a family, one hedge fund manager says that's not possible.

The transit agency is set to choose a contractor to lead the process by July. Metro wants the new system in place within four years.

Five months into his improvisational second term, a sluggish economy and severe jobless rate seem to have vanished from President Obama's agenda.

Downsizing is the name of the game these days, but with the city's tiniest houses not yet eligible for actual residency, a true microdwelling can be hard to come by.

The CPI measures inflation, and lots of folks pay attention to it when the number is released each month.

An I-5 bridge collapsed sending vehicles and people into the Skagit River in Washington State.

Carolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997 as a weekly feature for The Washington Post, accompanied by the work of "relationship cartoonist" Nick Galifianakis.

The chemistry in my nine-month relationship is awesome, the hard work feels minimal, and we stay up late and talk often.

The Washington Post has obtained footage of hedge funder Paul Tudor Jones from a panel discussion at the University of Virginia last month with fellow fund managers John Griffin and Julian Robertson .

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's annual statement of economic disclosure forms is being reviewed by a Richmond prosecutor, according to The Washington Post.

The Washington Post reports Christopher Picciano , a 17-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, "maintains that he made a sarcastic quip while inadvertently displaying an image of a gun on his smartphone," according to his attorney.

Union Kitchen has proposed a new outdoor market in NoMa with live music, happy hours and food trucks, The Washington Post reports.

From the outset, Internal Revenue Service lawyers based in Washington, D.C., provided important guidance on the handling of tea-party groups' applications for tax-exempt status, according to both IRS sources and the inspector general's report released in mid May.

We all have the right to wear clothes that clash, and all in this country have the right not to provide testimony that could be used against them.