Cindy Choi

Sixteen contestants competed for the grand prize at Z-Burger’s 10th Annual Independence Burger Eating Championship in Tenleytown. The contestants tried to stomach the most burgers in ten minutes.

After years of crime and violence, more than a dozen young men were given a second chance when they walked across a graduation stage on Friday.

Some D.C. firefighters came to the rescue when a fire at an apartment building in Columbia Heights left three kids and an adult stuck on the balcony.

President Donald Trump’s “Salute to America” celebration drained a fund the D.C. government uses to keep the nation’s capital safe, the city’s mayor said in a letter to the president.

The Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Maryland is home to hundreds of thousands of honeybees working together with the resort for a sustainable purpose.

A former music teacher from Annandale, Virginia, who was accused of sexually abusing former students was found dead on Wednesday, police said.

Virginia corrections officials say that eight inmates at a state prison suffered apparent overdoses, including one who died.

A group of best friends known as the “Kindergarten Crew” visited Garfield Elementary School on Friday, remembering the past.

Graduation is a time for students to celebrate their achievements and walk across the stage. But for one student at George Mason Elementary in Richmond, Virginia, that opportunity might have been missed on Wednesday, had it not been for one teacher’s act of kindness.

The Fredericksburg City Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday to remove the slave auction block located in downtown Fredericksburg and send it to a museum.

A rainbow flag that sits outside the Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston, Virginia was stolen for the third time in three months, the church said.

A man was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer Saturday after attempting to cross the northbound lanes of the Capital Beltway.

Sesame Street characters including Big Bird and Count von Count visited D.C. as part of its nationwide road trip. Mayor Muriel Bowser and her daughter joined children at Martha’s Table to meet Sesame Street characters and learn about healthy eating.

Starting October 1, 2020, you will need a REAL ID to board a domestic flight or access federal facilities. Here’s what you need to know to obtain a REAL ID if you live in D.C., Virginia and Maryland.

The Capital Pride parade brings an explosion of color, beads and revelers to Dupont Circle and Logan Circle on Saturday, celebrating D.C.’s vibrant LGBTQ+ community.

The Supreme Court is declining to get involved in a dispute that began when a group tried to get Washington transit officials to display an ad with a provocative cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad.

Major Adam Proctor will fly to France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings with a parachute jump.

Thousands of utility customers were still without power after dawn Friday after powerful storms swept through the D.C. region, including a tornado in Howard County.

A tornado with possible wind speeds of up to 95 mph was confirmed to have touched down in Maryland on Thursday, as severe thunderstorms capable of producing destructive twisters swept across the region and left thousands of homes without power.

A man took a wild ride through D.C. on Thursday when a cab driver took off with him on the hood of the taxi.