Furloughed employees likely to be paid in D.C.

Council vote Tuesday

Mayoral ambitions surface early in D.C.

Mayoral ambitions surface early in D.C.

Not even 18 months in office, Vincent C. Gray is threatened with being a one-term D.C. mayor, political analysts say.

Howard Brooks pleads guilty in probe of Mayor Gray’s 2010 campaign

Howard Brooks pleads guilty in probe of Mayor Gray’s 2010 campaign

The campaign aide became the second person to tell a federal judge he helped secretly pay a fringe mayoral candidate to level verbal attacks against incumbent Adrian M. Fenty.

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John Kelly

John Kelly

Reid Williamson has visited all 3,143 U.S. counties. Could this be the most extreme bucket list accomplishment?

Petula Dvorak

Petula Dvorak

In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, two women in the Army Reserve argue it’s only fair that women get to choose to go to the front lines.

Robert McCartney

Robert McCartney

Mayor Vincent C. Gray should resign if he refuses to explain to District voters what went wrong in his 2010 campaign.

Robert McCartney

Robert McCartney

It pains me to write it, but there’s no avoiding the conclusion anymore that District Mayor Vincent Gray is either a fool or a liar.

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Police captain’s traffic safety message is personal

Tom Didone had gone to dozens of teen car crashes — and then his son died in one.

National Spelling Bee

Lori Anne Madison, a 6-year-old from Woodbridge, missed her second word on Wednesday and was eliminated in the second round of the National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center at National Harbor.

U.S. Naval Academy grads celebrate

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave the commencement address at the ceremony.

A final farewell to Chuck Brown

Fans, family and friends mourn the death of D.C.’s “Godfather of Go-Go” at an all-day public viewing at the Howard Theatre.

Farm animals attacked in Fairfax

A calf, two goats and a chicken were slashed over the weekend at Frying Pan Farm Park in Herndon.

Fairfax shelter caters to homeless female veterans

A former Army captain opened the shelter with last fall.

Rolling Thunder descends on Washington

Motorcyclists take part in the annual parade ahead of Memorial Day.

Sweet 15

Thirteen area teenagers mark their quinceañera, a traditional Spanish celebration of a girl turning 15.

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Post photographers are sharing their favorite area locations.

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