The National Security Agency’s ability to monitor a Yahoo e-mail account helped authorities stop a planned attack on New York City subways, officials said.
The company challenges a long-standing gag order over the number of government data requests, citing First Amendment.
Heat's LeBron James, left, blocks a shot by Spurs' Tim Duncan. (Getty)
Miami uses a late charge to tie in regulation and then win in overtime to send the NBA Finals to a winner-take-all Game 7.
While the measure is unlikely to become law, it could reverberate politically ahead of special elections.
In the short term, the rate jump is spurring home buyers to action, but economists worry about long term.
Paul Mannina shared a cell with an inmate, but it is unknown whether the wound was self-inflicted.
WORLDVIEWS | Michael Hastings’s Rolling Stone piece portrayed the Army general as a loose cannon.
50 years after JFK’s visit, a torch lit at his grave in Virginia heads to Ireland to honor emigrant ancestors like his.
Learn how milk gets from the farm to your table.
The former governor exemplifies a strange shift among female politicians.
Official tells Montgomery County that agency will wait to see results of new tests on troubled $120M hub.
John Malvar fell while holding on to the window of a pickup truck being driven by a fellow high schooler.
Most of the indicted officers were hired before 21, an age that may have left them open to influence.
Three other teens were injured in the Tuesday night incident at Fox Mill Elementary School in Herndon.
Fairfax students Sia Kanu and Zac Winland have overcome harrowing pasts to earn their diplomas.
COLUMN | There must be a better way to improve public safety without racially targeted policing.
Using “student growth percentiles” — how much students learn in a year — is tricky, officials say.
Washington produces just six hits against the Phillies as the Nats slump to their third loss in a row.
PHOTOS | No matter where in the world she goes, Michelle Obama gets attention for her fashion choices.
PHOTOS | From Indian and Thai to Mexican and Italian, here are delicious ways to cook summer shellfish.
Rodent exhibition, swimming with elephants, Mexico’s feline mayoral candidate and more.
Johnathon Carrington is valedictorian of Dunbar High and is headed to Georgetown. But, he worries, is he ready?
Sandra Bullock, Jessica Sanchez, Snooki, Billy Porter, Billy Crystal, Sean Hayes, Gwen Stefani and other celebrities.
The reenactment at England’s Eltham Palace aims to lend insight into life at the palace during the medieval period.
With the Confederations Cup opening this week, here’s glimpse at some of Brazil’s overlooked soccer fields — in its cities’ slums.
“It’s off-the-chain fun” at this decades-old celebration in Northeast D.C., which draws hundreds.
Biden on gun legislation: ‘We have not given up’
Despite the failure of gun legislation in the Senate in April, Vice Presiden Joe Biden says the fight for expanded background checks and other gun reforms is not over.
President Barack Obama arrived in Germany Tuesday for a 24-hour visit, the culmination of which will be a speech on Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate.
Volcano erupts near Mexico City
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano registered a massive eruption, emitting a plume of ash and gas that reached an altitude of 2.4 miles. Editor’s note: The video is silent.
Suicide bombs target Baghdad mosque, killing 29
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside and near a Shiite mosque in Baghdad Tuesday, killing 29 people and reviving fears the country is headed back toward the widespread sectarian bloodshed.
Military plans to put women in combat jobs
Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines.
Protesters fill Brazilian streets
An estimated 100,000 demonstrators flooded the streets of eight different Brazilian cities, to oppose poor services despite heavy taxes.
Snowden: ‘U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up’
Edward Snowden defended the leak of classified U.S. intelligence programs in a chat with the Guardian, which first published his leaks.
Speaker’s comments come at critical moment in consideration of reform legislation.
COLUMN | Summer isn’t a time for students to slip academically. At this camp for at-risk kids, learning never stops.
Phillies starter Cliff Lee is masterful and Washington’s offense is not as the Nats fall two games under .500.
With Obama’s judicial nominees no longer languishing in the Senate, can the GOP still be called obstructionist?
Our Smoke Signals columnist says the sandwich isn’t barbecue, but that doesn’t mean it’s not special.
GOING OUT GUIDE | The festival, which runs Wednesday through Sunday, spotlights films that break conventional molds.
Tom Hayes faces eight counts in the banking scandal, seven months after the U.S. brought criminal charges.
If you live in D.C. you’re familiar with tourism fatigue. Every summer, you’re expected to play tour guide for visiting friends and relatives and the sights can get redundant. What’s your solution?
Your agent needs to determine whether the buyer and lender can follow through and close on time.
Mr. Evans, a partner at Nixon’s law firm, later wrote a book about Ronald Reagan’s ideological development.
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