Alan Blinder

Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

An overnight spate of violence in Virginia Beach left seven people hospitalized with gunshot and knife wounds. The Virginian-Pilot reported that the first incident -- a shooting -- took place at 11:23 p.m. on Saturday and that the violence ended with another shootout at 3:13 a.m. All of the...

Scott McCabe

Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

A 27-year-old Northern Virginia man has been arrested on charges of attempting to transport a 12-year-old girl across state lines after the child's mother called police. According to charging documents filed in federal court in D.C., the mother called Alexandria police on April 16 after her...

Liz Essley

Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

Alexandria residents making a stink about a new highway ramp they say will bring pollution to their neighborhood got the ear of the state's top transportation official Friday. The Concerned Citizens of Landmark made their case to Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sean Connaughton, as well...

Kate Jacobson

Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

Police said a 23-year-old Alexandria man died after the car he was driving overturned, causing a three-vehicle crash on I-95 in Fairfax County. Police said Ryan Cox of Alexandria was driving his car south on I-95 near the exit ramp for Backlick Road shortly after 12 a.m. on Saturday when the...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

Two longtime members of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department have been selected to become deputy chiefs in the agency. Daniel Gray is being promoted to the role of deputy chief for safety and personnel services. In the position, he will handle health and safety, recruitment and...

Steve Contorno

Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

Meltzer is an art teacher at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in the District and is originally from Argentina. She recently published her first children's book, "My Hands," which is written in both English and Spanish. How did you come up with the idea for "My...

Matt Connolly

Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

Faced with a shortage of 45,000 primary care doctors by 2020, some medical professionals are calling for better communication between providers. "The answer is team-based care," said Reid Blackwelder, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians. "Regardless of what the state...

Steve Contorno

Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

April came in as a nasty and negative month in the Virginia governor's race, but it's going out with both candidates shifting from attack mode long enough to introduce themselves to voters and to assure Virginians that they're prepared to govern. Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will...

Matt Connolly

Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

Health care overhaul, aging population prompt deficit of 90,000 doctors in U.S. Washington-area residents are facing longer lines at the doctor's office and hard-to-find health care in the inner city as the U.S. stares down the barrel of a massive doctor shortage. Thanks to a growing and...

Steve Contorno

Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

The Supreme Court of Virginia is considering whether judges have a right to kick television cameras out of the courtroom without giving a reason, a controversy that stems from last year's high-profile murder trial of University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely V. The Virginia...