Alexandria News

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility for the Dec. 25 attempt to blow up a U.S. jetliner, according to IntelCenter, an Alexandria, Virginia- based group that monitors terrorist organizations.

Prince George's County police say an off-duty Alexandria sheriff's deputy exchanged gunfire with a burglary suspect he saw climb out of a window of a neighbor's house in Oxon Hill.

The adults thought they'd done all they could. They had condemned extremist ideology, provided ski trips and scout meetings, and encouraged young people to speak openly about how to integrate their religion, Islam, with the secular world.

The government has handed its ATM card to beleaguered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

On the night of Sept. 13, 2008, Portocarrero along with two other gang members, allegedly drove around the town of Sterling looking for members of the 18th Street gang members to attack.

A A A' A blizzard-like storm rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday, crippling travel across the region and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.

Prince William County police are joining the hunt for a serial rapist who has attacked at least 13 victims from Virginia to Rhode Island between 1997 and 2009.

A fierce weekend storm dropped record snowfall and stranded travelers up the coast from Virginia to New England, but its timing helped minimize headache-inducing work commutes and left many with the prospect of a very white Christmas.

Drivers try to navigate through heavy snow December 19, 2009 in Alexandria, Virginia.

There was a book left in a Pakistani hotel room where five young men from Virginia were arrested, suspected of trying to join Taliban forces.

Drivers try to navigate through heavy snow December 19, 2009 in Alexandria, Virginia.

The National World War II Memorial on Saturday, with the Washington Monument barely seen through the blowing snow.

Two teenage boys admitted in juvenile court Friday to one count each of "unauthorized use" of the white Volvo that police say 16-year-old Annie McCann used to run away from her parents' Alexandria, Va., home last year.

A serial rapist, who most recently attacked two teenage girls on Halloween night in Woodbridge, Va., has been linked to a series of attacks on the East Coast, including five attacks in Prince George's County, police announced Wednesday.

Old Town Alexandria has restaurant options that are as diverse as any large city in America.

A serial rapist responsible for more than a dozen sexual assaults along the East Coast in the last 12 years has been linked to the rapes of two teenage trick-or-treaters on Halloween in Virginia , police said Wednesday.

Elliott Yamin, a fan favorite, from American Idol Season 5, is hitting the road again.

Insisting insulation is "sexy," President Barack Obama called Tuesday for new federal incentives to make millions of homes more energy efficient as a way to create jobs for the unemployed, save money for homeowners and reduce pollution.Speaking at a suburban Virginia Home Depot store cleared of shoppers, Obama said he wants Congress to provide ...

A man wanted in Virginia for brutally stabbing a woman last week was found at the Washington County Free Library Monday.

Once a month starting in October, Washington DC area men have joined together with the common goal of honing their gentlemanly ways.