WASHINGTON — Verizon Communications Inc. on Thursday filed a legal challenge to new federal regulations that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic flowing over their networks. In a filing in federal appeals court in the District of Columbia, ...

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WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center announced Thursday it will take over most operations of the Washington National Opera because of the music company’s financial troubles. Under an affiliation agreement, the opera will remain a separate nonprofit with its own board ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from opponents of same-sex marriage who were seeking to overturn the District of Columbia’s gay marriage law. The court did not comment in turning away a challenge from a Maryland pastor ...

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WASHINGTON — The internal watchdog of the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating an allegation that the agency’s enforcement chief gave a break to two Citigroup executives when the bank settled charges of misleading investors. Inspector General David Kotz confirmed ...

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WASHINGTON — Washington shoppers have spent approximately $2 million on paper and plastic bags in the past year, one nickel at a time. The city’s 5-cent tax on bags began in January of last year, but consumers spent much less ...

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A federal judge in Baltimore has granted in part a motion for a preliminary injunction against a former Pizza Boli’s franchisee in Washington, D.C., prohibiting him from using the company’s trademarks and operating the franchise restaurant. Baltimore-based franchisor Prosperity Systems ...

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EPA unveils bay restoration plan The federal Environmental Protection Agency outlined a plan of action Wednesday to restore the Chesapeake Bay, involving Maryland and five other states and the District of Columbia. The plan involves individual agreements for each state and ...

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A federal judge has awarded more than $1.1 million to a major Washington, D.C.-based commercial real estate information company as compensation for unauthorized use of its online property database. After holding a two-day bench trial in Greenbelt in late October, ...

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Maryland’s top court has unanimously disbarred an attorney who failed to keep his clients informed about the status of their personal-injury cases and to cooperate with Bar Counsel’s investigation of his lack of diligence. David E. Fox, in a one ...

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WASHINGTON — Montgomery County is home to the three wealthiest communities in the region, each with a median household income of more than $200,000. That’s according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Data collected between 2005 ...

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