WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration officials say they will begin regulating a new wave of applications and gadgets that work with smartphones to take medical readings and help users monitor their health. With the rise of the iPhone, Android ...

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WASHINGTON — The International Spy Museum, one of the most popular attractions in the nation’s capital over the past decade, is considering a move to a historic library that would give it more space for exhibits and a link to ...

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has approved new rules that extend minimum wage and overtime protections to home health care workers. The rules give a long-awaited boost to nearly 2 million workers who spend their days helping the elderly and ...

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WASHINGTON — The deadly attack at the Washington Navy Yard was carried out by one of the military’s own: a defense contract employee and former Navy reservist who used a valid pass to get onto the installation and started firing ...

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Former Maryland Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Garagiola, who resigned from the General Assembly in June, will open a one-person Rockville office Monday for the law and lobbying firm Alexander & Cleaver P.A.

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WASHINGTON — Mayor Vincent Gray vetoed a bill Thursday that would force Wal-Mart and other large retailers to pay their employees at least $12.50 an hour, calling it a “job killer” that would not advance the goal of a living ...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. employers have yet to start hiring aggressively — a trend the Federal Reserve will weigh in deciding this month whether to slow its bond buying and, if so, by how much. Employers added 169,000 jobs in August ...

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WASHINGTON — Metro says full service has been restored on the red line following an overnight derailment. Service was restored about 1:35 p.m. Friday. No passengers were on board the train that derailed around midnight Thursday between the Rhode Island ...

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WASHINGTON — The D.C. police department says it authorized using at least one undercover officer to monitor a protest group’s activities after the assault of a uniformed officer at an earlier demonstration made officials concerned about the “probability of further ...

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A new group has formed in Washington to push for the nation’s capital to host the 2024 Olympics.

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