Washington Post reporter Ben Terris, who on Sunday wrote about Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock’s Downton Abbey-themed office, published a few more photographs of Schock’s inner sanctum after the article went up. They are quite something.
Authorities in Seattle are searching for a shank-wielding Scrooge after they say he stabbed a fellow traveler for sitting too close to him on the bus, KOMO-TV reports.
Marion Barry—the four-time Washington D.C. mayor and current city council member—died early Sunday morning in a Southeast Washington hospital, The New York Times reports. He was 78.
According to hospital officials, 15-year-old Andrew Fryberg died late Friday from wounds sustained during October 24's deadly school shooting at Washington's Marysville-Pilchuck High School.
Kitsap County police are investigating a possible connection between the murder of a Port Orchard, Wash. mother and a thread on the image board 4chan that appears to contain a confession—and photographs of the woman's body.
A fourth student who was wounded at Marysville-Pilchuk high school in a deadly shooting at the school on October 24 has died in the hospital, officials reported. Fourteen-year-old Shaylee Chuckulnaskit died on Friday afternoon at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington, the AP reports.
Jaylen Fryberg, the 15-year-old freshman who killed two students at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash. on Friday, invited five friends to lunch via text message before opening fire in the cafeteria, according to Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary.
Fourteen-year-old Gia Soriano, one of the five victims in last Friday's deadly shooting rampage at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash. carried out by freshman Jaylen Fryberg, died late Sunday night, Providence Regional Medical Center confirms.
The FCC says a software glitch that made it impossible for the entire state of Washington to call emergency services for six hours "could have been prevented."
Where do you have to be born to say that you're from a given city and not be lying? Back in August, prompted by a New Republic article called "Don't Say You're From the City If You're Really From the 'Burbs," we asked you—Gawker readers—to tell us the real borders of some of America's largest cities. Here are your…
A teacher at McKinley Middle School in Washington, D.C. sent their sixth grade students home with an assignment from a "war and peace" section in the curriculum: compare and contrast Adolf Hitler and former U.S. President George W. Bush in a Venn diagram. "Both men abused their powers," the teacher apparently…
A 40-year-old mother of five and grandmother of three tackled a 20-year-old man fleeing police in Washington state, reports the AP. She then pulled down his pants, showing everyone his little bum, and taunted him about being tackled by a grandmother.
Rod Nylund recently closed on a home in northeast Portland. He hired a contractor to do some work on the house. But when the contractor arrived at the home, he found people were already living there. Confused, Nylund called his realtor, who had come to discover that the people living in his home had changed the locks…
Anwan Glover, who played Slim Charles on The Wire, was reportedly stabbed multiple times early Sunday at Cafe Asia in Washington. After falling to the floor, he was stabbed once more in the torso before being taken to George Washington University Hospital.
Emergency officials reported on Saturday that a wildfire that continues to rage through Washington state east of the Cascade Mountains has destroyed over 100 homes and has left thousands in the area without electricity. The fire has been burning for six days, officials say, and hundreds have been evacuated.
Today is Day 2 of the Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual meeting in D.C., complete with speeches by Chris Christie, Rand Paul, and Paul Ryan. Some sessions run long, so don't forget to drain your lizard. Faithfully. For freedom.
Marion Barry was mayor of Washington D.C. He's currently a council member in the District. In between, he did a stretch in a federal pen for smoking crack on camera. Now, in his new memoir, he can finally tell you about smacking a woman "upside the head" and what cocaine does to his dick.
An ordinance was passed unanimously by The Seattle City Council today that will gradually increase Seattle's minimum wage to $15 an hour, which would make it the highest in America.
Visitors line up for tickets at the Washington Monument on ahead of Monday's ceremony to celebrate its reopening. The monument, which sustained damage from an earthquake in August 2011, was under repair until this month. Image via AP.
The head of a Tea Party super PAC is on track to make $450,000 this year. Her organization has given all of $184,505 to candidates in the past two years. Welfare is killing this great country, dammit!
