Uber announces new features aimed at improving driver safety

Uber wants to make its ride-hailing experience safer for drivers in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and across the country. 

Four convenience stores robbed minutes apart in Fairfax County: police

Within one hour, four gas stations in Fairfax County were robbed. Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspects connected to all four robberies. 

Top high school football teams in the DMV ahead of playoffs

The Quince Orchard Cougars extended their win streak to 38, DeMatha won in overtime again and Freedom continues to put up astronomical numbers on offense.

Virginia RB Perris Jones regains movement after hard hit vs. Louisville, remains hospitalized

Virginia running back Perris Jones regained movement in all of his extremities, school officials said, hours after being immobilized on a flat board and carted off the field after being injured on a play late in the third quarter against No. 11 Louisville on Thursday night.

Fairfax Co. Public Schools says ongoing claim of sex assaults on school grounds was fabricated

Allegations that a northern Virginia seventh-grader was repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted at her school more than a decade ago were totally fabricated, lawyers for the school system contend in a court filing seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit she filed.

Fiery tractor-trailer crash closes portion of I-95 in Stafford County

A fiery tractor-trailer crash left a portion of Interstate 95 in Stafford County closed Friday morning and snarled traffic for hours as crews cleaned up the wreckage from the roadway.

Fairfax County police arrest suspects after drug deal ends in shooting; 1 injured

UPDATE: Police have arrested Jamal Dana Allen, 18, and Jabari Antwaun Allen, 19, in this shooting. Both have been charged with robbery, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and aggravated malicious wounding.

VA brothel bust stirs national security concerns with politicians, military officers among alleged clients

Experts say a high-end sex ring busted by the Justice Department could now pose a threat to national security as buyers in their network included politicians, executives, military officers and government contractors with security clearances could pose a threat to national security. 

3 charged with operating 'high-end' brothel network in Virginia, DOJ says

A high-end brothel network that reportedly flew sex workers in from across the country and put them up in luxury apartments in Virginia, and even required buyers to provide their employer information and references, was busted by the Department of Justice.