Virginia

Air quality in Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia remained at Code Red on Saturday as wildfire smoke kept fine-particle pollution at unhealthy levels.

A driver was injured in a crash involving a tractor-trailer on I-495 in Fairfax County, authorities said.

A Virginia man was indicted in connection with a pedestrian crash in April that left a 62-year-old woman dead, according to Alexandria police.

Stephen Howell pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting minors in person and online. When the FBI came to arrest him, police said he urinated on his laptop in an attempt to destroy evidence.

Brendan Banfield is appealing his murder conviction in the high-profile Fairfax County au pair affair case, weeks after he was sentenced to life in prison.

Wildfire smoke is creating dangerous air quality across the DMV, with Code Purple conditions across much of the region and hazardous pockets appearing in Northern Virginia.

The Fairfax County School Board is set to vote Thursday night to finalize the attendance boundaries for its newest school, Skyview High School.

A motorcycle crash in Groveton left a man with life-threatening injuries and shut down part of Richmond Highway, Fairfax County police said.

A man was killed after gunfire erupted outside an Alexandria apartment complex late Wednesday night, leaving residents shaken and police investigating a homicide in the area.

A burned out home in Sterling, Virginia is a standing reminder about a deadly fire that left a woman dead, neighbors said.

Eight children were taken to a hospital after a crash involving a school bus in Fauquier County, rescue officials said.

A Heat Advisory is in effect for Washington, DC, much of Maryland and northern Virginia on Wednesday as hot temperatures and rising humidity push heat index values toward 105 degrees. 

Amtrak has added temperature‑related speed restrictions to some trains across the Northeast, including the Washington, D.C., region, as extreme heat continues to grip the area. 

Wildfire smoke from Canada may drift into the Washington, D.C., region Wednesday, creating haze and contributing to air‑quality issues through Thursday as extreme heat pushes temperatures toward 100 degrees.

The upcoming extreme heat in the D.C. region may be uncomfortable, but a team of researchers hopes it’ll be useful too.

A 78-year-old Virginia man was killed Tuesday morning when his single-engine plane crashed near Shannon Airport in Spotsylvania County.

The driver in the deadly Interstate 95 bus crash that killed a woman and a family of four was back in court Tuesday. Online court information shows this is an 8:30 a.m. discovery hearing for Jing Sheng Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York.

A ground stop was lifted at Ronald Reagan National Airport Tuesday evening, though delays are expected to continue through the night.

A Fairfax County soccer coach faces multiple counts of embezzlement and computer‑related fraud after investigators say he scammed victims with promises of international soccer camps.