Microsoft breaks with PC world, reinvents itself with Windows 8

Last week, at a large developers' event, Microsoft formally introduced its next operating system to the world, and it's nothing like...

AT&T gets small wins in antitrust hearing

A federal judge Wednesday granted small wins to AT&T and T-Mobile in the first hearing of the Justice Department's lawsuit to block ...

Google chairman faces Capitol Hill heat for first time

Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, faced a barrage of questions from lawmakers Wednesday about whether his company's search ...

Census: More Maryland and Virginia drivers commute to another county than other people in the U.S.

Lured by jobs in the District or the burgeoning Dulles corridor — but unwilling or unable to live there — more people in Virginia and Maryla...

Thursday TV: ‘Charlie’s Angels,’ ‘Person of Interest,’ ‘Whitney’ and ‘Prime Suspect’

● Charlie's Angels (8 p.m., ABC) This lousy, third-generation retread of the 1970s original is suitably DOA (dumb on arrival) but a...

China denounces U.S. arms deal for Taiwan

BEIJING — China on Thursday angrily demanded the Obama administration cancel its plans to upgrade Taiwan's aging fleet of F-16 fighter j...

Incomes fall in Montgomery and Fairfax counties

Median household incomes in the two largest, wealthiest jurisdictions in the Washington region suffered significant declines over the past d...

U.S. announces details of planned arms package for Taiwan

The Obama administration announced details Wednesday of its planned arms package for Taiwan even as China lodged formal protests and Taiwan...

After Afghan slaying, a sense of helplessness

KABUL — As they mourned the slain Afghan leader who had been tasked with reconciling with the Taliban, close friends and associates of Burha...

NATO extends Libyan campaign for up to 90 days

BRUSSELS — NATO agreed Wednesday to extend its air-and-sea campaign in Libya for up to 90 days as the country's new rulers try to dislod...

Young adults gain health insurance under new law

Nearly 1 million more young adults have obtained health insurance since the 2010 health-care law began requiring insurers to let adult child...

Nationals vs. Phillies: Danny Espinosa and Wilson Ramos lead Washington to win

PHILADELPHIA — Danny Espinosa and Wilson Ramos arrived in the major leagues to stay together on the first day of September last year. They a...

Mental health study tries Capital Bikeshare as therapy

Many of the people who bicycle from place to place around Washington say they find it therapeutic. Now a new program will consider whether b...

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