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Fifty-nine years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Loving v. Virginia — and the case had been argued for the petitioners by Bernard Cohen, a young attorney practicing in Alexandria who later represented the city in the Virginia House of Delegates for 16 years
Outages in the city fell to about 2,757 by 6:30 a.m. Friday — roughly a quarter of the overnight peak — as crews kept working ahead of a midday Heat Advisory and more possible storms.
Goalkeeper Dominik Livaković and midfielder Martin Baturina praised the team's setup at Episcopal High School on Thursday, six days before Croatia opens its World Cup against England.
Sails on the Potomac, 48th ALX Jazz Fest, Crab Shack Live 10-year anniversary, Pride celebrations, and more
With days to go before a July 1 deadline, AlexRenew gave The Alexandria Brief a tour of the underground pumping station at the heart of RiverRenew, the largest infrastructure project in the city's history.
A National Weather Service advisory runs until 8 p.m. today with a heat index near 104, and more heat and storms loom over Friday's opening of Sails on the Potomac
Under threat of storms, the World Cup runners-up opened their Old Town base camp with autographs and mini soccer balls for hundreds of local kids — as Mayor Gaskins proclaimed "the beginning" of a lasting friendship.
June 11 in Alexandria history: Two children, a dynamite shell, and an extraordinary escape
Four tall ships, the 48th annual Jazz Fest and Saturday fireworks anchor the free festival, running Friday through Sunday
On the warm afternoon of June 10, 1919, nearly a hundred returned soldiers — many of them veterans of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive — marched from King and Patrick streets to Washington and Prince streets in the city's official welcome home from the Great War
ServiceSource and Pizzano Memorial Fund's Old Town gift shop among this year's recipients
The butter chicken pot pie took first place in both the judges' and people's choice categories at the sold-out 17th annual food festival.
New DMV Monitor data shows the region's personal bankruptcy rate rising faster than the nation and food-assistance rolls shrinking, as City Manager Parajon and the police chief prepare to brief council Tuesday
A 1776 resolution that would lead to the Declaration of Independence three weeks later — proposed by a Virginia Lee whose extended family helped shape Old Town Alexandria, and whose legacy in the city remains contested
Students earned $2.5 million in merit scholarships and more than 2,180 college acceptance offers
Two anniversaries: the largest amphibious invasion in history, and the call that would lead to the construction of a modern police facility for a city outgrowing its City Hall quarters