
Parkdale High School in Prince George's County, Md., has an extraordinarily diverse student body. Students come to Parkdale from 93 different nations, and, in a hallway, the flags from all 93 of those countries are displayed. More>>
The Children's Inn officially opened its new playground. There are swings and forts and fire trucks. Even a putting green. More>>
It was 11 years ago last April 28th that the worst tornado in Maryland's history tore through the tiny town of La Plata, Md. Seeing the death and destruction in Moore, Okla., is bringing back painful memories.
Maryland Live! is starting to build a poker room. More>>
Firefighters have extinguished a fire that broke out inside a Home Depot store in Capitol Heights. More>>
20 years ago this week, the FBI launched a new initiative aimed at catching child predators, using agents on computers to track pedophiles sharing pornography on the internet.
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Police say a pedestrian was struck by a school bus Tuesday afternoon in Rockville. More>>
Prince George’s County Police have arrested three men in connection with a series of more than 50 burglaries over the past several months. Many of the break-ins were concentrated in Oxon Hill. More>>
20 years ago this week, a 10-year-old boy got on his bike and rode away from his Prince George's County home never to return. His name was George Burdynski. He was known to all as "Junior."
A silver Acura smashed into the front window of the Retro Fitness gym on Nicholson Lane in Kensington. It happened shortly after 2:30 p.m. Monday.
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Navy plebes climbed the Herndon Monument in the traditional monument climb in Annapolis. The 21 foot monument is covered in lard. More>>
Some Maryland fire departments are suggesting homeowners start using a ten year smoke alarm.
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A Charles County Sheriff's officer has been suspended after a protective order was filed against him.
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Victims of violent crimes came face to face with a man who kidnapped and beat them while he learned his sentence Friday. More>>
Anne Arundel County police say an 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged with making a bomb threat involving a Maryland high school. More>>
At first, it seemed like a quirky incident involving a naked man sitting atop a parked fire truck. But police in Prince George's County say that naked man was involved in an unprovoked violent shooting a short while earlier. And police believe the drug PCP was involved. More>>
Prince George's County Police have arrested four Washington residents for the slaying of a man in his Brandywine home. More>>
An American imprisoned in Cuba settled a lawsuit Thursday against the company he was working for when arrested, a lawsuit that claimed he wasn't properly warned about or prepared for the risks of working in the communist nation. More>>
Metro says it will close a total of five stations on the green and orange lines for weekend work. More>>
Gov. Martin O'Malley has announced the first round of highway and transit projects that will be paid for with Maryland's first gas tax increase in 20 years. More>>
Two people have died in a domestic-related murder-suicide in Clinton, Md.
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Gov. Martin O'Malley has signed a comprehensive gun-control measure that supporters say makes Maryland's gun laws among the strictest in the nation. O'Malley signed the bill on Thursday.
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Police say a pedestrian suffered serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Wheaton, Md.
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A Capitol Heights neighborhood is a lot safer after a raid on a home there. A team of 15 agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) suited up in hazmat suits to go inside the house on Bayou Avenue. They found what is being described as a significant methamphetamine lab.
We are Monitoring Metro with a development affecting potentially thousands of Maryland college students and their families. It is the decision by Metro to close its College Park station this weekend when the University of Maryland is having its commencement. Most intriguing about this is the matter of when the university found out this was going to happen.
Jeanne Biog, a third grader at Scotchtown Hills Elementary School, is back home Wednesday after she didn't show up at her Laurel home Tuesday night. More>>
An Army veteran was found fatally shot in his Seat Pleasant home Tuesday night.
Police in Hagerstown say a speed camera contractor will refund more than $27,000 for about 800 speeding tickets because it failed to get its equipment inspected as often as state law requires. More>>
Metro has not found the main cause of the electrical fire that occurred under a Red Line train Tuesday, but investigators have eliminated track conditions as a factor. More>>
For once, Gov. Martin O'Malley got a pleasant surprise from Comptroller Peter Franchot at the start of a Board of Public Works meeting. Franchot presented the governor with a check for $271 from the comptroller's unclaimed properties division Wednesday.
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Metro train service between Takoma and Forest Glen stations on the Red Line has been restored Tuesday night after a train fire at the Silver Spring station. More>>
The attorney for a Maryland lawmaker sentenced to 30 days in jail for operating a motorboat under the influence of alcohol has filed an appeal. More>>
Officers from around the country, family members and friends paid homage Monday night to those who last year paid the ultimate price. The 25th Annual Candlelight Vigil took place at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC.
Power companies are swapping out old meters -- for newer "smart" versions. The devices allow utilities to read your meter wirelessly without sending a meter reader. But opposition is growing here and across the country warning of health and safety concerns. Some smart meters have overheated and caught fire.
Prince George's County police say a Laurel man shot and killed his wife and his adult step-daughter. More>>
An attorney says Delegate Don Dwyer will plead guilty to operating a boat while under the influence of alcohol. More>>
A teenage girl charged in her father's death remains in custody along with her boyfriend, who is also accused in the killing. More>>
Howard County police say a 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend have been charged with murder in the stabbing of the girl's father. More>>
After a raid involving more than 200 local, state and federal law enforcement officers, 18 members of the Howard County Bloods gang have been indicted on racketeering charges. This comes just days after a woman was gunned down in her car in Columbia.
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown is seeking to become Maryland's next governor. Hundreds gathered on Friday at Prince George's County Community College to hear Brown make the official announcement for his gubernatorial bid.
Constellation Energy Nuclear Group says one of two nuclear reactors at its Calvert Cliffs power plant in Maryland shut down automatically after a malfunction.
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Police say a woman was fatally struck by an SUV in Wheaton Thursday afternoon. More>>
Prince George’s County Police say a young child has died and two others were taken to the hospital after a car accident in Cottage City. More>>
A subsidiary of MGM Resorts International has filed a proposal for a casino at National Harbor. More>>
About 15,000 people came to the Comcast Center on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Tuesday, to listen to the Dalai Lama. From the moment he entered the arena, the Dalai Lama was playful, putting on a University of Maryland visor, sparking a loud cheer from the crowd.
Police in Montgomery County are looking for three people who they say tried to remove an ATM machine from a Potomac bank using a backhoe. More>>
University of Maryland police say a student has been found dead in a dormitory and it appears her death was accidental. More>>
The heart of a Pasadena teen killed in a hit-and-run crash is giving an ailing friend a chance to live. More>>
Two Prince George's County firefighters received minor burns when they battled a house fire in Capitol Heights. More>>
A postal worker taking a walk on her lunch break was sexually assaulted Thursday afternoon just after 2:30. More>>
Maryland death penalty supporters plan a petition drive aimed at overturning the state's newly signed death penalty repeal. More>>
Two late night deadly accidents closed roads in the D.C. area.
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Prince George's County police say a disabled woman was found unharmed in a Laurel apartment where the woman's mother and a man died. More>>
A Maryland man has been charged with building and possessing pipe bombs. More>>
Opponents of capital punishment marked a milestone Thursday as Maryland became the first state south of the Mason-Dixon line to abolish the death penalty. More>>
Gov. Martin O'Malley will sign legislation to make Maryland the 19th state to approve a medical marijuana program, his spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday, but it remains unclear when the program will be up and running. More>>
Officials in Montgomery County said, today, that Metro eventually has to take possession of the long-delayed transit center in Silver Spring. Metro disagrees. More>>
Montgomery County police are investigating the robbery of a high-end jewelry store in Chevy Chase. More>>
A man was hit and killed overnight in southern Maryland.
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A Maryland mother is accused of offering her 15-year-old daughter up for sex to pay off a $5,000 debt. More>>
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer has joined a growing list of people in the public eye who are being targeted in swatting pranks. More>>
Prince George's County Police say a man has died after a stabbing and a car accident when a friend tried to drive him to a hospital. More>>
A police officer is recovering in the hospital after a crash in Laurel.
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Police in Rockville, Md. have released security video showing a woman stealing a puppy by putting it in her purse.
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Prince George's County Fire Investigators have charged an 18-year-old man with arson after authorities say he set his mother's house on fire. More>>
The interim superintendent of Prince George's County schools is stepping down following the county executive's school system takeover. More>>
The University of Maryland University College, Yellow Ribbon Fund and the Blewitt Foundation honored the first recipients of a new national scholarship for caregivers of wounded warriors. Three caregivers, including Danielle Kelly, were awarded full scholarships to UMUC from the Pillars of Strength Scholarship Fund.
A Gaithersburg man has been charged in the sexual abuse of two children at a day care in Montgomery Village. More>>
Gaithersburg Police have released a composite sketch in hopes of identifying a possible suspect in an attempted kidnapping last Monday. More>>
A gun owners' rights group is threatening to sue 35 Maryland local governments unless they repeal gun regulations that the group says violate state law. More>>
Rapper 2 Chainz has been acquitted of drug charges he faced after a traffic stop on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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Scores of firefighters have been working overnight to extinguish a massive burning pile of mulch at a landfill in Prince George's County.
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Firefighters are battling a large mulch fire in the 2000 block of Ritchie Marlboro Road in Upper Marlboro. More>>
Prosecutors have dropped a child pornography charge against a former teacher accused of exchanging sexually explicit photos with a 17-year-old male student. More>>
The Frederick County Sheriff's Office says a 61-year-old woman found dead in her Frederick apartment was a homicide victim. More>>
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a rising star in Democratic politics, said Wednesday that he is considering making a run for the White House in 2016 and will likely make a decision later this year. More>>
NASA has released video that shows those three years of the sun at a pace of two images per day.
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Authorities have one in custody after a barricade situation resulting from a domestic incident in Rockville, Md. More>>
Police in Maryland said Tuesday that a 27-year-old man accused in the fatal shooting of his stepfather, a District of Columbia police detective, has surrendered to authorities. More>>
National advocates for people with Down syndrome said Tuesday they are pressing for an independent investigation into the death of a man who suffocated while three security officers were trying to forcibly remove him from a movie theater. More>>
Federal prosecutors say 13 female correctional officers, seven inmates and five others with gang ties have been charged with plotting to smuggle drugs, cellphones and other contraband into the Baltimore jail and other corrections facilities. More>>
Prince George’s County Police are investigating a fatal shooting of a D.C. police officer at a home in Upper Marlboro. More>>
Gaithersburg Police are investigating a possible abduction attempt on a 14-year-old boy. More>>
Montgomery County Police are investigating the death of a man after two officers used their tasers on him in Gaithersburg. More>>
A Maryland delegate is holding a fundraiser next month to support guns rights and his re-election efforts. A part of his event includes a raffle. If you win, you get assault style guns: an AR-15 and an AK-47.
A school resource officer at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring used a taser to subdue a 16-year-old female student after a confrontation outside the school Thursday morning. Now that student is facing charges. More>>
Montgomery County Police say a man found fatally shot in Silver Spring had taken part in a robbery the same day he was found dead. More>>
The Maryland Transportation Authority on Thursday announced plans to install added safety measures for two-way traffic operations on the Bay Bridge based on a study the agency made last year. More>>
A Baltimore-area church where one of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings teaches held a prayer vigil for the more than 170 victims of the explosions. More>>
Anne Arundel County Police say no crime was committed when an officer put a device that was believed to be a camera in the men's restroom of a high school. More>>
A Montgomery County landlord has pleaded guilty to using a hidden surveillance camera to spy on female tenants engaged in sexual acts. More>>
They are four elite athletes. They have finished at least 100 marathons combined. Howard County's Tatyana McFadden and her teammates from the University of Illinois completed the Boston Marathon on Monday. Tatyana won the wheelchair division. They were back at the hotel when they got the sense that something was wrong. More>>
There are two new speed cameras in Laurel, but they're not quite like the other six already in place. More>>
The number of people being targeted by a ring of purse snatching thieves continues to rise in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. More>>
Police in Montgomery County are warning women about a group of thieves targeting victims at parks, schools, gyms and daycare centers -- any place where they might leave their purses behind in a vehicle. More>>
Hundreds of people came together to take on violence in Prince George’s County. They packed Suitland High School's gym for a fundraising basketball game called "Silence the Violence." More>>
A construction worker has been rescued after being unable to get out of a 30-foot underground treatment vault in Upper Marlboro. More>>
Former Anne Arundel County executive John Leopold is out of jail. More>>
"The video doesn't lie." That is what a Maryland man is declaring after a jury awarded him some big time cash in a civil suit against the Prince George's County Police Department.
Hundreds of people from the Kent Island community in Queen Anne's County, Md., gathered for a candlelight vigil to remember four teenagers killed Wednesday afternoon in a crash. More>>
The table games are now open at the Maryland Live casino. More>>
Two teenagers are facing charges after taking knives inside an Anne Arundel County High School. More>>
It was a very emotional night at Rockville High School as hundreds of students, administrators and loved ones gathered to remember 17-year-old Michelle Miller, who was killed in what police describe as a murder-suicide. More>>
A military recruiter who police say fatally shot a teenage girl he signed up for the Army Reserves before committing suicide was a nine-year veteran who had served overseas, the Army said Tuesday. More>>
County officials assured members of the Montgomery County Council on Tuesday that the troubled Silver Spring Transit Center can be made safe. Remediation work on the three-story bus building could begin within several weeks. More>>
Montgomery County Police say the deaths of a man and a teenage girl who were found in a Germantown home are an apparent murder-suicide. More>>
The Maryland General Assembly on Monday approved a measure allowing medical marijuana programs at research centers that choose to participate. More>>
Medical marijuana and a measure addressing legal responsibilities related to dog bites are some of the remaining issues before Maryland lawmakers on the last day of the legislative session.
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Police say a 20-year-old man was struck and killed by a car in Arnold. More>>
The House of Delegates has given final approval to a bill giving the Prince George's County executive more control over the county's school system. More>>
A three-year-old girl died after being crushed by a garage door in Waldorf Friday afternoon. It happened around 4 p.m. in the 2900 block of Eutaw Forest Drive.The girl's mother found her pinned beneath the door.
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Is Maryland’s gun control bill putting Maryland jobs on the firing line? There are fresh concerns tonight that a major gun maker could move its factory out of Maryland in the wake of the state's new gun control rules.
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Style Etoile in the Congressional Plaza in Rockville is the go to place for local fashionistas and now it's become a favorite target of a thief and his female accomplices. For the second time in eight months, a man and woman tag team have stolen thousands of dollars of merchandise from the store while it was open. More>>
The Maryland General Assembly has passed a measure to make the state's gun laws among the strongest in the nation. More>>
A 5-year-old girl was critically injured after she wandered into the back yard of her home in the Waldorf area and was attacked by dogs. More>>
A suspected arsonist in Laurel seems to be upping the ante by expanding their target from playgrounds to businesses. Now Laurel City officials are doubling their reward to $10,000 as the danger grows. More>>
Maryland's Senate president says the Senate is planning to get to work on a gun-control measure. More>>
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is calling for higher parking rates in Bethesda. More>>
The Maryland House of Delegates has approved a gun-control measure proposed by Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley. More>>
A mother was reunited with her son at his daycare Wednesday evening after she says staffers at the Early Childhood Learning Center in Southeast D.C. left her 2-year-old son alone at a Chuck E. Cheese’s in Laurel for hours. More>>
A child has been taken to the hospital after a dog attack in Waldorf, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. More>>
Prince George's County Senators have approved a measure that would allow County Executive Rushern Baker to select the county's new schools superintendent and choose the chairman and vice chairman of an expanded Board of Education. More>>
Anne Arundel County police say a high school student has been charged with weapons violations after he allegedly brought a handgun to school. More>>
A 63-year-old man has died from a fire at a Silver Spring apartment building. Three other people were also injured. More>>
Fire officials say five barns were burned in a two-alarm brush fire in Charles County. More>>
Prince George's County fire officials have identified a woman who died in a Cheverly house fire in a home filled with hoarded items. More>>
While Maryland lawmakers will have plenty to do in the last week of the state's legislative session, most of the high-profile measures backed by Gov. Martin O'Malley already have been approved by the General Assembly. More>>
Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker says he is pleased with progress the state legislature has made in considering legislation that would grant him more control of the county school system. More>>
Police are investigating an accident that left three people dead in Anne Arundel County.
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Police say three people were killed and a fourth was critically injured when a car ran off the road in Odenton and hit a light pole and two trees. More>>
Dozens of guns that could have fallen into the wrong hands are off the street in Prince George's County. The Collective Empowerment Group organized a gun buyback program -- offering gifts cards for weapons.
The Maryland Senate has given final approval to the state's first gas tax in just over 20 years. More>>
The family and hundreds of mourners remembered a Maryland Marine who was one of seven killed last week when a mortar shell exploded during a training exercise in Nevada. More>>
This is something you don't see every day -- a teenager getting stuck in the mud. More>>
They are as much a part of growing up as baseball and apple pie. So when thieves torched some playgrounds in Laurel, the community was devastated. But now three weeks later, something good is emerging from the ashes. Laurel Mayor Craig Moe says Discovery Community Park will be rebuilt, bigger and better than ever before.
Police have arrested a University of Maryland student after they say he arranged to meet and have sex with someone he thought was a 12-year-old girl. More>>
It's been five years since construction started on a new transit hub for downtown Silver Spring. A new report, commissioned by Montgomery County, raises serious questions about its safety and design. More>>
The Lombardi Trophy is coming to Annapolis, even if just for a visit with some Baltimore Ravens.They are scheduled to bring the Super Bowl trophy to the Legislature on Thursday. The Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers in last month's Super Bowl.The presiding officers of the House of Delegates and the Senate announced the planned visit after session on Wednesday.Who exactly will be coming was a tight-lipped secret in the Maryland State House on Wednesday. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Mi... More>>
A lockdown has been lifted at a Prince George's County high school. More>>
Would-be thieves targeted a Girl Scouts cookie booth in Waldorf, Md. on Sunday. On Tuesday, one man is facing charges and police are looking for a woman connected to the case. More>>
Residents of Prince George's County have mixed feelings about Rushern Baker's plan to take control of the county school system. More>>
A Connecticut man already serving life sentences for a series of rapes and sex crimes has been indicted in Maryland. More>>
A man with Down syndrome who died of asphyxia after he was restrained by deputies at a movie theater had anger issues and health problems that made him susceptible to sudden death, according to an autopsy report made public Tuesday. More>>
A driver in a two-car crash that killed two men in Glenn Dale has been charged with two counts of homicide by motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol. More>>
An FBI spokesman says a death aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has been classified as suspicious. More>>
Prince George’s County Police are investigating the theft of cooking oil that was siphoned from a restaurant in Oxon Hill. More>>
Prince George's County police say two men are dead and two injured in a two-car crash in Glenn Dale. More>>
Montgomery County fire officials say a fire forced more than 400 people to be evacuated from a Bethesda hotel. More>>
The Maryland House of Delegates has passed a measure to allow medical marijuana in the state. More>>
Montgomery County Police say a 3-year-old girl was seriously injured in a fall from a fourth-floor apartment. More>>
A body found on the Kent Island shoreline has been identified as that of a Queen Anne's County woman who went missing earlier this month. More>>
Did you see something streaking through the evening sky Friday night? Apparently, you weren't alone. Social media sites were buzzing Friday night with reports of a brief but bright flash of light that streaked across the sky along the East Coast.
It sounds like a car and moves like a car, but this thing used to fly. It's a 1956 Cessna 310 put on a 1987 Toyota van chassis.
A Frederick County grand jury on Friday declined to indict three sheriff's deputies involved in the asphyxiation death of a man with Down syndrome, prompting the man's family to question the thoroughness of the investigation by the officers' co-workers. More>>
Anne Arundel County Police are investigating the suspicious death of a woman in Davidsonville, Md. More>>
The Maryland House of Delegates has voted to raise taxes on gasoline in the state for the first time in more than two decades. More>>
"All I could think of was: ‘I am surely going to die.'” That is how Gus Goldberger remembers a shopping trip around Thanksgiving back in 2011.
Anne Arundel County Police say an officer has been put on administrative leave after he allegedly installed a video camera in a men's restroom at a high school. More>>
Police say a man has died after being struck by a school bus in Gaithersburg. More>>
Two people, including a teenage girl, were shot during a home invasion in Montgomery County. More>>
The mother of a Severna Park Marine says her son was among seven killed when a mortar shell exploded during a training exercise. More>>
An engineering analysis of the nearly-complete Silver Spring Transit Center has concluded the huge project was incorrectly designed, insufficiently built and was not properly inspected during construction. More>>
Not long after the sun rises, Adrian Dantley suits up. If the name rings a bell, it should. Dantley is a D.C. native who was a standout at DeMatha Catholic High School and at the University of Notre Dame before scoring NBA Rookie of the Year honors. In September, Dantley stepped into the role of crossing guard in Montgomery County.
Baltimore State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein says his office plans to retry Michael Johnson for the death of a North Carolina honor student who was missing for months before her body was found in a river. More>>
Repairs are being made to a water main that broke in Chevy Chase and resulted in water use restrictions. More>>
A massive water main break in Chevy Chase is still causing problems along a major commuter route. More>>
Howard County police say four Oakland Mills High School students have been charged in the attempted murder and robbery of a cab driver in Columbia. More>>
The Maryland Senate has voted to eliminate potential jail time for people who possess less than 10 grams of marijuana. More>>
Three Prince George's county police officers were the first responders to arrive on the scene. When they arrived, a Mercury Mountaineer that had been traveling westbound on Route 704, Martin Luther King Highway, was engulfed in flames.
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A water main break on Connecticut Avenue happened after 8:30 Monday night. The break closed all lanes to traffic north and south bound north of East-West Highway between Manor Road and Dunlop Street in Chevy Chase. More>>
Police are investigating a fatal stabbing in Camp Springs, Md. The incident happened around 8:30 a.m. Monday at a home in the 5200 block of Morris Avenue. A woman was stabbed inside of the home. She was hospitalized but later died of her injuries. A man also inside the home was injured. Investigators say a man was apprehended by police a short time late. More>>
Maryland lawmakers approved a measure abolishing the death penalty on Friday and sent the bill to Gov. Martin O'Malley, who has long supported banning capital punishment. More>>
An off-duty D.C. police officer was involved in a shooting outside of his own home Friday. More>>
Authorities say an 18-month-old boy has died after he and his father were struck by a pickup truck in Temple Hills. More>>
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a rabies death in Maryland was caused by an organ transplant. More>>
The vice president's office has apologized to a University of Maryland journalism student after he was forced to delete photos of a Joe Biden event. More>>
An Annapolis-based company all about making luxury bags and wallets is celebrating a new season by giving back. FOX 5 Consumer Reporter Laura Evans has more on this story. More>>
The students at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School in Bethesda are watching closely as cardinals select a new pope. Right now, what they are learning in their lessons makes the nightly news. More>>
At the moment, Shepherd's Cove Women's Shelter in Capitol Heights, Md. is the place Artina Mcrae and her family calls home. She worked security for 10 years. When the company folded, she lost her job and ended up in a shelter with her five kids. More>>
Our cat is dying. I'm finally able to admit that to myself. For several days he hasn't eaten. He's lost weight and grown weaker. More>>
A Montgomery County firefighter is involved in a very different kind of battle tonight--a fight to recover from a double shooting that claimed the life of his wife. More>>
Convicted D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo says in a newspaper interview that seeing the reaction of a victim's husband made him feel like "scum." More>>
Authorities captured an alligator who was caught hanging out at a nearby retention pond in Fruitland, Maryland. More>>
WASHINGTON Rep. Roscoe Bartlett is apologizing for invoking the Holocaust during a discussion about federally subsidized student loans. More>>
Earthquakes are so rare in the Washington area that even a geology student wasn't quite sure what was going on when a minor one hit early Friday. Was it a truck passing by? A low-flying plane? More>>
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is scaling back a proposed hunting fee increase that would have more than doubled the cost for avid hunters.
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