ASHBURN, Va. (AP) An Ashburn man has been arrested after authorites say he assaulted his fiance and attacked her sister with a samurai-style sword. Loudoun County officials say 27-year-old Richard V. Muse the Second has been charged with felony assault and domestic assault.

RICHMOND, Va. (A...

Violent crime may been down in the Maryland suburbs, but authorities there say gangs are still a major problem. Montgomery and Prince Georges counties will start a joint gang task force that will focus on intervention and prevention efforts in schools. The need for the initiative is clear accord...

By Peter Granitz

When a limited study found nearly half the soda fountains in the Roanoke Valley of Virginia contained bacteria including E-Coli, public concern was heightened.

But the Commonwealth says it does test the machines. Chris Gordon with Virginia's Health Department says if...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) An Ashburn man has been arrested after authorites say he assaulted his fiance and attacked her sister with a samurai-style sword. Loudoun County officials say 27-year-old Richard V. Muse the Second has been charged with felony assault and domestic assault.

RICHMOND, Va. (A...

Violent crime may been down in the Maryland suburbs, but authorities there say gangs are still a major problem. Montgomery and Prince Georges counties will start a joint gang task force that will focus on intervention and prevention efforts in schools. The need for the initiative is clear accord...

By Peter Granitz

When a limited study found nearly half the soda fountains in the Roanoke Valley of Virginia contained bacteria including E-Coli, public concern was heightened.

But the Commonwealth says it does test the machines. Chris Gordon with Virginia's Health Department says if...

Today, House members take a break from the negotiations that have been underway all week on health care. Everyone's trying to figure out what provisions will win a majority of votes. New Jersey's Frank Pallone said there are still some sticking points with the Senate.

Eric Niiler reports....

By Elliott Francis

The World Resources Institute is a center for policy research on environmental issues. Each year, the institute previews key environmental initiatives to watch in the coming months.

Issues raised by WRI include initiatives for worldwide control of greenhouse gasses,...

WASHINGTON (AP) A mother and daughter have been sentenced for embezzling $214,000 from a federal program that provides services to the blind. Seventy-year-old Barbara Stevenson-Jones and her daughter, 51-year-old Pamela Stevenson, both of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty in September.

LAS VE...

By Rebecca Sheir

After last nights winter weather, Mayor Adrian Fenty's administration is urging residents to stay safe.

Outside the Farragut Street Salt Dome in Northeast DC, a front-end loader spills salt into a pick-up truck. The truck is among 200 pieces of equipment the District'...

Sen. Babara Mikulski (D-Md.) is stepping up her criticism of Metro. Mikulski says the transit agency needs stronger oversight, feeling Metro isn't taking safety seriously enough in the wake of last June's red line crash that killed nine people.

Mikulski sent a letter to Metro this week seek...

Today, House members take a break from the negotiations that have been underway all week on health care. Everyone's trying to figure out what provisions will win a majority of votes. New Jersey's Frank Pallone said there are still some sticking points with the Senate.

Eric Niiler reports....

By Elliott Francis

The World Resources Institute is a center for policy research on environmental issues. Each year, the institute previews key environmental initiatives to watch in the coming months.

Issues raised by WRI include initiatives for worldwide control of greenhouse gasses,...

WASHINGTON (AP) A mother and daughter have been sentenced for embezzling $214,000 from a federal program that provides services to the blind. Seventy-year-old Barbara Stevenson-Jones and her daughter, 51-year-old Pamela Stevenson, both of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty in September.

LAS VE...

By Jonathan Wilson

In Virginia, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Dale has laid out his plan to deal with a $176 million dollar budget shortfall.

Dales budget proposal calls for eliminating 600 positions and increasing in the districts average class size, by one studen...

By Patrick Madden

The emergency medical technician fired in the case involving former New York Times reporter David Rosenbaum has been ordered back on the job.

The D.C. Court of Appeals has ruled the city illegally fired Selena Walker, the EMT who authorities say drove a critically wo...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) A top adviser to Gov. O'Malley is taking a job in the private sector. Michael Enright will become managing director for Beowulf Energy, a private independent power and infrastructure company in Easton.

BALTIMORE (AP) Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon says her developer ex-boy...

Over a cup of coffee at her kitchen table in the Andrew Atkins housing project, Bernice Scruggs says her family has been mistreated. Many of her relatives have been forbidden from setting foot in her apartment -- in at least one case because of a mistaken identity. She and other residents have be...

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I’m Sara Sciammacco of Capitol News Connection. This Week in Congress...

The week began with all eyes on the White House. Everyone was watching to see how President Obama would respond to a failed Christmas Day terrorist attack. To no one’s surprise, the Republicans criticized...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) An Ashburn man has been arrested after authorites say he assaulted his fiance and attacked her sister with a samurai-style sword. Loudoun County officials say 27-year-old Richard V. Muse the Second has been charged with felony assault and domestic assault.

RICHMOND, Va. (A...

Over a cup of coffee at her kitchen table in the Andrew Atkins housing project, Bernice Scruggs says her family has been mistreated. Many of her relatives have been forbidden from setting foot in her apartment -- in at least one case because of a mistaken identity. She and other residents have be...