By Rebecca Blatt

Maryland's infant mortality rate has dropped to its lowest annual rate in 10 years, according to new data from the state's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

But the numbers aren't all moving in the right direction. Preliminary statistics show the overall infant...

By Elliott Francis

As the investigation into the murder of an artist from Montgomery County continues, the man who runs the studio where police believe she was killed is speaking out.

His name is Tony Kurts, and he rented space to Azeen Naimi in his art warehouse just off Rockville Pi...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Virginia will receive two federal grants totaling $261,000 for a project designed to reduce gun and gang crime.

Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner announced the funding from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance on Thursday. The grants will be used to su...

(July 22-31) CULPEPER CUTS If you're looking to brush up on some cinematic classics, the Library of Congress Packard Campus in Culpeper, Virginia is a good place to start. This center of conservation reaches into its archives through the end of the month, presenting the best of cinema Americana,...

By Rebecca Sheir

Two million children in the U.S. have parents serving in the military.

The D.C. area is home to a number of these children, and a national coalition is working to ensure these young people get the educational opportunities they need.

Loretta Clemin lives in Anna...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Virginia will receive two federal grants totaling $261,000 for a project designed to reduce gun and gang crime.

Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner announced the funding from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance on Thursday. The grants will be used to su...

From the Maryland Reporter website:

CRAB & POLITICS The weather was hot and humid, the crabs were warm and spicy, and the politicians and their supporters were sweating buckets at the Tawes Crab & Clam Bake. Len Lazarick reports on the event for MarylandReporter.com. It wasn't just...

By Rebecca Sheir

Two million children in the U.S. have parents serving in the military.

The D.C. area is home to a number of these children, and a national coalition is working to ensure these young people get the educational opportunities they need.

Loretta Clemin lives in Anna...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Tyras Athey, who was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for more than 25 years, has died. He was 83.

Donaldson's Funeral Home in Odenton confirmed the death.

Athey, a Democrat, died on Tuesday. He represented Anne Arundel County in the House of Delegates f...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Maryland's highest court has ordered a judge who deflated the tire of a cleaning woman's car suspended for five days without pay. The court of Appeals ruled yesterday that Charles County Circuit Judge Robert Nalley must complete the suspension within 30 days.

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By Jonathan Wilson

A 20-year-old man from Fairfax County, Virginia faces charges in connection with his support for a foreign terrorist group.

Federal agents say Zachary Chesser, also known as Abu Talhah Al-Amrikee, told them that he attempted on two different occasions to travel to S...

By Kavitha Cardoza

A "sizable number" of D.C. Public School teachers will receive pink slips in the coming days, District administrators say. But the exact number has not been released.

Administrators say they're still going through the final results of the new evaluation system, IMPA...

By Kavitha Cardoza

D.C. has joined more than two dozen states in adopting common standards of what children are expected to know in English and math.

The D.C. State Board of Education voted 6 to 1 in favor of adopting what are called "common core standards." They spell out what studen...

By Jonathan Wilson

Zachary Chesser, the man from Northern Virginia charged with supporting a foreign terrorist group, is expected in court tomorrow for a preliminary detention hearing.

Chesser had little to say in his first courtroom appearance Thursday.

Chesser, also known as A...

By Jonathan Wilson

A Northern Virginia man charged with supporting a foreign terrorist organization made his first appearance in federal court this morning.

Zachary Chesser, 20, walked into the courtroom in Alexandria wearing a short-sleeve blue button up shirt and khaki cargo pants....

By Patrick Madden

As D.C. prepares for this falls local elections, some lawmakers say the city needs to toughen its anti-voter fraud legislation.

It was one of the D.C. Councils final acts before breaking for summer recess: emergency legislation making it illegal to pay someone to vot...

By Jonathan Wilson

Zachary Chesser, the man from Northern Virginia charged with supporting a foreign terrorist group, is expected in court tomorrow for a preliminary detention hearing.

Chesser had little to say in his first courtroom appearance Thursday.

Chesser, also known as A...

By Jonathan Wilson

A Northern Virginia man charged with supporting a foreign terrorist organization made his first appearance in federal court this morning.

Zachary Chesser, 20, walked into the courtroom in Alexandria wearing a short-sleeve blue button up shirt and khaki cargo pants....

By Patrick Madden

As D.C. prepares for this falls local elections, some lawmakers say the city needs to toughen its anti-voter fraud legislation.

It was one of the D.C. Councils final acts before breaking for summer recess: emergency legislation making it illegal to pay someone to vot...

By Rebecca Sheir

Parking enforcement officers in Northwest D.C. are using license plate numbers to monitor who's paid for parking. The D.C. Department of Transportation is testing the new system for 90 days.

Noah Cruzan of Cale Parking Systems is helping drivers with the new meters on...

WASHINGTON (AP) Authorities say a teenager and a child are hospitalized in serious condition after they were hit by a car in northwest Washington. D.C. emergency personnel were dispatched about 9 p.m. yesterday after the 16-year-old and 8-year-old were hit.

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