By HARRY R. WEBER and ROBERT BARR Associated Press Writers

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Tony Hayward, who became the face of BP's flailing efforts to contain the massive Gulf oil spill, will step down as chief executive in October and be offered a job with the company's joint venture in Russia, a perso...

More than 200,000 people in and around the region are without electricity this morning following our strong storms last night. Most are in Maryland's Montgomery County, with nearly 180,000 without power. There are also outages in Prince George's County as well as in the District and in Northern V...

By Rebecca Sheir

Analysts say as the economy recovers from recession, employment could be improving for D.C. as a whole. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Washingtons jobless rate fell nearly half a point, to 10 percent, in June.

But not all parts of the District are experiencing...

By HARRY R. WEBER and ROBERT BARR Associated Press Writers

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Tony Hayward, who became the face of BP's flailing efforts to contain the massive Gulf oil spill, will step down as chief executive in October and be offered a job with the company's joint venture in Russia, a perso...

More than 200,000 people in and around the region are without electricity this morning following our strong storms last night. Most are in Maryland's Montgomery County, with nearly 180,000 without power. There are also outages in Prince George's County as well as in the District and in Northern V...

By Rebecca Sheir

Analysts say as the economy recovers from recession, employment could be improving for D.C. as a whole. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Washingtons jobless rate fell nearly half a point, to 10 percent, in June.

But not all parts of the District are experiencing...

(July 26) 12 ANGRY MEN 12 Angry Men) argue away on the National Mall tonight, as the 1957 cinematic classic follows a pugnacious jurist's struggle to reach consensus. Part of Screen on the Green, the film flickers to life at sunset on a 20-by-40 foot screen between Fourth and Seventh Streets NW....

The Farm Bill. It's not so much a task that comes up and gets completed every five years; it's more like a perennial "to-do" that needs doing again, as soon as it's done.

Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports...

By Matt Bush

In Maryland, the cleanup continues in Montgomery County, where downed trees are causing problems following yesterday's storms.

State Highway Administration workers made sawdust of downed trees with a chainsaw and chipper. The same will have to be done for the more than 10...

STERLING, Va. (AP) The Loudoun County sheriff's office says a 6-year-old boy has been killed after being struck by a tree during powerful storms that hit the region. Authorities say the boy was walking with his family on a path near the Claude Moore Recreation Center in Sterling yesterday.

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By Cathy Carter

As new health care reform laws slowly take shape, there are concerns about the 9 percent of children in Virginia who are uninsured. To fill the gap, some local health care workers are offering help.

At the Arlandria Health Center in Alexandria, Virginia, families are t...

From the Maryland Reporter website:

CAMPAIGNS AND SLOTS The Baltimore Sun's Annie Linskey and Nicole Fuller analyze how Gov. Martin O'Malley and Bob Ehrlich will spin the upcoming Arundel Mills slots referendum in their campaigns. John Wagner of the Washington Post also weighs in on the i...

By Jessica Gould

An artist and a group of volunteers braved the heat this weekend to pay tribute to the area’s fallen soldiers with a new public art project.

When Hannah Lewis talks to her grandchildren, she tells them how much their father loved serving his country.

"He was hon...

Three shelters are open:

Richard Montgomery High School, 250 Richard Montgomery Drive, Rockville

Seneca Valley High School, 19401 Crystal Rock Drive, Germantown

East County Recreation Center located at 3310 Gateshead Manor Way, Silver Spring

LAUREL, Md. (AP) The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission says the power is back on at its River Road filtration plant after heavy storms. The commission says Pepco restored power at the Potomac Water Filtration Plant at about 5 a.m. today and it will take a few hours for the plant to return t...

By Sara Sciammacco

More than half of the counties in Maryland face the potential risk of water shortages by 2050, according to a new report from the consulting firm Tetra-Tech. Half of the counties in Virginia fall under the same umbrella.

The report concluded that supplies won't be a...

By ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON (AP) The Defense Department is conducting a damage assessment on the leak of some 91,000 classified documents on the Afghanistan war.

Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan told reporters Monday the review could take "days, if not weeks...

By Jessica Gould

It was the kind of heat that felt like it could burn through sandals and singe your toes. And even though the worst might be over for now, Dr. Brian Amy of the D.C. Department of Health says people should continue to keep an eye on the area’s most vulnerable residents.

UPDATE: Some cooling stations will also be open to the public on Tuesday.**

The Prince George’s County Department of Family Services will open cooling centers at:

The New Carrollton Nutrition Center, 6016 Princess Garden Parkway in Lanham from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Camp Springs S...

WASHINGTON (AP) Crews are working to restore electricity to thousands after powerful storms barreled through the nation's capital and downed power lines and countless trees, killing two people. Authorities say the storms that hit yesterday cooled things off but left widespread damage.

WASHI...