The recession has hurt unmarried women more than single men or married couples, according to a new study out today.

The report, from the Center for American Progress and the nonprofit Women's Voices Women Vote, shows that 61 percent of unemployed women are not married. And for women who do...

Being a parent is a tough job that gets even tougher when the time comes to talk about sex.

As commentator Camille Moore notes, instead of competing with pop culture, parents should use it as a teaching tool.

Camille is part of WAMU’s Youth Voices program and she attends Archbishop Sp...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) Storms swept through the region early Friday and quickly dumped large amounts of rain, downing trees, closing streets and knocking out power to 150 traffic lights in Montgomery County.

Fire officials said 10 people suffered minor injuries when a tree fell onto an apar...

By Sabri Ben-Achour

Maryland's Department of Health says warm water in the Chesapeake Bay is increasing the risk of infection from a naturally occurring bacteria.

Vibrio is a bacteria in the cholera family that grows naturally in the bay and it really likes warm brackish water.

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By Michael Pope

Standardized test scores released today show 40 percent of schools in Virginia failed to meet standards under the federal law No Child Left Behind. Fairfax County was one of the few school districts in Virginia that made what's called "adequate yearly progress" in English an...

By Jonathan Wilson

Virginia's Forensic Science Board has decided to study, but not yet implement, familial DNA testing, a technique that can identify relatives of a criminal suspect.

It's a controversial practice, currently used in only two other states.

Familial DNA testing let...

By Elliott Francis

Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg, Maryland is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the state. This summer it’s the home for the region’s only aviation camp for kids of all ages.

Piloting an airplane is not just for adults. More than 2-dozen DC ar...

By Sabri Ben-Achour

One proposed way to fight global warming is to bury CO2 underground, keeping it out of the atmosphere. A firm in Arlington has just won a grant to try that out in what's known as the Marcellus Shale formation, possibly in Pennsylvania and Western Virgina.

If you sq...

By Matt Bush

Leaders in Maryland are putting their best foot forward in hopes of securing federal education funding. The federal department of education expects to pick its winners in the "Race To The Top" competition sometime next month.

Maryland is one of 18 states, as well as the D...