In an average year, 30 million Americans drive while drunk and 10 million drive while impaired by illicit drugs, according to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The group surveyed U.S. drivers and found that teens and young adults had much higher rates...

Police in Flint, Mich., are searching for a victim of last summer's stabbing spree after he failed to appear in court. The man standing trial in the case is also suspected in attacks in Leesburg, Va.

Bill Fisher was supposed to testify today at a preliminary examination in Michigan to deter...

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In case you hadn't heard in the last five minutes, Bush-era tax cuts will expire at the end of this month. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) predicts this process will end with a two-year extension of all the cuts.

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot says an investigation confirms that the Worcester County Liquor Control Board has engaged in price discrimination.

Franchot says the government-sanctioned board has been selling some spirits at below cost to some retailers, but not offering the same deal...

A recent study reveals more poor residents now live in the Washington suburbs than in the District. One such community sits in the heart of Potomac, Md.

Established by former slaves in 1875, Tobytown is right off River Road, near Travilla Road. Years ago residents worked and prospered as la...

WOODLAWN, Md. (AP) A woman who identified herself as the mother of a man arrested on a charge of attempting to bomb a Maryland recruiting center says she tried to stop her son from converting to Islam. The woman, who declined to give her name, says she's embarrassed by the actions of her son, A...

The early cold snap has led to several water main breaks in the District. The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority says they're currenlty tackling six breaks across the city.

The breaks are all over the city affecting some 55 homes, one recreation center, two apartment buildings and three busines...

It was social media that led federal authorities to the man who allegedly tried to blow up a military recruiting office in suburban Baltimore.

The FBI first became aware of 21-year-old Antonio Martinez in October, when a concerned citizen saw postings on Martinez's Facebook page. One post a...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) A final report by the U.S. Education Department says Virginia Tech violated federal law by waiting too long to notify students during a 2007 shooting rampage. The university had disputed that finding when a draft of today's report was made public previously.

RICHMOND, V...

Virginia Tech violated federal law by waiting too long to notify students during the 2007 shooting rampage, according to a final report from the U.S. Department of Education.

The department issued its report in January, but it gave Virginia Tech a chance to comment before drafting the final...